A5083351767- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Taxation and Legal Issues
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Global Health Care Issues
- Corporate Governance and Law
- Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Law, logistics, and international trade
- Legal Issues in South Africa
Clinical Nutrition Research Centre
2024
RoZetta Institute
2018-2020
University of Wollongong
2017-2019
Brigham Young University
2010
There is a need to study the characteristics of outbreaks via Singapore's outbreak surveillance system understand and identify gaps in food safety for targeted policy interventions due increasing trend gastroenteritis consequential increase foodborne-related deaths economic burden on public health systems worldwide. A total 171 were investigated Singapore from January 2018 December 2021. This analyzed annual outbreaks, proportion by implicated sources food, type pathogens identified human...
Objective To develop and examine a profile of the demographic, hospital admission clinical characteristics high users resources within cohort privately insured Australians. Methods Hospital admissions claims data from group private health insurance funds were analysed. The top 1% selected based on three measures resource utilisation: number admissions, total bed days benefits paid. compared for these utilisation. Results Compared with general population, high-use cohorts are older, have more...
Objective This study explored the current activities of a sample Australian private health insurance (PHI) funds to support care people living with chronic conditions, following changes PHI legislation in 2007 permitting cover broader range disease management (CDM) services. Methods A qualitative research design was used gather perspectives from sector representatives via semistructured interviews eight participants. The interview data were analysed systematically using framework analysis...
The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to present patient-level utilisation patterns hospital-based mental health services funded by private insurers; and second, examine the implications findings for planning delivering in Australia.Analysing insurance claims data, study compares differences demographic hospital characteristics 3,209 patients from 13 funds with health-related hospitalisations 233,701 other types period May 2014 April 2016. Average number overnight admissions, length...
Background and Objective: Both health care providers payers recognize the need to improve chronic disease care. Chronic management relies on high-quality information for people with, at risk of developing, diseases. This article focuses insurance sector investigates ways that payment claims data other sources can provide useful support interventions. Methods Results: In this mixed methods study, we first examine selecting target populations from common conditions-diabetes, cardiovascular...
ObjectiveTo examine hospital use characteristics of a privately insured cohort including setting (public or private), declared insurance status and category services received during admission. MethodsThe study population consisted 14276 people with membership private health (PHI) fund in New South Wales, Australia. The final included 9004 at least one admission over 6-year period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2015. PHI claims data were linked public records Local Health District....
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