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National Report On Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care In Australia: July - December 2013, Alanna M. Holloway, Samuel Allingham, Carol Hope, Sabina Clapham, Linda Foskett

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assists services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the sixteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the July to December 2013 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

Western Australia: Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care: July - December 2013: Report 16, Alanna M. Holloway, Samuel Allingham, Carol Hope, Sabina Clapham, Linda Foskett

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assists services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the sixteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the July to December 2013 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

National Report On Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care In Australia: January - June 2014: Report 17, Alanna M. Holloway, Samuel F. Allingham, Sabina P. Clapham, Linda M. Foskett, Karen Quinsey

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assists services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the seventeenth PCOC report, data submitted for the January to June 2014 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

Western Australia: Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care: January - June 2014: Report 17, Alanna M. Holloway, Sabina P. Clapham, Tanya Pidgeon, Karen Quinsey, Linda M. Foskett, Samuel F. Allingham

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assists services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the seventeenth PCOC report, data submitted for the January to June 2014 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scopes Of Practice Program: Evaluation Progress Report 3, Cristina Thompson, Kathryn Williams, Karen Quinsey, Darcy Morris, Milena Snoek, Luise Lago, Robert Gordon

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Centre for Health Service Development (CHSD), University of Wollongong, was appointed in June 2012 to undertake the program evaluation of the Health Workforce Australia - Expanded Scopes of Practice (HWA-ESOP) program. Health Workforce Australia (HWA) currently funds 26 project teams across Australia. The Expanded Scopes of Practice program involves undertaking a number of targeted innovative health workforce reform initiatives with a specific focus on role redesign and expanding the scope of existing health workers in acute and primary care settings.

The focus of this third evaluation progress report is the evaluation methods and strategies employed to embed and sustain …

National Report On Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care In Australia: July - December 2012: Report 14, Samuel Allingham, Sonia Bird, Malcolm Masso, Maree Banfield

Australian Health Services Research Institute

PCOC aims to assist services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the fourteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the July - December 2012 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

Lower-Limb Amputee Rehabilitation In Australia: Analysis Of A National Data Set 2004-10, Brenton G. Hordacre, Tara Stevermuer, Frances Simmonds, Maria Crotty, Kathy Eagar

Australian Health Services Research Institute

Objective. Examine demographics, clinical characteristics and rehabilitation outcomes of lower-limb amputees, using the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC) database.

Methods. Lower-limb amputee rehabilitation separations between 2004 and 2010 were identified using AROC impairment codes 5.3-5.7.1 Analysis was conducted by year, impairment code, Australian National Sub-acute and Non-Acute Patient (AN-SNAP) classification (S2-224, Functional Independence Measure (FIM) motor(Mot) score 72-91; S2-225, FIM (Mot) score 14-71) and states of Australia.

Results. Mean length of stay (LOS) for all lower-limb amputee episodes was 36.1 days (95% confidence interval (CI): 35.4-36.9). Majority of episodes were unilateral below knee (63.6%), males (71.8%) with a mean age …

Pcoc National Report On Outcomes In Palliative Care In Australia January To June 2013, S. Allingham, A. Holloway, S. Clapham

Australian Health Services Research Institute

PCOC assists services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the fifteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the January - June 2013 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

Asthma In Australia 2011 And Related Online Snapshots - Survey Report, James Dawber, Darcy Morris, Karen Quinsey, David Fildes

Australian Health Services Research Institute

No abstract provided.

The Aroc Annual Report: The State Of Rehabilitation In Australia In 2012, Frances D. Simmonds, Tara L. Stevermuer

Australian Health Services Research Institute

This is the eighth comprehensive annual report describing discharge episodes from subacute inpatient rehabilitation programs provided by Australian facilities that are members of the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC).

Pcoc National Report On Outcomes In Palliative Care In Australia July To December 2011, Samuel F. Allingham, Sonia Bird, Maree Banfield

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) was established in mid-2005 and is funded under the National Palliative Care Program supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The goal of the PCOC is to use standardised, validated, clinical assessment tools to benchmark and measure outcomes in palliative care; and assist palliative care services to improve the quality of care. Further information on the tools can be found at www.pcoc.org.au. Each service involved in PCOC submits data every six months. The data are then collated and fed back to services to inform service improvement. Participation in PCOC is voluntary. …

Outcomes In Palliative Care, Report 12 (July - December 2011) - South Australia, Samuel F. Allingham, Sonia Bird

Australian Health Services Research Institute

PCOC aims to assist services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the twelfth PCOC report, data submitted for the July - December 2011 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

This report is broken into three sections:

Section 1 summarises each of the four major benchmark measures and subsets and presents national benchmarking results for these benchmarks

Section 2 presents additional analysis for each of the sixteen benchmarks

Section 3 …

Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scopes Of Practice Program: Compendium Of Data Requirements And Evaluation Tools, Cristina J. Thompson, Karen Quinsey, Darcy Morris, Robert Gordon, Kathryn E. Williams, Patrea R. Andersen, Milena Snoek, Simon Eckermann, Kathy Eagar

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The evaluation of the Expanded Scopes of Practice (ESOP) Program is structured to include data collection at the local; sub-project and national leve l. Local projects are responsible for conducting their own project evaluation within the overarching framework of the national evaluation. This means that projects will collect a range of data to support evaluation activities. In some cases this data will be analysed locally and for other evaluation activiti es it will be analysed by the NET. The National Evaluation Team will not finalise the sub-project data analyses until the first quarter of 2014.

Pcoc National Report On Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care In Australia January - June 2012, Sonia Bird, Samuel F. Allingham, Malcolm R. Masso, Maree Banfield

Australian Health Services Research Institute

PCOC aims to assist services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the thirteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the January - June 2012 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

This report is broken into four sections:

Section 1 provides a summary of the data included in this report.

Section 2 summarises each of the four outcome measures and presents national benchmarking results for a selection of these measures.

Section …

Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care, Report 13 (January - June 2012) - Western Australia, Sonia Bird, Samuel F. Allingham, Malcolm R. Masso, Maree Banfield

Australian Health Services Research Institute

PCOC aims to assist services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the thirteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the January - June 2012 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

This report is broken into four sections:

Section 1 provides a summary of the data included in this report.

Section 2 summarises each of the four outcome measures and presents national benchmarking results for a selection of these measures.

Section …

Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care, Report 13 (January - June 2012) - South Australia, Sonia Bird, Samuel F. Allingham, Malcolm R. Masso, Maree Banfield

Australian Health Services Research Institute

PCOC aims to assist services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the thirteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the January - June 2012 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

This report is broken into four sections:

Section 1 provides a summary of the data included in this report.

Section 2 summarises each of the four outcome measures and presents national benchmarking results for a selection of these measures.

Section …

Outcomes In Palliative Care, Report 12 (July - December 2011) - Western Australia, Samuel F. Allingham, Sonia Bird

Australian Health Services Research Institute

PCOC aims to assist services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the twelfth PCOC report, data submitted for the July - December 2011 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

This report is broken into three sections:

Section 1 summarises each of the four major benchmark measures and subsets and presents national benchmarking results for these benchmarks

Section 2 presents additional analysis for each of the sixteen benchmarks

Section 3 …

Evaluation Of The Alzheimer's Australia National Dementia Care Initiative: Fourth Progress Report, Anita B. Westera, Cristina J. Thompson

Australian Health Services Research Institute

This fourth progress report charts the developments in Alzheimer's Australia National Quality Dementia Care Initiative (NQDCI) since the submission of the previous progress report and the 'Report of the Interim Evaluation of the Consumer Dementia Research Network'. It covers the period from May 2011 through to the end of June 2012. The focus of activity has been on: - The completion of contracts, commencement of governance arrangements and project activities for the three projects funded under Round 1 of the National Quality Dementia Care Network (NQDCN); - The refinement of project proposals relating to Round 2 of the NQDCN, their …

Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scopes Of Practice Program: Evaluation Framework, Cristina Thompson, Karen Quinsey, Robert Gordon, Kathryn Williams, Simon Eckermann, Patrea Andersen, Milena Snoek, Kathy Eagar

Australian Health Services Research Institute

In June 2012, the Centre for Health Service Development (CHSD), University of Wollongong, was appointed by Health Workforce Australia (HWA) as the national evaluator of the Expanded Scopes of Practice (ESOP) Program. This report provides the current iteration of the evaluation framework for HWA Australia's ESOP Program. HWA through this Program has initiated a range of projects that support implementation of the National Health Workforce Innovation and Reform Strategic Framework for Action 2011-2015. The ESOP Program (also referred to as the 'Program'), has been developed as part of the corresponding HWA work plan. This evaluation framework aims to ensure a …

Some Population Survey Approaches: Incontinence In Australia, Janet E. Sansoni, Graeme Hawthorne, Nick Marosszeky

Australian Health Services Research Institute

Powerpoint presentation presented at Managing and Measuring Health Outcomes, Masters of Public Health, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin

Outcomes In Palliative Care, Report 11 January - June 2011: Western Australia, Samuel F. Allingham

Australian Health Services Research Institute

PCOC aims to assist services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the eleventh PCOC report, data submitted for the January – June 2011 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

This report is broken into three sections:

Section 1 summarises each of the four benchmark measures and presents national benchmarking results for selected benchmarks

Section 2 presents additional analysis for each of the four benchmark measures

Section 3 provides descriptive …

Equity Of Access To Rehabilitation Services In Australia, Frances Simmonds, James Dawber, Janette Green

Australian Health Services Research Institute

No abstract provided.

Equity Of Access To Rehabilitation Services In Australia, Frances D. Simmonds, James P. Dawber, Janette P. Green

Australian Health Services Research Institute

Powerpoint presentation presented at the ANZCOS / AFRM Conference, Brisbane

Pcoc National Report On Palliative Care In Australia July To December 2010, Sonia Bird, Samuel F. Allingham

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) was established in mid-2005 and is funded under the National Palliative Care Program and is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. It is a voluntary, quality initiative which aims to assist palliative care services to measure the standard and quality of care which is a stated goal of the National Palliative Care Strategy.

The current PCOC dataset (Version 2) evolved after consultation with services and approval by PCOC's Scientific and Clinical Advisory Committee (SCAC) and went live on 1 July 2007. The dataset includes the clinical assessment tools - Phase …

Pcoc National Report On Outcomes In Palliative Care In Australia January To June 2011, Samuel F. Allingham

Australian Health Services Research Institute

PCOC aims to assist services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the eleventh PCOC report, data submitted for the January – June 2011 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

This report is broken into three sections:

Section 1 summarises each of the four benchmark measures and presents national benchmarking results for selected benchmarks

Section 2 presents additional analysis for each of the four benchmark measures

Section 3 provides descriptive …

Cancer Australia National Lung Cancer Program: Evaluation Framework, Cristina J. Thompson, Peter D. Samsa, Kathy Eagar

Australian Health Services Research Institute

No abstract provided.

Pcoc National Report On Palliative Care In Australia: July To December 2009, - Pcoc

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) was formed in mid-2005 and is funded by the Australian Government. It is a voluntary, quality initiative which aims to assist palliative care services to measure the standard and quality of care which is a stated goal of the National Palliative Care Strategy.

The development of the PCOC dataset has evolved after broad consultation with services and representatives of peak organisations and approval by PCOC's Scientific and Clinical Advisory Committee (SCAC). The clinical assessment tools - Phase of Care, PC Problem Severity Score (PCPSS), Symptom Assessment Scale (SAS), Australianmodified Karnofsky and RUG-ADL - provide …

The Aroc Annual Report: The State Of Rehabilitation In Australia In 2009, - Aroc

Australian Health Services Research Institute

This is the fifth comprehensive annual report describing discharge episodes from subacute inpatient rehabilitation programs provided by facilities that are members of the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC)1.

Indigenous Health - Australia, Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand, And The United States - Laying Claim To A Future That Embraces Health For Us All: World Health Report (2010) Background Paper, No 33, Lisa Jackson Pulver, Melissa Haswell, Ian Ring, John Waldon, Wayne Clark, Valorie Whetung, Dianne Kinnon, Catherine Graham, Michelle Chino, Jonathon Lavalley, Ritu Sadana

Australian Health Services Research Institute

[extract] Improving the health of all peoples has been a call across the globe for many decades and unfortunately remains an elusive goal today as the large disparities in health status of peoples found around the world have not diminished, and have arguably increased. Rather than referring to absolute differences in health, or health inequalities, we use a different term throughout this paper. We use the term health inequities because mere differences in health (or "inequalities") can be common in societies and do not necessarily reflect unfair social policies or practices. Report reproduced with the permission of the publisher.

Pcoc National Report On Palliative Care In Australia: January To June 2010, - Pcoc

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) was established in mid-2005 and is funded under the National Palliative Care Program and is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. It is a voluntary, quality initiative which aims to assist palliative care services to measure the standard and quality of care which is a stated goal of the National Palliative Care Strategy. The current PCOC dataset (Version 2) evolved after consultation with services and approval by PCOC's Scientific and Clinical Advisory Committee (SCAC) and went live on 1 July 2007. The dataset includes the clinical assessment tools - Phase …