Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Incorporating carbon into health care: adding carbon emissions to health technology assessments
Published 2022Summary At the UN Climate Change Conference 26 in Glasgow, 50 countries committed to low-carbon health services, with 14 countries further committing to net-zero carbon health services by 2050. Reaching this target will ...Open AccessArticle -
Cost Analysis of Adjuvant Whole‑Brain Radiotherapy Treatment Versus No Whole‑Brain Radiotherapy After Stereotactic Radiosurgery and/or Surgery Among Adults with One to Three Melanoma Brain Metastases: Results from a Randomized Trial
Published 2022Purpose We aimed to compare Australian health system costs at 12 months for adjuvant whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) treatment after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and/or surgery versus observation among adults with one ...Open AccessArticle -
Discussion of costs and financial burden in clinical practice: A survey of medical oncologists in Australia
Published 2022Background A diagnosis of cancer is associated with significant physical, psychological and financial burden. Including costs of cancer is an important component of shared decision making. Doctors bear a responsibility ...Open AccessArticle -
Trimming the fat: is there a health economic case for the use of new lipid-lowering drugs in chronic kidney disease? A scoping review
Published 2021Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of three surveillance imaging strategies using whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) with computed tomography (CT) (PET/CT) in a follow-up program for adults with ...Open AccessArticle -
The Symptom Monitoring with Feedback Trial (SWIFT): protocol for a registry‑based cluster randomised controlled trial in haemodialysis
Published 2022Background Kidney failure prevalence is increasing worldwide. Haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or kidney transplantation are undertaken to extend life with kidney failure. People receiving haemodialysis commonly experience ...Open AccessArticle