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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Financial incentives for COVID-19 vaccines in a rural low-resource setting: a cluster-randomized trial
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Open AccessRace and ethnicity in the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium: demographics, treatments, and outcomes, an international observational registry study
Improving access to healthcare for ethnic minorities is a public health priority in many countries, yet little is known about how to incorporate information on race, ethnicity, and related social determinants ...
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Open AccessFinancial incentives for COVID-19 vaccines in a rural low-resource setting: a cluster-randomized trial
We implemented a clustered randomized controlled trial with 6,963 residents in six rural Ghana districts to estimate the causal impact of financial incentives on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination...
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Open AccessCost-effectiveness of left atrial appendage closure for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review appraising the methodological quality
The increasing global prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) has led to a growing demand for stroke prevention strategies, resulting in higher healthcare costs. High-quality economic evaluations of stroke prev...
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Open AccessA discrete choice experiment to elicit preferences for a liver screening programme in Queensland, Australia: a mixed methods study to select attributes and levels
In Australia, the overall prevalence of liver disease is increasing. Maximising uptake of community screening programmes by understanding patient preferences is integral to develo** consumer-centred care mod...
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Open AccessEvidence of questionable research practices in clinical prediction models
Clinical prediction models are widely used in health and medical research. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) is a frequently used estimate to describe the discriminatory ability ...
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Open AccessReducing waste in collection of quality-of-life data through better reporting: a case study
This study describes the reporting of the preference-based health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) instrument, the EQ-5D, and proposes strategies to improve reporting and reduce research waste. The EQ-5D is a v...
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Open AccessIs the future of peer review automated?
The rising rate of preprints and publications, combined with persistent inadequate reporting practices and problems with study design and execution, have strained the traditional peer review system. Automated ...
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Open AccessTranslation of the geriatric emergency department intervention into other emergency departments: a post implementation evaluation of outcomes for older adults
Increasing numbers of older adults with complex health deficits presenting to emergency departments has prompted the development of innovative models of care. One such model designed to reduce poor outcomes as...
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Open AccessIs There Broad-Based Support in High-Income Countries for COVID-19 Vaccine Donation? Evidence from Seven Countries
Many high-income countries (HICs) have now vaccinated a substantial proportion of their population against COVID-19. Many low-income countries (LICs) may need to wait until at least 2022 before even the most v...
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Open AccessStrengthening the incentives for responsible research practices in Australian health and medical research funding
Australian health and medical research funders support substantial research efforts, and incentives within grant funding schemes influence researcher behaviour. We aimed to determine to what extent Australian ...
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Demonstrating the ascendancy of COVID-19 research using acronyms
“COVID” which stands for corona virus disease, has become the world’s most infamous acronym. Previous analysis of acronyms in health and medical journals found a growing use of acronyms over time in titles and...
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Open AccessDevelopment and validation of a risk index to predict kidney graft survival: the kidney transplant risk index
Kidney graft failure risk prediction models assist evidence-based medical decision-making in clinical practice. Our objective was to develop and validate statistical and machine learning predictive models to p...
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Public opinion on global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines
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Open AccessTime-to-event analysis in economic evaluations: a comparison of modelling methods to assess the cost-effectiveness of transplanting a marginal quality kidney
Economic-evaluations using decision analytic models such as Markov-models (MM), and discrete-event-simulations (DES) are high value adds in allocating resources. The choice of modelling method is critical beca...
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Open AccessHow Should a Safe and Effective COVID-19 Vaccine be Allocated? Health Economists Need to be Ready to Take the Baton
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Open AccessAn implementation science approach for develo** and implementing a dietitian-led model of care for gestational diabetes: a pre-post study
There is strong evidence that women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) who receive a minimum of three appointments with a dietitian may require medication less often. The aim of this study was to evaluat...
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Open AccessDeceased donor kidney allocation: an economic evaluation of contemporary longevity matching practices
Matching survival of a donor kidney with that of the recipient (longevity matching), is used in some kidney allocation systems to maximize graft-life years. It is not part of the allocation algorithm for Austr...
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Open AccessGroup Testing for SARS-CoV-2: Forward to the Past?
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Open AccessProtocol for a randomised trial testing a community fibrosis assessment service for patients with suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: LOCal assessment and triage evaluation of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (LOCATE-NAFLD)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common type of chronic liver disease in Australia and its recent increase mirrors the obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemics. Currently, many patients who p...
