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| Jack ChenSummaryAffiliation: University of New South Wales Country: Australia Publications
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The relationship between early emergency team calls and serious adverse eventsJack Chen
Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Crit Care Med 37:148-53. 2009....
Triggers for emergency team activation: a multicenter assessmentJack Chen
Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Crit Care 25:359.e1-7. 2010..The purpose of the study was to examine triggers for emergency team activation in hospitals with or without a medical emergency team (MET) system...
Baseline hospital performance and the impact of medical emergency teams: modelling vs. conventional subgroup analysisJack Chen
The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Trials 10:117. 2009..To compare two approaches to the statistical analysis of the relationship between the baseline incidence of adverse events and the effect of medical emergency teams (METs)...
The Medical Emergency Team System and not-for-resuscitation orders: results from the MERIT studyJack Chen
The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, University of New South Wales, Liverpool Health Service, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool BC, Sydney, NSW 1871, Australia
Resuscitation 79:391-7. 2008..To examine NFR orders in relation to adverse events and emergency team calls in hospitals with or without a Medical Emergency Team (MET) system during the MERIT study...
The impact of introducing medical emergency team system on the documentations of vital signsJack Chen
The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, University of New South Wales, Liverpool Health Service, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool BC, Sydney, NSW 1871, Australia
Resuscitation 80:35-43. 2009....
The objective medical emergency team activation criteria: a case-control studyMichelle Cretikos
The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Resuscitation 73:62-72. 2007....
Respiratory rate: the neglected vital signMichelle A Cretikos
Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 188:657-9. 2008..Hospital systems that encourage appropriate responses to an elevated respiratory rate and other abnormal vital signs can be rapidly implemented. Such systems help to raise and sustain awareness of the importance of vital signs...
The comparison of health status and health services utilisation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants in AustraliaLixin Ou
The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, University of New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 34:50-6. 2010..To examine the differences in health services utilisation and the associated risk factors between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants at a national level in Australia...
Ethnic and Indigenous access to early childhood healthcare services in Australia: parents' perceived unmet needs and related barriersLixin Ou
The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, University of New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 35:30-7. 2011..To evaluate the parents' perceived unmet needs in early childhood healthcare services among Indigenous, non-English-speaking background (NESB) and English-speaking background (ESB) children and the related barriers...
Have the health gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children changed over time? Results from an Australian National Representative Longitudinal StudyLixin Ou
The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, University of New South Wales, Australia
Matern Child Health J 16:814-23. 2012..The study implied that appropriate interventions accompanied by monitoring of health outcomes are necessary in order to decrease the health gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children...
The effectiveness of implementation of the medical emergency team (MET) system and factors associated with use during the MERIT studyMichelle A Cretikos
The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Crit Care Resusc 9:205-12. 2007..We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of the MET system during the MERIT (Medical Early Response, Intervention and Therapy) study and to determine factors associated with the level of MET system utilisation...
Effective discharge planning - timely assignment of an estimated date of dischargeLixin Ou
Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, The University of New South Wales, Liverpool BC, NSW 1871, Australia
Aust Health Rev 35:357-63. 2011....
Complex intensive care unit interventionsKen Hillman
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Crit Care Med 37:S102-6. 2009..To answer these questions, we will have to rely not only on complex quantitative research methodologies but also qualitative or a combination of both quantitative and qualitative research...
A clinical model for Health Services Research-the Medical Emergency TeamKen Hillman
Division of Critical Care, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
J Crit Care 18:195-9. 2003..The problems of implementing major health service change and evaluating the effectiveness of that change presents a different challenge to evaluating a new drug or procedure and is approached within different research frameworks...
Continuum of hospital care: the role of intensive careKen Hillman
The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Curr Opin Crit Care 16:505-9. 2010..The previous disjointed professional and geographical silos, providing patient care, are being challenged and a more patient focussed continuum of care is replacing it...
Health services utilisation disparities between English speaking and non-English speaking background Australian infantsLixin Ou
Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:182. 2010..To examine the differences in health services utilisation and the associated risk factors between infants from non-English speaking background (NESB) and English speaking background (ESB) within Australia...
The familial influence of loss and trauma on refugee mental health: a multilevel path analysisAngela Nickerson
University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Trauma Stress 24:25-33. 2011..Effect sizes ranged from .21 to .68 at the individual level, and .38 to .99 at the family level, highlighting the importance of the family when considering the psychological impact of refugee-related trauma...
Discharge delay in acute care: reasons and determinants of delay in general ward patientsLixin Ou
The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 1871, Australia
Aust Health Rev 33:513-21. 2009..Elderly patients, those living alone and patients from a non-English-speaking background were more likely to have these reasons for delayed discharge...
Prevalence of delirium with dexmedetomidine compared with morphine based therapy after cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial (DEXmedetomidine COmpared to Morphine-DEXCOM Study)Yahya Shehabi
University of New South Wales Clinical School, Sydney, Australia
Anesthesiology 111:1075-84. 2009..This double-blinded study assessed the neurobehavioral, hemodynamic, and sedative characteristics of dexmedetomidine compared with morphine-based regimen after cardiac surgery at equivalent levels of sedation and analgesia...
Hepatitis C in Australia: impact of a mass media campaignBen J Smith
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Am J Prev Med 31:492-8. 2006..Hepatitis C affects over 200,000 Australians. This study evaluated the impact of a public education campaign about this disease in New South Wales (NSW), Australia...
Conjoint analysis of a new Chemotherapy: willingness to pay and preference for the features of raltitrexed versus standard therapy in advanced Colorectal CancerMike Aristides
M TAG Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Pharmacoeconomics 20:775-84. 2002..The study was part of the product's reimbursement application in Australia...
