Peter C Sprivulis

Summary

Affiliation: University of Western Australia
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi The association between hospital overcrowding and mortality among patients admitted via Western Australian emergency departments
    Peter C Sprivulis
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, 2nd Floor R Block, Queen Elizabeth II, Medical Centre, Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
    Med J Aust 184:208-12. 2006
  2. ncbi The economic benefits of health information exchange interoperability for Australia
    Peter Sprivulis
    Emergency Medicine Department, University of Western Australia, R Block, Level 2 Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre Verdun Street, Nedlands, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
    Aust Health Rev 31:531-9. 2007
  3. ncbi Emergency department-based intervention with adolescent substance users: 12-month outcomes
    Robert J Tait
    School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, QEII Campus, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Depend 79:359-63. 2005
  4. ncbi Multiple hospital presentations by adolescents who use alcohol or other drugs
    Robert J Tait
    University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, QE II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia
    Addiction 97:1269-75. 2002
  5. ncbi Estimation of the general practice workload of a metropolitan teaching hospital emergency department
    Peter Sprivulis
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
    Emerg Med (Fremantle) 15:32-7. 2003
  6. ncbi Interface between residential aged care facilities and a teaching hospital emergency department in Western Australia
    Judith C Finn
    School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
    Med J Aust 184:432-5. 2006
  7. ncbi Most head injury related motorcycle crash deaths are related to poor riding practices
    Julian Stella
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Geelong Hospital, Victoria, Australia
    Emerg Med (Fremantle) 14:58-61. 2002
  8. ncbi After-hours general practice clinics are unlikely to reduce low acuity patient attendances to metropolitan Perth emergency departments
    Yusuf Nagree
    Emergency Department, Armadale Health Service, Armadale, WA
    Aust Health Rev 28:285-91. 2004

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi The association between hospital overcrowding and mortality among patients admitted via Western Australian emergency departments
    Peter C Sprivulis
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, 2nd Floor R Block, Queen Elizabeth II, Medical Centre, Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
    Med J Aust 184:208-12. 2006
    ..To examine the relationship between hospital and emergency department (ED) occupancy, as indicators of hospital overcrowding, and mortality after emergency admission...
  2. ncbi The economic benefits of health information exchange interoperability for Australia
    Peter Sprivulis
    Emergency Medicine Department, University of Western Australia, R Block, Level 2 Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre Verdun Street, Nedlands, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
    Aust Health Rev 31:531-9. 2007
    ..To estimate costs and benefits for Australia of implementing health information exchange interoperability among health care providers and other health care stakeholders...
  3. ncbi Emergency department-based intervention with adolescent substance users: 12-month outcomes
    Robert J Tait
    School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, QEII Campus, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Depend 79:359-63. 2005
    ..In conclusion, while brief intervention in ED only has limited success in facilitating adolescents to attend for subsequent AOD treatment, it can significantly reduce the number of AOD related ED presentations...
  4. ncbi Multiple hospital presentations by adolescents who use alcohol or other drugs
    Robert J Tait
    University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, QE II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia
    Addiction 97:1269-75. 2002
    ..To investigate 'all cause' and the subset of 'alcohol or other drug' (AOD) related hospital emergency department (ED) presentations over 12 months by adolescents with a previously identified AOD ED presentation...
  5. ncbi Estimation of the general practice workload of a metropolitan teaching hospital emergency department
    Peter Sprivulis
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
    Emerg Med (Fremantle) 15:32-7. 2003
    ..This study presents two independent estimates of the number of, and costs associated with, low acuity presentations to an emergency department...
  6. ncbi Interface between residential aged care facilities and a teaching hospital emergency department in Western Australia
    Judith C Finn
    School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
    Med J Aust 184:432-5. 2006
    ..To estimate the appropriateness of emergency department (ED) presentations by people aged>or=65 years living in residential care facilities...
  7. ncbi Most head injury related motorcycle crash deaths are related to poor riding practices
    Julian Stella
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Geelong Hospital, Victoria, Australia
    Emerg Med (Fremantle) 14:58-61. 2002
    ..To report the characteristics of head injury related motorcycle crash deaths...
  8. ncbi After-hours general practice clinics are unlikely to reduce low acuity patient attendances to metropolitan Perth emergency departments
    Yusuf Nagree
    Emergency Department, Armadale Health Service, Armadale, WA
    Aust Health Rev 28:285-91. 2004
    ..0% of ED costs. CONCLUSIONS: Low acuity patients form a relatively constant, inexpensive proportion of ED workloads. After-hours GP LAP services are unlikely to significantly reduce ED attendances or costs...