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Social determinants of health and intensive care unit admission rates and outcomes for children, Australia, 2013–2020: analysis of national registry data

Katie M Moynihan, Vanessa Russ, Darren Clinch, Lahn Straney, Johnny Millar, Marino Festa, Natasha Nassar, Shreerupa Basu, Thavani Thavarajasingam, Debbie Long, Paul J Secombe and Anthony J Slater, for the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group and Centre for Outcomes and Resource Evaluation

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): 412-421 Open Access

The prevalence of intimate partner violence in Australia: a national survey

Ben Mathews, Kelsey L Hegarty, Harriet L MacMillan, Monica Madzoska, Holly E Erskine, Rosana Pacella, James G Scott, Hannah Thomas, Franziska Meinck, Daryl Higgins, David M Lawrence, Divna Haslam, Sara Roetman, Eva Malacova and Timothy Cubitt

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): n/a-n/a Open Access

Incidental findings during lung low‐dose computed tomography cancer screening in Australia and Canada, 2016–21: a prospective observational study

Asha Bonney, Diane M Pascoe, Mark W McCusker, Daniel Steinfort, Henry Marshall, Annette McWilliams, Fraser J Brims, Emily Stone, Paul Fogarty, Jeremy D Silver, Brad Milner, Elizabeth Silverstone, Eugene Hsu, Duy Nguyen, Christopher Rofe, Cameron White, XinXin Hu, John Mayo, Renelle Myers, Kwun M Fong, Renee Manser and Stephen Lam

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): 403-411 Open Access

The relative toxicity of medicines detected after poisoning suicide deaths in Australia, 2013–19: a data linkage case series study

Jessy Lim, Nicholas A Buckley, Kate Chitty, Andrea L Schaffer, Jennifer Schumann, Zein Ali and Rose Cairns

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (7): 339-347 Open Access

Geographic remoteness‐based differences in in‐hospital mortality among people admitted to NSW public hospitals with heart failure, 2002–21: a retrospective observational cohort study

Imants Rubenis, Gregory Harvey, Karice Hyun, Vincent Chow, Leonard Kritharides, Andrew P Sindone, David B Brieger and Austin CC Ng

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (7): 348-355 Open Access

The costs and benefits of a prison needle and syringe program in Australia, 2025–30: a modelling study

Farah Houdroge, Samantha Colledge‐Frisby, Nadine Kronfli, Rebecca J Winter, Joanne Carson, Mark Stoove and Nick Scott

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): 396-402 Open Access

Accountability, ambition, and quantifiable action in the carbon emission reduction plans of the ten largest pharmaceutical companies in Australia: a cross‐sectional analysis

Hayden Burch, Georgia Brown, Oliver Adler, Jason Wong and Kenneth D Winkel

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (6): 305-312 Open Access

Early cardiovascular collapse after envenoming by snakes in Australia, 2005–2020: an observational study (ASP‐31)

Geoffrey K Isbister, Katherine Z Isoardi, Angela L Chiew, Shane Jenkins and Nicholas A Buckley

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (6): 313-317 Open Access

The oral health care needs of people living in residential aged care, Australia, 2016–20: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Gillian E Caughey, Tracy Air, Miia Rahja and Maria C Inacio

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (6): 318-320 Open Access

Mandatory research projects during medical specialist training in Australia and New Zealand: a survey of trainees’ experiences and reports

Paulina Stehlik, Caitlyn Withers, Rachel C Bourke, Adrian G Barnett, Caitlin Brandenburg, Christy Noble, Alexandra Bannach‐Brown, Gerben B Keijzers, Ian A Scott, Paul P Glasziou, Emma C Veysey, Sharon Mickan, Mark Morgan, Hitesh Joshi, Kirsty Forrest, Thomas G Campbell and David A Henry

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 231-239 Open Access

Closing the gap in kidney disease: validating the reporting of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identification in a clinical quality registry using linked data

Heather J Baldwin, Nicole De La Mata, Grant Sara, Faye McMillan, Brett Biles, Jianyun Wu, Paul Lawton, Stephen McDonald and Angela C Webster

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 240-248 Open Access

The impact of pay‐for‐performance incentives for stroke unit access on public hospital costs and use, Queensland, 2012–17: interrupted time series analysis

Rohan Grimley, Joosup Kim, Helen M Dewey, Nadine E Andrew, Taya A Collyer, Eleanor S Horton, Greg Cadigan and Dominique A Cadilhac

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 249-258 Open Access

Methylphenidate and (lis)dexamfetamine toxicity‐related deaths of adults, Australia, 2000–24: analysis of NCIS data

Shane Darke, Amy Peacock, Johan A Duflou, Michael Farrell and Julia Lappin

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 259-261 Open Access

Potentially preventable medication‐related hospitalisations with cardiovascular disease of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Queensland, 2013–2017: a retrospective cohort study

Jean Spinks, Gabor Mihala, Warren Jennings, Robert S Ware, Lisa M Kalisch Ellett, Elizabeth E Roughead and Daniel Williamson

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 198-204 Open Access

Consideration of sex and gender: an analysis of Australian clinical guidelines

Maggie Kirkman, Tomoko Honda, Steve J McDonald, Sally Green, Karen Walker‐Bone, Ingrid Winship and Jane R W Fisher

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 205-209 Open Access

Improving cardiometabolic risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in northeast Arnhem Land: single arm trial of a co‐designed dietary and lifestyle program

Hasthi UW Dissanayake, George Gurruwiwi, J Dhurrkay, Josh C Tynan, Sabine Braat, Benjamin Harrap, Tim Trudgen, Sarah Hanieh, Bronwyn Clark, Michaela Spencer, Michael Christie, Emma Tonkin, Emily Armstrong, Leonard C Harrison, John M Wentworth, Julie K Brimblecombe and Beverley‐Ann Biggs

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 183-190 Open Access

Women who experience heavy menstrual bleeding: prevalence and characteristics from young adulthood to midlife, Australia, 2000–2021: a longitudinal cohort survey study

Louise Wilson, Tessa Copp, Martha Hickey, Bec Jenkinson, Susan J Jordan, Rachel Thompson, Gita D Mishra and Jenny A Doust

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 191-197 Open Access

Social inequalities in eligibility rates and use of the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme, 2016–22: an administrative data analysis

George Disney, Yi Yang, Peter Summers, Alexandra Devine, Helen Dickinson and Anne M Kavanagh

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (3): 135-143 Open Access

Evaluating primary care expenditure in Australia: the Primary Care Spend (PC Spend) model

Michael Wright, Shona Bates, Andrew W Bazemore and Michael R Kidd

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (3): 149-154 Open Access

Cannabis poisonings in Australia following the legalisation of medicinal cannabis, 2014–24: analysis of NSW Poisons Information Centre data

Rose Cairns, Sara Allaf and Nicholas A Buckley

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (3): 155-157 Open Access

Use of ChatGPT to obtain health information in Australia, 2024: insights from a nationally representative survey

Julie Ayre, Erin Cvejic and Kirsten J McCaffery

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 210-212 Open Access

How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study

Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri), Kade Booth, Jamie Bryant, Felicity Collis (Gomeroi), Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa), Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam), Breanne Hobden, Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru), Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi), Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri), Alex Brown (Yuin), Sandra J Eades (Noongar), Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) and Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa)

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): S49-S56 Free

Surgical clinical trial activity in Australia, 2010–20, by specialty: analysis of trial registration data

Claire Greenwell, Angela Webster, Ian A Harris, David Beard, Angie Barba and Sarah J Lord

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 102-103 Free

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community experiences and recommendations for health and medical research: a mixed methods study

Felicity Collis (Gomeroi), Kade Booth, Jamie Bryant, Tanika Ridgeway (Worimi), Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa), Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam), Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru), Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi), Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri), Alex Brown (Yuin), Sandra J Eades (Noongar), Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): S6-S15 Free

Researchers’ self‐reported adherence to ethical principles in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research and views on improving conduct: a mixed methods study

Kade Booth, Jamie Bryant, Felicity Collis (Gomeroi), Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa), Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) , Breanne Hobden, Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru), Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi), Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri), Alex Brown (Yuin), Sandra J Eades (Noongar), Kelvin M Kong (Worimi), Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa) and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): S16-S24 Free