Medical screening
Medicare advanced imaging payment: dysfunctional policy making
Screening for and managing the person with frailty in primary care: ICFSR consensus guidelines
Although frailty, disability and multimorbidity often coexist and interact, they are distinct and separate concepts. Growing evidence suggests that each of these interrelated conditions is preventable and their associated complications manageable.
Understanding consumer perceptions of frailty screening to inform knowledge translation and health service improvements
Despite growing support for the clinical application of frailty, including regular frailty screening for older adults, little is known about how older adults perceive frailty screening. The purpose of this study was to examine older adults' perspectives on frailty screening to inform knowledge translation and health service improvements for older adults with frailty. Research Design...
National bowel cancer screening program: monitoring report 2020
Utilisation of general practice health assessments around an aged care assessment is associated with lower mortality risk in older Australians
Objective: (i) to describe the general practitioner utilisation of health assessments, management plans, coordination of team care arrangements and medication review item numbers within 6 months of an aged care eligibility assessment for home care packages (HCP) and (ii) investigate the impact of health assessments on the risk of mortality and entry into permanent residential...