Past commissioned research
| Year | Subject | Funding organisation |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Comparison of morbidity managed in general practice in the Hunter region and other rural areas of NSW | NSW Health |
| 2010-11 | Development of a project plan for an International SNOMED CT General/Family Practice RefSet and map to ICPC-2 | International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) |
| 2010 | BEACH sub-study of prevalence and management of CKD | Kidney Health Australia |
| 2009 | Development of a project plan for an Australian SNOMED CT General Practice RefSet and maps | National eHealth Transition Authority |
| 2008 | BEACH Changes in Pathology Ordering 04-05 and 07-08 | Australian Association of Pathology Practice (AAPP) |
| 2008 | Cost projections of allowing GPs to order MRI for selected problems | Australian Medical Association (AMA) |
| 2007 | Low back pain | Usyd, Physiotherapy, Health Sciences |
| 2007 | Mapping the Australian Medicines Terminology to the WHO ATC Drug Classification | National eHealth Transitional Authority |
| 2006 | The potential ordering of MRI scanning by general practitioners and the health care and economic outcomes which may result from removing the current MRI ordering restrictions. | Australian Medical Association |
| 2006 | ICPC-2 Plus to SNOMED-CT mapping to evaluate the applicability of SNOMED-CT to general practice activity data collection and analysis in Australia | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| 2005 | The clinical activities of general practitioners in the Victorian Community Health Service | Departnent of Human Services, Victoria |
| 2005 | Mapping a sample of ICPC-2 Plus terms to SNOMED-CT and gap analysis of the result | National eHealth Transitional Authority |
| 2005 | General Practice EHR and data query minimum data set development | General Practice Computer Group |
| 2004 | Development and pilot testing of a consumer questionnaire | Department of Health and Ageing, Diagnostic and Technology Branch |
| 2004 | Measuring the clinical activities of registrars in the Victorian metropolitan training program, in each stage of training | Victorian Metropolitan Alliance |
| 2004 | Secondary research on BEACH on work related problems managed in general practice | National Occupational Health and Safety Council |
| 2004 | Further development of the interactive web server access to BEACH data for pathology and imaging | Department of Health and Ageing, Diagnostic and Technology Branch |
| 2004 | Research from BEACH on encounters with patients holding a DVA card | Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
| 2004 | Leakage | Health Insurance Commission (HIC) |
| 2004 | GP consultation length & downcoding | HIC Commission |
| 2004 | URTI analyses and report of CVD | National Institute of Clinical Studies |
| 2004 | RRMA analysis procedures, imaging, admissions | RACGP |
| 2003 | Study of Registrars clinical experience during stages of training | Institute of General Practice Education |
| 2003 | Study of Registrars clinical experience during training | North Coast GP Training |
| 2002 | A history of pathology ordering in general practice 1998–2001 | Quality Use of Pathology Program, DoHA |
| 2002 | FRACGP–does it make a difference comparison of practice patterns of FRACGP and non FRACGP geberal practitioners | RACGP |
| 2001 | A general practice computerised active data collection validation study | RACGP & Western Sydney Division of General Practice |
| 2000 | The development of a code set for imaging orders by general practitioners and a study into diagnostic imaging requests by general practitioners | Diagnostics & Technology DHAC |
| 1999 | A feasibility study of the development of a pathology ordering code and classification system for general practice | Diagnostics & Technology, DHAC |
| 1999 | Further analyses of the RACGP Curriculum Survey data | RACGP |
| 1999 | Assessment of Medicare costs incurred by Registrars and development of a model for future cost assessment in the new funding agreement | RACGP |
| 1999 | Comparison of 1998 practice patterns of GPs who completed the RACGP Training Program in 1997 and a random sample of other GPs, by use of Health Insurance Commission data. | RACGP |
| 1999 | General Practice Data Model and Core Data Set Project | Department of Health and Aged Care |
| 1999 | ICPC–2 PLUS in the UMLS–Australian section | DHAC |
| 1999 | Pathology ordering by general practitioners in Australia | Diagnostics & Technology, DHAC |
| 1998 | Cryptosperidium–rates of presentation of gasto-intestinal infection in areas affected by high levels of cryptosperidium | NSW Health |
| 1998 | Divisional BEACH program—Townsville | Townsville Division of General Practice |
| 1998 | Further analyses of the RACGP Curriculum Survey data | RACGP |
| 1998 | Longitudinal analysis of HIC data to establish normative standards of the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in general practice | Astra Pharmaceuticals. |
| 1997 | A longitudinal outcome study of the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in general practice | Astra Pharmaceuticals. |
| 1997 | Development of a clinical incident monitoring computerised program for implementation in all family planning clinics | Willis, Corroon Richard and Olivier Pty Ltd |
| 1997 | A comparison of practice patterns using Health Insurance Commission data for GPs who have completed the RACGP Training Program and those who have not | RACGP |
| 1996 | Morbidity and therapeutic data collection in Victoria | Department of Human Services, Victoria |
| 1996 | Infrastructure support to develop classifications and analytical methods | NSW Health |
| 1996 | ICPC Plus in Community Health, a feasibility study | NSW Health |
| 1996 | The development of a research protocol for a study of direct postal education of depressed patients | Eli Lilly |
| 1996 | The natural history of upper gastrointestinal symptoms in Australian general practice and treatment outcomes in patients with symptoms suggestive of gastroparesis. | Janssen Cilag |
| 1996 | Mapping of ICPC PLUS to ICD-9-CM and validation of mapping | Department of Veterans' Affairs |
| 1996 | A study of the management of upper gastrointestinal problems in general practice in Australia | Astra Pharmaceuticals. |
| 1996 | Development of a "front end" and "search engine" for ICPC PLUS for use in state Veterans' Affairs offices | Department of Veterans' Affairs |
| 1995–96 | A double blind randomised controlled trial of Venlafaxine (an anti-depressant) and Fluoxetine in general practice. | Wyeth Pharmaceuticals |
| 1995 | Assessment of GP knowledge and attitude to shared care programs in the Area. | The Western Sydney Area Health Board |
| 1995 | Developing interventions which could reduce the occurrence of adverse patient incidents in general practice. | Taskforce on Quality in Australian Health Care,Department of Human Services and Health |
| 1994 | Work activities in CHC general practitioners: data collection from Community Health Centre GPs, comparative statistical analysis with AMTS Victorian sample. | National Centre for Health Program Evaluation |
| 1994 | Work activities of CHC GPs and comparison with SA sample of the AMTS. Data collection, analysis and report. | SA Community Health Research Centre, Flinders University |
| 1993–94 | Pilot project: incident monitoring in general practice | Professional Indemnity Review (PIR) |
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