Health systems, services and policies

Current projects in this area

• 1+1=A healthy start to life (L Barclay, S Kildea, S Kruske, G Norris, C McGregor, J Curry, Professor Sally Tracy)

• Nurse practitioner prescribing practices in Australia (S Dunn (Charles Darwin University) and A Cashin (Southern Cross University), Dr Tom Buckley (University of Sydney) and Claire Newman (UTS))

• The accuracy of AN-DRG cost weight in describing the trauma patient LOS and direct costs (Professor Deborah Black, Associate Professor Kate Curtis, Dr Mary Lam, Cara Dickson (National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH), St George Hospital, University of Sydney))

• The effectiveness of a community nursing intervention to improve continuity of care for chemotherapy cancer patients (Associate Professor Heather McKenzie, Professor Kate White, Dr Maureen Boughton, Dr Lillian Hayes, Michelle Davies (Mid Western Area Health Service), Emma Underwood (Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service), Michelle Carey (Central Sydney Community Nursing), Keith Cox (Sydney Cancer Centre), Sally Bone (Royal North Shore Hospital) and Dr Pam Bell (Cancer Voices NSW and Breast Cancer Network Australia))

Academic staff with research interests in this area

Some but not all of the following academic staff have currently funded research projects. We invite you to find out more about their special research interests in this area.

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