CENTRE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
Publications since 2000
Frommer M, Holt P, Colagiuri R, Rubin G. A plan for the dissemination and implementation of national evidence-based guidelines for the prevention and management of Type 2 diabetes. Effective Healthcare Australia and Australian Centre for Diabetes Strategies, November 2000.
Frommer M, Petersen M, Rubin GL . Prevention of thrombo-embolism (Effectiveness Report). Submitted to NSW Health Department, 2000.
Frommer MS, Rubin G . Evidence based healthcare. In: Bloom A, editor. Health Reform in Australia and New Zealand . Melbourne : Oxford University Press; 2000.
Jenkin, R, Frommer M, Rubin G . Improving the management of congestive heart failure
(Effectiveness Report). Submitted to NSW Health Department, 2000.
Maher C , Rubin G. Clinical policy and practice recommendation for NSW Health: preventing pressure sores. Submitted to NSW Health Department, 2000.
Ragg M, Frommer M, Vincent N, Rubin G . How to put the evidence into practice:
implementation and dissemination strategies. National Health and Medical Research Council. Canberra : AusInfo; 2000.
Rubin G , Tjhin M, Petersen M. Clinical policy and practice recommendation for NSW Health: preventing intravenous device associated infections. Submitted to NSW Health Department, 2000.
Phillips P, Rubin G , Morey P. (2000). Evidence for evidence-based medicine at the coalface. Medical Journal of Australia , 172:259-260.
Rubin G , Frommer M, Vincent N, Phillips P, Leeder S. (2000). Getting new evidence into medicine. Medical Journal of Australia , 172:180-183.
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation ( G Rubin Chair). (2000). The Australian Immunisation Handbook . 7 th Edition. Commonwealth of Australia , Canberra .
2001
Matthews S, Jenkin R, Frommer M, Tjhin M, Rubin G . When research reports and
academic journals are clearly not enough. Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal & Tropic Health, April 2001.
Schofield WN , Rubin GL, Dean MG. Clinical Intelligence on the use of selected blood products (platelets,fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate) in public hospitals. A report to the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care from the Effective Healthcare Consortium, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney. August 2001.
Rubin GL , Schofield WN, Dean MG, Shakeshaft AP . Appropriateness of red cell transfusions in major urban hospitals in NSW. Med J Aust 2001; 175(7): 354-358.
Shah S, Peat JK, Mazurski EJ, Wang H, Sindhusake D, Bruce C, Henry RL, Gibson PG. Effect of peer led programme for asthma education in adolescents: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2001 Mar 10;322(7286):583-5.
Flood VM, Webb KL, Smith W, Mitchell P, Bantick JM, MacIntyre R, Sindhusake D , Rubin GL. Folate fortification: potential impact on folate intake in an older population. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2001 Sep;55(9):793-800.
MacIntyre CR, Empson M, Boardman C, Sindhusake D , Lokan J, Brown GV. Risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a Melbourne hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2001 Oct;22(10):624-9.
Sindhusake D , Mitchell P, Smith W, Golding M, Newall P, Hartley D, Rubin G. Validation of self-reported hearing loss: The Blue Mountains Hearing Study. Int J Epidemiol 2001 Dec;30(6):1371-8.
Newall P, Mitchell P, Sindhusake D , Golding M, Wigney D, Hartley D, Smith D, Birtles G. Tinnitus in older people, a widespread problem. The Hearing Journal 2001;54:14-8.
Rubin G. Schofield W. Dean M. Shakeshaft A. (2001). Appropriateness of red blood cell transfusions in major urban hospitals and effectiveness of an intervention. Medical Journal of Australia . 175(7):354-8.
Rubin G, Frommer M. Series editors. (2001). Evidence-Based Medicine. Medical Journal of Australia : 174(5).
Rubin GL , Frommer M. (2001). Evidence-based medicine - time for a reality check. Medical Journal of Australia . 174:214-215.
MacIntyre CR, Sindhusake D , Rubin G. Modelling strategies for reducing pharmaceutical costs in hospital. Int J Qual Health Care 2001 Feb;13(1):63-9.
2002
Lampe J, Lloyd C, King R, & McDougall S . (2001). The leisure satisfaction of people with a psychiatric disabilities. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 25(2), 107:113.
2002
Schofield WN . 2nd report to Accor Asia Pacific group of hotels on a study of health status of employees of an Australian company: follow-up testing after a physical activity and dietary intervention. Report submitted to Accor Asia Pacific in 2002.
Gamini Weerakkody and Pradeep Ray, “CSCW Based System Design for Clinical Practice Environments for Improving Quality of Service”, 4th International Workshop on Enterprise Networking and Computing (Healthcom2002), Nancy France, June
Gamini Weerakkody and Pradeep Ray, “Cooperative Management of Healthcare Information Systems”, Health Informatics Conference (HIC2002), Melbourne , August 2002
Weerasinghe DP, MacIntyre CI and Rubin GL. Seasonality of coronary artery deaths in New South Wales , Australia Heart 2002;88:30-34.
Weerasinghe DP, MacIntyre CR, Rubin GL . The epidemiology of cardiac arrests in a Sydney hospital. Resuscitation 2002; 53(1):53-62.
Rubin G. Getting stronger all the time. The human body. Part 6 – Surviving disease and science's battle to keep us alive. The Daily Telegraph 25 March 2002 .
2003
Sindhusake D , Mitchell P, Golding M, Newall P, Rochtchina E, Rubin G. Prevalence and Characteristics of Tinnitus in Older Adults: The Blue Mountains Hearing Study. Int J Audiol 2003 Jul;42(5):289-94.
(Caplehorn J, Rubin G . The changing structure of of the attitudes and beliefs of staff working in opioid maintenance. Submitted to Drug and Alcohol Dependence, July 2003.)
(Caplehorn J, Rubin G . Changes in the attitudes and beliefs of staff working in opioid maintenance programs in Sydney , Australia , between 1992 and 2002. Submitted to Drug and Alcohol Review, July 2003.)
Schofield WN , Rubin GL, Dean MG. Appropriateness of platelet, fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate transfusions in NSW public hospitals. Med J Aust 2003; 178(3) :117-121.
2004
Sindhusake D , Golding M, Newell P, Rubin G, Jakobsen K, Mitchell P. Risk
Factors for Tinnitus in a Population of Older Adults: The Blue Mountains Hearing
Study. A Population-based Assessment. Ear Hear 2004;24(6):501-507.
Sindhusake D , Golding M, Wigney D, Newell P, Jakobsen K, Mitchell P.
Factors Predicting Severity of Tinnitus: A Population-based Assessment. J Am Acad
Audiol 2004;15:269-280.
Nguyen ND, Allen JR, Peat JK, Schofield WN , Nossar v, Eisenbruch M, Gaskin KJ.
Growth and feeding practices of Vietnamese infants in Australia . Eur J Clin Nutr. 2004 Feb;58(2)356-62.
Sungthong R , Mo-suwan L, Chongsuvivatwong V, Geater AF. Once-weekly and 5-days a week iron supplementation differentially affect cognitive function but not school performance in Thai children. J Nutr. 2004 Sept;134(9):2349-54.
