HALL, J 1988, 'METHODS FOR THE ECONOMIC-EVALUATION OF HEALTH-CARE PROGRAMS - DRUMMOND,MF, STODDART,GL, TORRANCE,GW', COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDIES, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 224-224.
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HALL, JP, HELLER, RF, DOBSON, AJ, LLOYD, DM, SANSONFISHER, RW & LEEDER, SR 1988, 'A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF HEART-DISEASE', MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, vol. 148, no. 6, pp. 271-277.
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Hall, JP, Heller, RF, Dobson, AJ, Lloyd, DM, SansonâFisher, RW & Leeder, SR 1988, 'A costâeffectiveness analysis of alternative strategies for the prevention of heart disease', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 148, no. 6, pp. 273-277.
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The identification of risk factors, such as a raised cholesterol level, hypertension, cigarette smoking, and obesity, permits the prediction of the possible development of ischaemic heart disease and has led to attempts at its prevention through modification of these factors. A high risk of developing ischaemic heart disease is also associated with age, specific socioeconomic groups, a family history of ischaemic heart disease, and preexisting evidence of the disease. Preventive strategies have either sought to reduce the average levels of risk in the general population or to identify by population screening individuals or groups who are at particular risk and to reduce their level of risk. Differing methods of risk-factor identification and modification are appropriate for each of the high-risk groups. For a number of strategies that are directed at either the whole population or high-risk groups we have estimated the costs of identification and risk-factor modification and the probable benefits of undertaking such a strategy. A strategy which educates the whole population by way of the media costs considerably less than does any strategy that involves the identification of individuals at high risk. At a medium cost estimate, with a reduction in risk of only 1%, such an approach costs approximately $8,000 per case that is prevented; when risk reductin approaches 3% it actually results in a saving of health-care expenditure within five years. The costs of the other strategies vary between $12,000 and $26,000 per case that is prevented in a five-year period.
Street, D 1988, 'Some Construction Methods For Optimal Designs When The Errors Are Assumed Correlated', Ars Combinatoria, vol. 0, pp. 193-196.
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Viney, R 1988, 'Book Reviews : A MATTER OF HOURS: WOMEN, PART-TIME WORK AND THE LABOUR MARKET By Veronica Beechey and Tessa Perkins. Polity Press, 1987, 212 pp., $29.95 (paperback)', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 601-603.
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Waters, J & Hall, J 1988, 'Staff satisfaction in short stay wards.', Aust Health Rev, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 302-310.
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Two Short Stay Wards (SSWs) have been opened in a large teaching hospital in Sydney's outer Western suburbs, as a means of overcoming budget constraints and a shortage of nurses prepared to work conventional rosters. This paper reports a survey of the attitudes of medical and nursing staff using these two SSWs. Overall, medical personnel were found to hold positive attitudes to the SSWs and reported higher patient turnover as a result of their opening. Identified barriers to usage of the wards included scheduling of operating suite time, and lack of flexibility in the booking, admission and movement of SSW patients. Nurses who work in the SSWs have chosen to work under these special nursing conditions. They were found to be particularly satisfied with their work hours, rapport with patients and other staff, the high patient turnover and varied case mix. Sources of dissatisfaction included Friday night duty and deployment, and the administrative procedures practised by medical staff, including difficulties in contacting them.
