Publications

Burgess, LB & Street, D 1999, 'An Interchange Algorithm For Four Factor Orthogonal Main Effect Plans', Statistics And Computing, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 171-177.
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In this paper we give a construction for four factor orthogonal main effect plans (OMEPs) and an interchange algorithm to give four factor OMEPs with various different numbers of repeated runs.

Burgess, LB, Kreher, D & Street, D 1999, 'Small Orthogonal Main Effect Plans With Four Factors', Communications In Statistics-theory And Methods, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 2441-2464.
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In this paper we study orthogonal main effect plans with four factors. A table of such designs, where each factor has at most 10 levels, and there are at most 40 runs, is generated. We determine the spectrum of the degrees of freedom of pure error for th

Haas, M 1999, 'A critique of patient satisfaction.', Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 9-13.
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Measures of patient satisfaction have been developed primarily so that patients could furnish health care providers and services with feedback on the quality of health care provided to them. However, the theoretical underpinnings of the concept of patient satisfaction are under-developed and the framework within which patient satisfaction has evolved is considered by some to be in need of review and overhaul. In this article, the concept and measurement of patient satisfaction is critically reviewed. Potentially better ways of asking patients (and their families and carers) to describe and/or assess their care are suggested.

Haas, M 1999, 'Commentary on McKenzie therapy and manipulation have similar effects and costs and provide only marginally better outcomes than an educational booklet', Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, vol. 45, no. 1, p. 46.

Haas, M 1999, 'The relationship between expectations and satisfaction: A qualitative study of patients' experiences of surgery for gynaecological cancer', Health Expectations, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 51-60.
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It is important that a patient perspective is introduced to the identification and measurement of the outcomes of health care. The aim of this study was to use qualitative methods to examine the presence or absence of expectations prior to the experience of health care and the relationship between expectations, satisfaction and dissatisfaction in a group of women undergoing surgery in a large teaching hospital. Nineteen women with a diagnosis of gynaecological cancer were interviewed on two occasions, before and after surgery. A thematic analysis was undertaken. The results suggest that there is not a clear relationship between expectations and satisfaction. Women had different levels of expectations about different types of care and different aspects of care. Unfulfilled expectations did not lead to less satisfaction. The women were able to express satisfaction either with the care overall or with specific aspects of care, as well as being able to distinguish aspects of care with which they were dissatisfied.

Haas, MR 1999, 'Mckenzie Therapy And Manipulation Have Similar Effects And Costs And Provide Only Marginally Better Outcomes Than An Educational Booklet - Commentary', Australian Journal Of Physiotherapy, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 48-48.
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Objective To examine relative costs and effectiveness of chiropractic manipulation, McKenzie therapy and an educational booklet as treatments for low back pain. Design Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Two primary care clinics in the United States of

Hall, J 1999, 'Incremental change in the australian health care system', Health Affairs, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 95-110.
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Australia is similar to the United States in that it is a federation of states, its medical profession is well organized and politically powerful, and it has a substantial private sector. Unlike the United States, Australia provides universal access to health care and has controlled its total health care spending to around 8.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). This paper reviews the role of private health insurance and recent initiatives to support this; the strategies used to control costs in the fee-for-service sector; and the capacity for experimentation in health care financing within a national system that guarantees universal access.

Hall, JP, Lourenco, R & Viney, RC 1999, 'Carrots And Sticks - The Fall And Fall Of Private Health Insurance In Australia', Health Economics, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 653-660.
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Kenny, PM, Quine, S, Shiell, A & Cameron, S 1999, 'Participation in treatment decision-making by women with early stage breast cancer', Health Expectations, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 159-168.

Loftus, I, Goodall, S, Crowther, M, Jones, L, Bell, PF, Naylor, A & Thompson, MM 1999, 'Increased MMP-9 activity in acute carotid plaques: Therapeutic avenues to prevent stroke', Annalsof the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 0, pp. 878-878.

Loftus, IM, Goodall, S, Crowther, M, Jones, L, Bell, PRF, Naylor, AR & Thompson, MM 1999, 'Increased MMP-9 activity in acute carotid plaques: Therapeutic avenues to prevent stroke', INHIBITION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES: THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS, vol. 878, pp. 551-554.
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Simpson, R, Hemingway, D, Crowther, M, Goodall, S & Thompson, MM 1999, 'The gelatinases, their activators and inhibitors in the progression of colorectal cancer', Colorectal Disease, vol. 1, pp. 248-255.

Street, D & Street, AP 1999, 'But Where Are Designs Used?', Ars Combinatoria, vol. 53, pp. 3-26.
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Thompson, MM, Boyle, J, Crowther, M, Goodall, S, Wills, A, Loftus, I & Bell, PF 1999, 'Therapeutic options in small abdominal aneurysms: The role of in vitro studies', Annalsof the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 0, pp. 878-878.

Thompson, MM, Boyle, JR, Crowther, M, Goodall, S, Wills, A, Loftus, IM & Bell, PRF 1999, 'Therapeutic options in small abdominal aneurysms: The role of in vitro studies', INHIBITION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES: THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS, vol. 878, pp. 724-727.
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Treharne, G, Boyle, J, Loftus, I, Goodall, S, Bell, PF & Thompson, MM 1999, 'Marimastat inhibits elastin degradation and matrix metalloproteinase 2 activity in a model of aneurysm disease', British Journal of Surgery, vol. 86, pp. 1053-1058.
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Warner, N, King, MT, Langlands, A, Kenny, PM & Boyages, J 1999, 'Symptoms 2 weeks, 3 months and 12 months after treatment of early breast cancer: The patient's perspective', Breast, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 273-277.
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Bridges, JF, Haas, MR & Mazevska, D CHERE 1999, A qualitative insight into rural casemix education, CHERE Project Report No 10, Sydney.

De Abreau Lourenco, R, Foulds, K, Smoker, I & Hall, JP CHERE 1999, Australian Health Care System, CHERE Discussion Paper No 38, Sydney.

Haas, MR, Chapman, S, Viney, RC, Hall, JP & Ferguson, AC CHERE 1999, The news on health economics: a study of resource allocation in health in the Australian print media for 1996, CHERE Discussion Paper No 40, Sydney.

Haas, MR, Shanahan, M, Viney, RC & Cameron, I Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing 1999, Consultancy to progress hospital in the home care provision: Final report, CHERE Project Report No 13, Canberra.

Hall, JP & Chinchen, L CHERE 1999, Australian health services research and its contribution to the international literature, CHERE Discussion Paper No 41, Sydney.

Hall, JP, Caleo, S & Stevenson, J CHERE 1999, Economic analysis of psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder patients, CHERE Project Report No 9, Sydney.