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Web of knowledge
JULY 2009
Paediatric pain profile
The Paediatric Pain Profile (PPP) was developed by researchers at the Royal College of Nursing Institute, Oxford and the Institute of Child Health, London. It is a behaviour rating scale for assessing pain in children with severe physical and learning impairments. Children can experience difficulties in communicating their pain and it can go unrecognised and untreated. The pain assessment scale was developed specifically for children to help parents and health care professionals to distinguish which behaviours indicate pain and which pain relieving treatments to follow. The PPP tool is available for download as a PDF document.
Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
CRY was founded in 1995 to raise awareness of conditions that can lead to Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) also known as Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS, SADS) in children and young people. The website provides full details about the organisation, medical information about the condition, screening, fundraising, news and research, and details of the counselling service.
Neuroscience (2nd edition)
The book ‘Neuroscience’ is intended for undergraduates, medical students and graduate students of neuroscience. It covers the organization of the nervous system, neural signalling, sensation and sensory processing, movement and its control, the changing brain (early development, modification of circuits resulting from learning, synapse plasticity) and complex brain functions (association centres, language, lateralization, sleep, wakefulness, emotions, sexuality and memory). There is also a glossary of terms at the end of the book. It was written by Purves et al and was published in 2001. It was made available on the Web by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) from their ‘Bookshelf’ where a collection of biomedical books have been adapted for the Web.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports
Hospital separations due to injury and poisoning, Australia 2004–05
This report presents national statistics on injuries that resulted in admission to hospitals in Australia. It includes cases discharged during the year to 30 June 2005. Unintentional falls, transport-related injury, intentional self-harm and assault are common causes of hospitalised injury in the Australian community. Injuries due to these and other causes are described, in terms of case numbers and rates, by age and sex, place of usual residence, length of stay in hospital and other characteristics. Injuries sustained while working for income or while engaged in sporting activities are also described. The report will be relevant to anyone interested in gaining an insight into patterns of injury morbidity and the burden it imposes on the Australian community.
Projection of health care expenditure by disease 2003–2033
This report examines projections of Australian health care expenditure by disease for the period 2003–2033. Total expenditure on health is projected to increase from 9.4% of GDP in 2002–03 to 10.8% of GDP in 2032–33. This is an increase of 15% in the health to GDP ratio (or an annual growth of 0.5% greater than growth in GDP).
The report:
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•provides details on the five components of the projection model
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•presents expenditure projections to 2033 for the 20 disease groups
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•examines the main components contributing to change in expenditure for seven major disease and injury groups.
Cancer in Australia: An overview 2008
Cancer in Australia: an overview 2008 presents comprehensive national data on cancer incidence and mortality in Australia in 2005, with projections to 2008. Also included are incidence data by state and territory, remoteness, socioeconomic status and Indigenous status. Summaries are given for cancer survival and prevalence, and cancer screening. Also presented are hospital inpatient statistics for the period 2002-03 to 2006-07, and a discussion of the burden of cancer. The data in this report are supported by more detailed information in cancer incidence and mortality data cubes and workbooks on the AIHW's website.
Movement from hospital to residential aged care
The movement of people between acute hospital care and residential aged care has long been recognised as an important issue, but existing national data sets provide only limited information on such movement. This report presents the first comprehensive statistical results into issues affecting movement from hospital into residential aged care, using linked hospital care and residential aged care data for 2001-02. In particular, factors affecting admission into residential care on discharge from hospital are examined.
Hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 2005–06
The number of fall events resulting in hospitalisation due to injury for older Australians remains high and the rate of fall-related injury incidents is particularly high for the oldest group within this population. As in the previous report, older females accounted for most of the hospitalised fall injury cases and a third of cases had injuries to the hip and thigh. Half of all fall injury cases for people aged 65 years and older occurred in the home. Falls in residential institutions were also common. Age-standardised rates of hospitalised fall-related injury separations have increased over the seven year study period to June 2006, despite a decrease in the rate for femur fractures due to falls. The estimated total length of stay per fall injury case has also increased over the period 1999-2006, apparently influenced by increases in the number of bed
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