Programme

PLEASE NOTE: The conference programme is subject to change

Tuesday 24 November
0900 - 1200	Workshop 1 Evidence for Health Policy: How to Use and Interpret Burden of Disease and Cost-Effectiveness Information Room: P3
1300 - 1600	Workshop 2 Enacting collaborative research: responding more to our patients is more rewarding for health professionals and can reform the system Room: P3

Wednesday 25 November
0800	Registration Opens
0900-0915	Official Opening
0915-1045	PLENARY 1: POLITICS AND HEALTH CARE REFORM Health care, Barak Obama and the world: or the dirty rotten secrets of reform—Professor James Morone, Brown University, USA From the National Health Strategy to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission: two decades of health reform—Dr Sharon Willcox, Health Policy Solutions Barriers to reform in Australia, unstoppable reform in New Zealand—Professor Philip Davies, The University of Queensland
1045-1115	Morning Break
	Session 1A Posters Room: P1	Session 1B Posters Room: P2	Session 1C NICS Room: P3	Session 1D Mental Health Room: P4	Session 1E Understanding cancer need and cancer services Room: P5
1115-1130	1 Jon Wardle 2 Nihaya Al‐sheyab 3 Yew Y Ding 4 Stuart Howell 5 Ronald Webster 6 Wendy Bower 7 Jun Hong Lee 8 Virginia Priest 9 Jim Pearse 10 Craig Veitch 11 Dana Teusner 12 David Brennan 13 Toni Ashton 14 Nikki Clelland	15 Paula Cronin 16 Nimnath Withanachchi 17 Svetla Gadzhanova 18 John Woodall 19 Maarten Kamp 20 Te Kani Kingi 21 Janet Clinton 22 Susan Gargett 23 Manonita Ghosh 24 Jenifer Lowe 25 Janet McDonald 26 Ellen Kittson 27 Adella Campbell 28 Michelle Marie Lockhart	Composing indicators and outcomes that will sing for you: theoretical and practical perspectivesSaravana Kumar University of South Australia	Service use for mental health problems: findings from the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing Jane Pirkis University of Melbourne	Quantifying supportive care needs: Clinical audit of non-admitted patient occasions-of-service James Harrison Surgical Outcomes Research Centre
1130-1145			Evaluating the successful characteristics of a “community of practice” across emergency care departments Tonia Bruhn Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University	The Impact of Better Access Medicare Benefits Schedule item numbers for psychological services on psychologists and client outcomes Justine Fletcher University of Melbourne	Unmet supportive care needs in colorectal cancer: differences by age Mikaela Jorgensen Surgical Outcomes Research Centre
1145-1200			Lessons learned about translating Improving awareness, investigation and management of osteoporosis in patients presenting to hospital with fracture Charles Inderjeeth Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	The Suicide Prevention Pilot component of the Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) projects Kylie King University of Melbourne	Supporting palliative care informal carers: preferences and value of services Patsy Kenny Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation
1200-1215			Implementing evidence: A case study in community stroke rehabilitation Annie McCluskey University of Sydney	Evaluation of the Access to Allied Psychological Services project and impact of the Better Access Medicare Benefits Schedule item numbers Bridget BassiliosUniversity of Melbourne	Development of a shared care approach for follow-up after breast cancer Caroline Nehill National Breast & Ovarian Cancer Centre
1215-1230			Optimising arm function in people rehabilitating from stroke - lessons learned from a stroke unit and rehabilitation unit John Cannell Launceston General Hospital	Whole of Government: Rhetoric and Reality Megan Lawrance Menzies School of Health Research	Australian best practice models of post surgical breast cancer Christine Giles National Breast & Ovarian Cancer Centre
1230-1245			Discussion	A new model for youth mental health: interim findings from the headspace evaluation Kristy Muir Social Policy Research Centre	Qualitative Study of Community Care for Chinese Australian Cancer Patients Heather McKenzie University of Sydney
1245-1400	Lunch & Poster Viewing
1400-1500	PLENARY 2: INDIGENOUS HEALTH Improving the health status of Indigenous peoples: the challenge of conducting responsive health services research—Professor Cindy Shannon, Indigenous Heath Research Centre, University of Queensland Panel: Dr Jackie Cumming, Health Services Research Centre, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Dr Amohia Boulton, Whakauae Research for Maori Health and Development and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Health Services Research Centre, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Dr Josée Lavoie, Health Sciences Program, University of Northern British Columbia Ms Kim O’Donnell, Flinders University
1500-1530	Afternoon Break
	Session 2A Complex, costly and entrenched technologies: approaches to research & reform Room: P1	Session 2B Understanding Health Services Utilisation Room: P2	Session 2C Pharmaceutical Room: P3	Session 2D International HSR Room: P4	Session 2E Quality Monitoring Room: P5
1530-1545	Assisted reproductive technologies and disinvestment: uncomfortable bedfellows? Amber Watt University of Adelaide	Frequent visitors to Emergency Departments: An issue in need of a reformed approach Katherine Nelson University of Wellington	Comparing applicability of Charlson Comorbidity and Rx-Risk Indices in Australia Christine Lu University of South Australia	Measuring Efficiency in developing Countries Bruce Hollingsworth Monash University	Measuring change in patient safety awareness in the operating theatre Wendy Bower Chinese University of Hong Kong
1545-1600	The Medicare Safety Net and the ART of billing Elizabeth Savage Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation	Long-term health risks after infective gastroenteritis: a population-based cohort study Rachael Moorin University of Western Australia	Does Advertisement Really Work? Evidence from the US Pharmaceutical Industry Dana Costea Indiana University South Bend	Inpatient Utilizations after the Introduction of Korea Express Train Hong Jin Moon Kyungwon University	Factors affecting primary care quality improvement: systematic review of instruments Sue Brennan Monash University
1600-1615	Ethical implications of disinvesting from publicly accepted and available services. Annette Braunack-Mayer University of Adelaide	RCT in health service research: risk identification and contingency planning Natalie Plant University of Sydney	Public Funding of Hospital Medicines in Australia – A Call for Reform Laurie Brown National Centre for Social & Economic Modelling	Strategies for overcoming health system constraints in developing countries Samantha Hollingworth University of Queensland	Impact of hospital-wide process redesign on patient outcomes: a controlled study Ian Scott Princess Alexandra Hospital
1615-1630	Discussion	How different are complications, which affect the older adult inpatient? David Rowell University of Queensland	Do women and GPs agree in their preferences around contraceptive methods? Stephanie Knox Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation	Have the last decades of investments improved First Nations’ health? Josee Lavoie University of Northern British Columbia	Using administrative data to screen for quality of care issues Rachael Wills Queensland Health
	Session 3A Complementary Medicine Room: P4	Session 3B Health Workforce Room: P1	Session 3C Health Technology Assessment Room: P2	Session 3D Hospital Performance Room: P3	Session 3E Health Economics Room: P5
1645-1700	Mixing modalities: Complementary therapies and self-care for chronic conditions Rachel Canaway Monash University	Violence in the Australian general practice setting: Response and reform Dagmar Ceramidas Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute	Introduction and uptake of new medical technologies in the Australian health care system – hesitant, uneven or ill-informed? Gisselle Gallego Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation	Is the Relative Stay Index useful for comparing hospitals’ performance? Peter Baghurst Children Youth & Women's Health Service	To go Public or Private: Discrete choice survey of public’s preferences for elective surgery Paul Brown University of Auckland
1700-1715		A framework promoting successful adaption and coping with health system reforms Gary Day, Liz Fulop Health Management Research Alliance	Is it cost effective to introduce a stroke unit in Auckland? Braden Te Ao University of Auckland	Baseline Hospital Performance and the Impact of Medical Emergency Teams: Modelling vs. Conventional Subgroup Analysis Jack Chen University of New South Wales	Waiting for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) Terri Green University of Canterbury
1715-1730	Complementary Medicine (CAM) Practitioners in Rural Australia: An Unknown Entity Jon Wardle University of Queensland	Baseline cohort of the 'Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life' (MABEL) longitudinal study Anthony Scott University of Melbourne	The impact of improving screening participation rate and diagnostic test sensitivity on colorectal cancer screening Paula Cronin Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation	Acute hospitalisation reductions with the Healthy Housing programme Gary Jackson Counties Manukau District Health Board	Education and obesity in four OECD countries Jody Church Centre For Health Economics Research & Evaluation
1730-1745	A Randomised Trial of a Meridian-Based Intervention for Food Cravings Peta Stapleton Griffith University	Mental health and hours worked among nurses Nerina Vecchio Griffith University	A pilot study of preferences surrounding health system choice Jennifer Whitty Griffith University	New Zealand variation and outcomes related to hospital policies/practices Mary Finlayson University of Otago	Why do GPs bulk bill concession card holders? Ian McRae Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute
1800	Welcome Reception The Hon Paul Lucas MP, Queensland Deputy Premier and Minister for Health

Thursday 26 November
0830	Registration Opens
0900-1015	PLENARY 3: REFORMS AND PERFORMANCE Measuring health system performance and assessing the effects of health system reforms—Professor Gert Westert, Tilburg University, The Netherlands Improving and measuring performance in the New Zealand health system—Ms Deborah Roche, Ministry of Health, New Zealand
1045-1115	Morning Break
	Session 4A Posters Room: P1	Session 4B EMCAP Session Room: P3	Session 4C APHCRI Stream: Room: P2	Session 4D Primary Care Room: P5	Session 4E NICS Evidence Room: P4
1115-1130	29 Carol Holden 30 Rachel Tham 31 Rupesh Goel 32 Mikaela Jorgensen 33 Kyeong‐Soo Lee 34 Wendy Bower 35 James Harrison 36 Jennifer Walsh 37 Laurann Yen 38 Eleanor Jackson‐ Bowers 39 Deborah Gleeson 40 Alison Dwyer 41 David Greenfield 42 Robert Sam Milligan	Elements of Care Study Margaret Faedo University of New South Wales	Reform of Primary Care: What Does the Evidence Say Dr Sarah Dennis Dr Elizabeth Comino Professor Robert Bush Dr David Perkins Dr Lucio Naccarella Professor Anthony Scott	Diabetic retinopathy screening in general practice - can it be done? Deborah Askew University of Queensland	Using patient journey modelling to identify barriers and solutions to improve health service delivery for people with advanced chronic kidney disease Bhavini Patel Royal Darwin Hospital
1130-1145		Economic Modelling applied to Cancer Protocols – EM-CAP Marion Haas Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation		The relationship between engagement and outcomes in a chronic care programme Peter Carswell University of Auckland	Barriers and enablers to improving management of pain in the emergency department Kerri Holzhauser Princess Alexandra Hospital
1145-1200		Health data to inform economic models of cancer care Sallie-Anne Pearson University of New South Wales		Are telephone triage dispositions appropriate? Patient simulations with validated scenarios David Dunt University of Melbourne	When systems count: thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke Andrew Lee Flinders Medical Centre
1200-1215		Estimating the costs of administering chemotherapy Gisselle Gallego Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation		Nursing developments in primary health care 2001-2007 Mary Finlayson University of Auckland	Translating evidence into practice for hypertension management: a complex primary care intervention Kevin Mc Namara Monash University
1215-1230		Chemotherapy, adverse events and costs Alison Pearce Centre For Health Economics Research & Evaluation		Practice nurse management of overweight and obesity: a literature review Laura Forrest Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute	Using health networks to assist statewide implementation of falls prevention evidence Nicholas Waldron Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
1230-1245				Better using our GPs in the most complex diabetes care Claire Jackson University of Queensland	A national framework for ongoing cardiovascular disease risk reduction Julie Redfern Concord Repatriation General Hospital
1245-1400	Lunch & ERGO Session
	Session 5A Clinical practice guidelines Room: P3	Session 5B Indigenous Health Services Research 1 Room: P1	Session 5C Consumer Responsiveness Room: P5	Session 5D HSR Reform Room: P4	Session 5E Harkness Room: P2
1400-1415	A review of clinical practice guidelines in Australia (2003-2007) Kay Currie National Health & Medical Research Council	The Contribution of Iwi-based Research Centres to Improving Service Delivery Amohia Boulton Whakauae Research Services	Assessing the impact of disability on achieving an adequate standard of living: Barriers, Resource Needs and Priorities Laura Wilkinson-Meyers University of Auckland	Lessons learned from major hospital redevelopments Kate Copeland Queensland Health	Strategies to reduce unwarranted clinical practice variations in U.S. hospitals Robin Gauld University of Otago
1415-1430	Benefits and limitations of the ADAPTE process of guideline adaptation: the experience of developing a venous thromboembolism prevention guideline for Australian hospitals Agnes Wilson National Health & Medical Research Council	Rhetoric or reality? Do service delivery and health policy support preventive contexts for Mâori diabetes-related foot care? Jan Browne Auckland University of Technology	Measuring cancer care coordination: development of a questionnaire for patients Jane Young Surgical Outcomes Research Centre	Reform: compliance or engagement? David Greenfield University of New South Wales	Understanding Innovative Geriatric Interventions in the US Carolyn Hullick Hunter New England Area Health Service
1430-1445	A national implementation program and evidence-based guideline for venous thromboembolism prevention Jodie Clydesdale National Health & Medical Research Council	Understanding health services change and development through action research Nikki Clelland Menzies School of Health Research	How can community health centres build research and evaluation capacity? John Bamberg, Sharon Read Western Region Health Centre	Health policy capacity in three Australian jurisdictions: does context matter? Alison Hughes La Trobe University	Beyond patient surveys Karen Luxford National Breast & Ovarian Cancer Centre
1445-1500	Targeted Implementation of Guidelines for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Anne-Laure Couineau Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health	The Gudaga Project: responding to the health service needs of Aboriginal infants Elizabeth Comino University of NSW	Factors influencing quality of care for older people with complex needs Anna Gregory University of South Australia	Identifying priorities for systematic reviews relevant to Australian policy makers Miranda Cumpston Australasian Cochrane Centre	Directions for acute inpatient funding: Findings of a 2007-08 Harkness Fellowship Peter McNair University of California
1500-1515	Implementing preventive care guidelines in general practice: lessons learnt from preconception care Danielle Mazza Monash University	Quality improvement in Indigenous primary health care: changing practice and improving performance Karen Gardener Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute	Ascertaining the benefits of citizen engagement in health policy development Catherine Joyce Monash University	Changing forms of governance of the New Zealand health system Geoff Fougere Wellington School of Medicine	Harkenss Information Session
1515-1530	Discussion	Indigenous Australians Living with Chronic Illness: Health Service Encounters Tanisha Jowsey Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute	Speaking to power: a voice for community health work Clare Shuttleworth Southern Adelaide Health Service	An evidence base to support the reform of Australian hospitals Mary Haines The Sax Institute
1530-1600	Afternoon Break
1600-1700	PLENARY 4: RESEARCH FOR A SELF‐IMPROVING HEALTH SYSTEM Research for a self‐improving health system—Professor Warwick Anderson, National Health and Medical Research Council, Professor Elim Papadakis, National Health and Medical Research Council Canadian innovation in research funding and opportunities for international collaboration—Dr Colleen Flood, Canadian Institute of Health Research, Canada Developments in New Zealand—Dr Jackie Cumming, Health Services Research Centre, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington
1700-1800	HSRAANZ AGM
1900	Conference Dinner

Friday 27 November
0830	Registration Opens
	Session 6A Analysis of Health Data Room: P4	Session 6B Issues in Gynaecologic Cancer Room: P3	Session 6C Health Insurance in Health Room: P1	Session 6D Indigenous Health Room: P2	Session 6E Nursing and HSR Research Room: P5
0900-0915	Primary health care in New Zealand: affiliation and access Peter Crampton University of Otago	Drugs, Sex, Money and Power: an HPV vaccine case study Marion Haas Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation	The purchase of services from the private sector in a public health system Toni Ashton University of Auckland	Supporting innovation: Strategies to improve the uptake of primary care initiatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in mainstream general practice Margaret Kelaher University of Melbourne	Sharps including Needlestick (SIN) Injuries in Nurses in New South Wales Ashley Kable University of Newcastle
0915-0930	Enhanced primary care utilisation and regularity in older Western Australians David Gibson University of Western Australia	Cost-effectiveness of cervical screening in New Zealand: impact of HPV vaccine Elizaveta Sopina University of Auckland	Health Policy and Equity of Health Care Financing in Australia: 1975/76 - 2003/04 Mohammad Hajizadeh University of Queensland	Using Medicare Data to Estimate Indigenous Health Expenditure Paul Lukong Australian Institute of Health & Welfare	Nursing and Access to Health Services Adella Campbell University of Wellington
0930-0945	GP visits in people with mental illness Qun Mai University of Western Australia	Evaluating changes in women's attitudes towards cervical screening following a screening promotion campaign and a free vaccination program Meliyanni Johar Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation	Can reasons for holding insurance predict service use? Jane Harford University of Adelaide	Improving delivery of preventive services to well adults in Indigenous communities Damin Si University of Queensland	Evaluation of a Nurse Practitioner Led Dementia Outreach Service Brona Farrelly Griffith University
0945-1000	Linguistic difference of infants’ health status and health services utilisation Lixin Ou Simpson Centre for Health Services Research	Understanding needs and health service use after gynaecologic cancer Lisa Walton Centre for Health Services Research & Policy	The public-private mix of financing in the New Zealand health system Tim Tenbensel	The Overburden Project: Contracting for Indigenous Health Services Kim O'Donnell Flinders University	Do triage systems in health services improve patient flow? A systematic review of the literature Katherine Harding Eastern Health
1000-1030	Morning Break
1030-1115	PLENARY 5: EVALUATING HEALTH POLICY New Zealand’s Primary Health Care Strategy: what have we achieved and where do we go next?—Dr Jackie Cumming, Health Services Research Centre, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Evidence‐based policy and politics: the curious case of the Medicare Safety Net—Mr Kees van Gool, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology, Sydney
1130-1300	PLENARY 6: DEVELOPING AND USING DATA Visualising data to inform policy: lessons from US primary care research—Dr Andrew Bazemore, Robert Graham Center, Washington USA Routine data: we’ve got a lot—now let’s use it—Professor Louisa Jorm, The Sax Institute Prioritising patient safety programs using routine hospital data—Associate Professor Terri Jackson, University of Queensland
1300-1315	CONFERENCE CLOSE Prize Giving Invitation to 2011
1400	APHCRI Master Class - Primary Care, Policy and Place: Spatial Data Use and Analysis Presented by Andrew Bazemore