Adam Elshaug

Health service research definition builder: An R Shiny application for exploring diagnosis codes associated with services reported in routinely collected health data.

Kelsey Chalmers, Valérie Gopinath, Adam G Elshaug

Journal article  |  2023  |  PLoS One

Many administrative health data-based studies define patient cohorts using procedure and diagnosis codes. The impact these criteri..

The financial implications of investigating false-positive and true-positive mammograms in a national breast cancer screening program

Jason Soon, Nehmat Houssami, Michelle Clemson, Darren Lockie, Rachel Farber, Alexandra Barratt, Adam Elshaug, Kirsten Howard

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN HEALTH REVIEW

ObjectivesTo determine the total annual screening and further-investigation costs of investigating false-positive and true-positiv..

Developing a How-to-Guide for Health Technology Reassessment: "The HTR Playbook"

Lesley JJ Soril, Adam G Elshaug, Rosmin Esmail, Kalipso Chalkidou, Mohamed Gad, Fiona M Clement

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

BACKGROUND: To develop a knowledge translation (KT) tool that will provide guidance to stakeholders actively planning or consideri..

Adenotonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children: The impact of timing of surgery and post-operative outcomes

Francisco J Schneuer, Katy JL Bell, Chris Dalton, Adam Elshaug, Natasha Nassar

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH

AIM: To investigate the impact of adenotonsillectomy (ADT) and adenoidectomy (AD) on child health and evaluated their post-operati..

Patterns of specialist out-of-pocket costs for Australian Medicare services: implications for price transparency

Kelsey Chalmers, Adam G Elshaug, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Bruce E Landon

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN HEALTH REVIEW

Objective To explore out-of-pocket (OOP) costs within specialties and individual specialists, and use of Medicare Benefits Schedul..

Rates of Low-Value Service in Australian Public Hospitals and the Association With Patient Insurance Status

Juliana de Oliveira Costa, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Adam G Elshaug, Kees van Gool, Louisa R Jorm, Michael O Falster

Journal article  |  2021  |  JAMA NETWORK OPEN

IMPORTANCE: Low-value services have limited or no benefit to patients. Rates of low-value service in public hospitals may vary by ..

Rates of low value care in NSW public hospitals: variation between public and private inpatients

Juliana de Oliveira Costa, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Adam Elshaug, Kees van Gool, Louisa Jorm, Michael Falster

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Abstract Background Low value care (LVC) services have limited or no benefit t..

Low value care is a health hazard that calls for patient empowerment

Ian A Scott, Adam G Elshaug, Melissa Fox

Journal article  |  2021  |  MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

Adverse Events and Hospital-Acquired Conditions Associated With Potential Low-Value Care in Medicare Beneficiaries

Kelsey Chalmers, Valerie Gopinath, Shannon Brownlee, Vikas Saini, Adam G Elshaug

Journal article  |  2021  |  JAMA HEALTH FORUM

IMPORTANCE: There has been insufficient research on the patient harms and costs associated with potential low-value procedures in ..

Socioeconomic status and utilization of major surgical procedures in the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Hilary Pang, Kelsey Chalmers, Bruce Landon, Adam Elshaug, John Matelski, Vicki Ling, Monika K Krzyzanowska, Girish Kulkarni, Bradley A Erickson, Peter Cram

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  CANCER RESEARCH