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Journal articles

Ayala-Diaz F; Harris-Roxas B; Harris MF; Barr M; Kabir AYM; Conway D; Sharma A, 2024, 'Are there differences in low-acuity emergency department visits between culturally and linguistically diverse migrants and people with English-speaking background: a population-based linkage study of adults over 45', Emergency Medicine Journal, pp. emermed-2023-213442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2023-213442

Lawrence J; Hiscock H; Bryant PA; Greig G; Sharma A; Walpola R, 2024, 'Potential bed-day savings and caregiver perspectives of transitioning hospital-level management of infants with bronchiolitis to the home: A mixed-methods study', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 109, pp. 836 - 841, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327237

Collie L; Milat AJ; Sharma A; Liaw ST; Gale M, 2024, 'What role can ‘health decision-makers’ play in supporting knowledge translation of health and medical research?', Public Health Research and Practice, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp3422413

Lawrence J; Hiscock H; Voskoboynik A; Walpola R; Sharma A, 2024, 'Reducing unwarranted chest x-rays in bronchiolitis: Importance of a robust analysis', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 60, pp. 100 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16539

Lawrence J; South M; Hiscock H; Capurro D; Sharma A; Ride J, 2024, 'Retrospective analysis of the impact of electronic medical record alerts on low value care in a pediatric hospital', Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 31, pp. 600 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocad239

Parker SM; Aslani P; Harris-Roxas B; Wright M; Barr M; Doolan-Noble F; Javanparast S; Sharma A; Osborne RH; Cullen J; Harris E; Haigh F; Harris M; Wright S, 2024, 'Community health navigator-assisted transition of care from hospital to community: protocol for a randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 14, pp. e077877 - e077877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077877

Adams C; Walsan R; Schembri A; Sharma A; Walpola R; Harrison R, 2024, 'Does Patient Experience Change with Age? Exploring Associations Between Patient Experience, Gender and Age', Patient Experience Journal, 11, pp. 141 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.35680/2372-0247.1890

O’Connor CMC; Poulos RG; Sharma A; Preti C; Reynolds NL; Rowlands AC; Flakelar K; Raguz A; Valpiani P; Faux SG; Boyer M; Close JCT; Gupta L; Poulos CJ; O'Connor C, 2023, 'An Australian aged care home for people subject to homelessness: health, wellbeing and cost–benefit', BMC Geriatrics, 23, pp. 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03920-3

Walters JK; Sharma A; Harrison R, 2023, 'Efficiency Improvement Strategies for Public Health Systems: Developing and Evaluating a Taxonomy in the Australian Healthcare System', Healthcare (Switzerland), 11, pp. 2177, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11152177

Rao MUM; Patra KC; Sasmal SK; Sharma A; Oliveto G, 2023, 'Forecasting of Rainfall across River Basins Using Soft Computing Techniques: The Case Study of the Upper Brahmani Basin (India)', WATER, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15030499

Taye J; Sharma A; Kumar B, 2023, 'Effect of downward seepage on turbulence and morphology in mobile boundary sinuous channel', PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0133201

Lawrence J; Hiscock H; Voskoboynik A; Walpola R; Sharma A, 2023, 'Impact of an Intervention to Reduce Bronchodilator Use in Bronchiolitis – A Time Series Analysis', Hospital Pediatrics, 13, pp. 653 - 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2022-007059

Walters JK; Sharma A; Boyce J; Harrison R, 2023, 'Analysis of Centralized Efficiency Improvement Practices in Australian Public Health Systems', Journal of Healthcare Leadership, Volume 15, pp. 313 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/jhl.s435035

Walters JK; Sharma A; Malica E; Harrison R, 2022, 'Supporting efficiency improvement in public health systems: a rapid evidence synthesis', BMC Health Services Research, 22, pp. 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07694-z

Lawrence J; Walpola R; Boyce SL; Bryant PA; Sharma A; Hiscock H, 2022, 'Home Care for Bronchiolitis: A Systematic Review', Pediatrics, 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-056603

Kumar P; Sharma A, 2022, 'Experimental investigation of 3D flow properties around emergent rigid vegetation', ECOHYDROLOGY, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.2474

Prasad BSS; Sharma A; Khatua KK, 2022, 'Distribution and Prediction of Boundary Shear in Diverging Compound Channels', WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, 36, pp. 4965 - 4979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-022-03286-y

Walters JK; Sharma A; Harrison R, 2022, 'Driving Efficiency Improvement (EI): Exploratory Analysis of a Centralised Model in New South Wales', Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 15, pp. 1887 - 1894, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S383107

Sinha K; Davillas A; Jones AM; Sharma A, 2021, 'Do socioeconomic health gradients persist over time and beyond income? A distributional analysis using UK biomarker data', Economics and Human Biology, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2021.101036

Harrison R; Sharma A; Lawton R; Stewart K, 2021, 'Is physician mentorship associated with the occurrence of adverse patient safety events?', Journal of Patient Safety, 17, pp. E1633 - E1637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000592

Szameitat AE; Sharma A; Minutello F; Pinna A; Er-Rafik M; Hansen TH; Persson DP; Andersen B; Husted S, 2021, 'Unravelling the interactions between nano-hydroxyapatite and the roots of phosphorus deficient barley plants', ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-NANO, 8, pp. 444 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0en00974a

Soh ACY; Sharma A; Muscatello DJ, 2020, 'Impact of seasonal influenza on polyclinic attendances for upper respiratory tract infections in Singapore', Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 11, pp. 27 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.4.001

Sharma A; Vandenberg B, 2019, 'Heterogenous wealth effects of minimum unit price on purchase of alcohol: Evidence using scanner data', PLoS ONE, 14, pp. e0225538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225538

Raj SM; Chughtai AA; Sharma A; Tan TC; MacIntyre CR, 2019, 'Cost-benefit analysis of a national influenza vaccination program in preventing hospitalisation costs in Australian adults aged 50–64 years old', Vaccine, 37, pp. 5979 - 5985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.028

Harrison R; Sharma A; Walton M; Esguerra E; Onobrakpor S; Nghia BT; Chinh ND, 2019, 'Responding to adverse patient safety events in Viet Nam', BMC Health Services Research, 19, pp. 677, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4518-y

Swaminathan H; Sharma A; Shah NG, 2019, 'Does the relationship between income and child health differ across income groups? Evidence from India', Economic Modelling, 79, pp. 57 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2018.10.001

Chan DKY; Liu FX; Irwanto D; Prasetyo D; Ozorio G; Li F; Smith M; Sharma A; Chen J, 2018, 'Experience of establishing an acute geriatric outreach service versus subacute service to nursing homes', Internal Medicine Journal, 48, pp. 1396 - 1399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14104

Harrison R; Lee H; Sharma A, 2018, 'A survey of the impact of patient adverse events and near misses on anaesthetists in Australia and New Zealand', Anaesthesia and intensive care, 46, pp. 510 - 515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057X1804600513

Harris A; Sharma A, 2018, 'Estimating the future health and aged care expenditure in Australia with changes in morbidity', PLoS ONE, 13, pp. e0201697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201697

Lamichhane P; Sharma A; Mahal A, 2018, 'Does safe disposal of child faeces matter? An assessment of access to improved sanitation and child faeces disposal behaviour and diarrhoea in rural Nepal', International Health, 10, pp. 277 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihy030

Lamichhane P; Sharma A; Mahal A, 2017, 'Impact evaluation of free delivery care on maternal health service utilisation and neonatal health in Nepal', Health Policy and Planning, 32, pp. 1427 - 1436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czx124

Lamichhane P; Sharma A; Mahal A, 2017, 'Impact of cleaner fuel use and improved stoves on acute respiratory infections: Evidence from India', International Health, 9, pp. 349 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihx041

Sharma A; Sinha K; Vandenberg B, 2017, 'Pricing as a means of controlling alcohol consumption', British Medical Bulletin, 123, pp. 149 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldx020

Sharma A; Etilé F; Sinha K, 2016, 'The Effect of Introducing a Minimum Price on the Distribution of Alcohol Purchase: A Counterfactual Analysis', Health Economics (United Kingdom), 25, pp. 1182 - 1200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.3388

Vandenberg B; Sharma A, 2016, 'Are Alcohol Taxation and Pricing Policies Regressive? Product-Level Effects of a Specific Tax and a Minimum Unit Price for Alcohol', Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire), 51, pp. 493 - 502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv133

Maitra P; Pal S; Sharma A, 2016, 'Absence of Altruism? Female Disadvantage in Private School Enrollment in India', World Development, 85, pp. 105 - 125

Etilé F; Sharma A, 2015, 'Do High Consumers of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Respond Differently to Price Changes? A Finite Mixture IV-Tobit Approach', Health economics, 24, pp. 1147 - 1163

Sharma A; Hauck K; Hollingsworth B; Siciliani L, 2014, 'The effects of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages across different income groups', Health Economics (United Kingdom), 23, pp. 1159 - 1184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.3070

Sharma A; Vandenberg B; Hollingsworth B, 2014, 'Minimum pricing of alcohol versus volumetric taxation: which policy will reduce heavy consumption without adversely affecting light and moderate consumers?', PloS one, 9, pp. e80936 - e80936, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080936

Sharma A; Siciliani L; Harris A, 2013, 'Waiting times and socioeconomic status: does sample selection matter?', Economic Modelling, 33, pp. 659 - 667

Sharma A; Jha R, 2012, 'Fiscal deficits, banking crises and policy reversal in a semi-open economy', Economic Modelling, 29, pp. 271 - 282

Sharma A; Srivastava P, 2011, 'Does disaggregation affect the relationship between health care expenditure and GDP? An analysis using regime shifts', Australian Economic Papers, 50, pp. 27 - 39

Sharma A; Inder B, 2011, 'Impact of co-located general practitioner (GP) clinics and patient choice on duration of wait in the emergency department', Emergency Medicine Journal, 28, pp. 658 - 661

Harris A; Sharma A, 2010, 'Access block and overcrowding in emergency departments: an empirical analysis', Emergency Medicine Journal, 27, pp. 508 - 511

Jha R; Gaiha R; Sharma A, 2010, 'Mean consumption, poverty and inequality in rural India in the 60th round of the National Sample Survey', Journal of Asian and African studies, 45, pp. 485 - 503

Jha R; Gaiha R; Sharma A, 2009, 'Calorie and micronutrient deprivation and poverty nutrition traps in rural India', World Development, 37, pp. 982 - 991

Sharma A, 2009, 'Inter-DRG resource dynamics in a prospective payment system: a stochastic kernel approach', Health care management science, 12, pp. 38 - 55

Jha R; Gaiha R; Sharma A, 2009, 'Modelling variety in consumption expenditure on food in India', International Review of Applied Economics, 23, pp. 503 - 519

Sharma A, 2008, 'Incomplete reform or opportunity: the role of the banking sector in the credit transmission mechanism in India', Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 11, pp. 273 - 288

Jha R; Murthy KVB; Sharma A, 2005, 'Fragmentation of wholesale rice markets in India', Economic and Political Weekly, pp. 5571 - 5577


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