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Journal articles
2017, 'Age-related trends in injury and injury severity presenting to emergency departments in New South Wales Australia: Implications for major injury surveillance and trauma systems', Injury, 48, pp. 171 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2016.08.005
,2017, 'Emergency Department demand associated with seasonal influenza, 2010 through 2014, New South Wales, Australia', Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 8, pp. 11 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2017.8.2.002
,2016, 'The Sydney Triage to Admission Risk Tool (START) to predict Emergency Department Disposition: A derivation and internal validation study using retrospective state-wide data from New South Wales, Australia', BMC Emergency Medicine, 16, pp. 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-016-0111-4
,2016, 'Demand for Emergency Services Trends in New South Wales Years 2010–2014 (DESTINY): Age and Clinical Factors Associated with Ambulance Transportation to Emergency Departments', Prehospital Emergency Care, 20, pp. 776 - 782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2016.1182603
,2016, 'A brief overview of influenza surveillance systems in Australia, 2015', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 40, pp. E347 - E351, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-cdi4003f.htm
,2016, 'Immunogenicity and safety of inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials', Vaccine, 34, pp. 4092 - 4102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.06.064
,2016, 'Towards public health surveillance of intensive care services in NSW, Australia', Public Health Research and Practice, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp2631633
,2016, 'Trends and characteristics of short-term and frequent representations to emergency departments: A population-based study from New South Wales, Australia', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 28, pp. 307 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.12582
,2016, 'Understanding drivers of Demand for Emergency Service Trends in Years 2010-2014 in New South Wales: An initial overview of the DESTINY project', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 28, pp. 179 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.12542
,2016, 'Diagnosis-based emergency department alcohol harm surveillance: What can it tell us about acute alcohol harms at the population level?', Drug and Alcohol Review, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12458
,2016, 'Statewide retrospective study of low acuity emergency presentations in New South Wales, Australia: Who, what, where and why?', BMJ Open, 6, pp. e010964, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010964
,2015, 'Alcopops, taxation and harm: A segmented time series analysis of emergency department presentations', BMC Public Health, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1769-3
,2015, 'That’s entertainment: Trends in late-night assaults and acute alcohol illness in Sydney's Entertainment Precinct', Crime and Justice Bulletin, http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Pages/bocsar_news/cjb185-Trends-in-late-night-assaults.aspx
,2015, 'Age before acuity: The drivers of demand for emergency department services in the Greater Sydney Area', Emergency Medicine Journal, 32, pp. 708 - 711, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2014-204174
,2015, 'Automatic classification of diseases from free-text death certificates for real-time surveillance', BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 15, pp. 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12911-015-0174-2
,2015, 'Impact of high coverage of monovalent human rotavirus vaccine on Emergency Department presentations for rotavirus gastroenteritis', Vaccine, 33, pp. 1726 - 1730, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.01.082
,2014, 'Accuracy of automatic syndromic classification of coded emergency department diagnoses in identifying mental health-related presentations for public health surveillance', BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-14-84
,2014, 'Inaccurate ascertainment of morbidity and mortality due to influenza in administrative databases: A population-based record linkage study', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e98446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098446
,2014, 'Demand for emergency department services in the elderly: An 11 year analysis of the Greater Sydney Area', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 26, pp. 356 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.12250
,2013, 'Global Mortality Estimates for the 2009 Influenza Pandemic from the GLaMOR Project: A Modeling Study', PLoS Medicine, 10, pp. e1001558, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001558
,2013, 'Mortality Attributable to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza, Australia, 2003 to 2009, Using a Novel Time Series Smoothing Approach', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e64734 - e64734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064734
,2013, 'Can SNOMED CT as implemented in New South Wales, Australia be used for road trauma injury surveillance in emergency departments?', Health Information Management Journal, 42, pp. 4 - 8, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=353339589984122;res=IELHEA
,2013, 'Relationship between the population incidence of pertussis in children in New South Wales, Australia and emergency department visits with cough: a time series analysis', BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 13, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-13-40
,2012, 'The impact of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 compared with seasonal influenza on intensive care admissions in New South Wales, Australia, 2007 to 2010: A time series analysis', BMC Public Health, 12, pp. 869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-869
,2012, 'Emergency department visits, ambulance calls, and mortality associated with an exceptional heat wave in Sydney, Australia, 2011: A time-series analysis', Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, 11, pp. 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-11-3
,2012, 'Variations in car crash-related hospitalization costs amongst young adults in New South Wales, Australia', Injury : International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 43, pp. 1593 - 1599, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020138311002531
,2011, 'Optimal exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) plans for detecting seasonal epidemics when faced with non-homogeneous negative binomial counts', Journal of Applied Statistics, 38, pp. 2165 - 2181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02664763.2010.545184
,2011, 'Characteristics of fall-related injuries attended by an ambulance in Sydney, Australia: a surveillance summary.', New South Wales public health bulletin, 22, pp. 49 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb09034
,2011, 'Increased presentations to emergency departments for asthma associated with rye grass pollen season in inland NSW.', New South Wales public health bulletin, 22, pp. 154 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb10035
,2011, 'Epidemiology of influenza-like illness during pandemic (H1N1) 2009, New South Wales, Australia', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 1240 - 1247, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1707.101173
,2011, 'Relationship between the population incidence of febrile convulsions in young children in Sydney, Australia and seasonal epidemics of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, 2003-2010: a time series analysis', BMC Infectious Diseases, 11, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-291
,2011, 'The association between the incidence of emergency department attendances for alcohol problems and assault incidents attended by police in New South Wales, Australia, 2003-2008: a time series analysis', Addiction, 107, pp. 549 - 556, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03623.x
,2010, 'Early warning CUSUM plans for surveillance of negative binomial daily disease counts', Journal of Applied Statistics, 37, pp. 1911 - 1929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02664760903186056
,2010, 'Can near real-time monitoring of emergency department diagnoses facilitate early response to sporadic meningococcal infection? - prospective and retrospective evaluations', BMC Infectious Diseases, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-309
,2010, 'Exponentially weighted moving average plans for detecting unusual negative binomial counts', IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers), 42, pp. 721 - 733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07408170903468597
,2010, 'Reflections on public health surveillance of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in NSW.', New South Wales public health bulletin, 21, pp. 19 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb09046
,2010, 'Small area estimation of sparse disease counts using shared component models-application to birth defect registry data in New South Wales, Australia', Health and Place, 16, pp. 684 - 693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.02.006
,2010, 'All-cause mortality during first wave of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, New South Wales, Australia, 2009', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 1 - 7, http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/16/9/1396.htm
,2010, 'Understanding sources of variation in syndromic surveillance for early warning of natural or intentional disease outbreaks', IIE Transactions, 42, pp. 613 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07408170902942667
,2009, 'Should cities hosting mass gatherings invest in public health surveillance and planning? Reflections from a decade of mass gatherings in Sydney, Australia', BMC Public Health, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-324
,2009, 'Progression and impact of the first winter wave of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in New South Wales, Australia.', Eurosurveillance, 14, pp. 28 - 36
,2009, 'Improving EWMA Plans for Detecting Unusual Increases in Poisson Counts', Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences, 2009, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/512356
,2009, 'Flutracking surveillance: comparing 2007 New South Wales results with laboratory confirmed influenza notifications.', Communicable diseases intelligence, 33, pp. 323 - 327
,2009, 'What can public health surveillance of emergency department presentations for acute alcohol problems tell us about social trends in drinking behaviour?', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 237 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02768.x
,2009, 'Evaluation of alternative respiratory syndromes for specific syndromic surveillance of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus: a time series analysis', BMC Infectious Diseases, 9, pp. online, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/9/190
,2009, 'Rotavirus vaccination one year on...', Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2007--Amended, 33, pp. 337 - 340, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-cdi3303j.htm
,2008, 'Prospective surveillance of excess mortality due to influenza in New South Wales: feasibility and statistical approach.', Communicable diseases intelligence, 32, pp. 435 - 442
,2008, 'Identifying pneumonia outbreaks of public health importance: Can emergency department data aissist in earlier identification?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32, pp. 361 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00255.x
,2008, 'The public health value of emergency department syndromic surveillance following a natural disaster.', Communicable diseases intelligence, 32, pp. 92 - 94
,2007, 'Potential for early warning of viral influenza activity in the community by monitoring clinical diagnoses of influenza in hospital emergency departments', BMC Public Health, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-250
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