Specialist hospitals
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Being admitted to hospital - NT.GOV.AU
Before you go to hospital, what to bring, what not to bring, waiting for your operation and contact information.
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Palliative Care | myVMC
Hope Alexander explains Palliative Care in Western Australia and how specialists take care of a person at the end of their life.
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About specialist services - NT.GOV.AU
Specialist services in cities and remote communities, contact information for specialist outreach services.
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Elective surgery
Elective surgery is a term used for non-emergency surgery which is medically necessary, but can be delayed for at least 24 hours.
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Going to Hospital
There are more than 230 public hospitals and health services in New South Wales. You can search for a hospital in our Health Services Directory. Hospitals and Emergency Department locations and contact details can also be found in the front section of the White Pages telephone directory.
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Specialist rehabilitation services
Most rehabilitation services cover a range of health conditions.
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Headache and Pain Clinics - Headache Australia
Headache and pain clinics are normally located at major hospitals and may be conducted by specialist doctors or multidisciplinary teams taking a holistic approach to treatment. A referral from a general practitioner is generally required. ACT Pain Management UnitBuilding 8, Canberra HospitalYamba DriveGarran, ACT 2605 (02) 6244-3055 NEW SOUTH WALES The Combined Neurology... Read more
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RANZCOG WEBSITE - Your O&G Doctor
Women may be cared for by doctors at different stages of their training and careers in obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G) incommunity and hospital settings throughout Australia and New Zealand
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What to expect - ANZCA
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Still not clear whether people with a spinal cord injury should go straight to a specialist centre | Cochrane
Spinal cord injury is a serious condition and the effects are usually permanent. In several countries, specialist centres have been set up, where patients can be taken within a few hours of their injury, but even in these countries many patients are dealt with in non-specialist hospitals. This review tried to answer the question: does immediate referral to an SIC result in a better outcome than delayed referral? However, a comprehensive search failed to find any controlled studies and so it is not yet possible to answer the question. The reviewers call for appropriate research to be done.
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital | Cochrane
This review investigates whether specialist, organised and co-ordinated geriatric care (normally referred to as comprehensive geriatric assessment or CGA) is better for patient outcomes than conventional care in a hospital setting.There is a clear and significant improvement in the chances of a patient being alive and in their own home at up to a year after an emergency hospital admission if they receive co-ordinated specialist services.This effect is consistently seen from trials of geriatric wards where patients are admitted to a dedicated ward area and receive care from a specialist multidisciplinary team. This effect was not clearly seen where patients remained in a general ward and received assessment from a visiting specialist multi-disciplinary team.
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Primary Care - HealthPathways
HealthPathways is a web-based information portal, designed to be used at the point of care, primarily for general practitioners and other clinicians. In some regions access to HealthPathways may also be available to hospital specialists, nurses, allied health and other health professionals.
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Care of the elderly 65+ years by geriatrician or consultant physician Q & A Medicare items 141,143,145 and 147
This fact sheet must be read in conjunction with the item descriptors and explanatory notes for items 141, 143, 145 and 147 (as set out in the Medicare Benefits Schedule or MBS).
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Chronic Disease Management by consultant physician Q & A Medicare Items 132 and 133
This fact sheet must be read in conjunction with the item descriptors and explanatory notes for items 132 and 133 (as set out in the Medicare Benefits Schedule or MBS).
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Assessment of changes in memory and everyday function in older people using a structured questionnaire, the IQCODE | Cochrane
Assessment of changes in memory and everyday function in older people using a structured questionnaire, the IQCODE
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