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Leonie Segal

Foundation Chair: Health Economics and Social Policy, University of South Australia
Verified email at unisa.edu.au
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[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of evidence on the association between hospitalisation for chronic disease related ambulatory care sensitive conditions and primary …

OR Gibson, L Segal, RA McDermott - BMC health services research, 2013 - Springer
Background Primary health care is recognised as an integral part of a country's health care
system. Measuring hospitalisations, that could potentially be avoided with high quality and …

Comparing the incomparable? A systematic review of competing techniques for converting descriptive measures of health status into QALY-weights

D Mortimer, L Segal - Medical decision making, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Algorithms for converting descriptive measures of health status into quality-
adjusted life year (QALY)—weights are now widely available, and their application in …

Theory! The missing link in understanding the performance of neonate/infant home‐visiting programs to prevent child maltreatment: A systematic review

L Segal, R Sara Opie, KIM Dalziel - The Milbank Quarterly, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Context: Home‐visiting programs have been offered for more than sixty years to at‐risk
families of newborns and infants. But despite decades of experience with program delivery …

A Mediterranean-style dietary intervention supplemented with fish oil improves diet quality and mental health in people with depression: A randomized controlled trial …

N Parletta, D Zarnowiecki, J Cho, A Wilson… - Nutritional …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: We investigated whether a Mediterranean-style diet (MedDiet) supplemented
with fish oil can improve mental health in adults suffering depression. Methods: Adults with …

Effect of preemptive intervention on developmental outcomes among infants showing early signs of autism: A randomized clinical trial of outcomes to diagnosis

AJO Whitehouse, KJ Varcin, S Pillar… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Intervention for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) typically
commences after diagnosis. No trial of an intervention administered to infants before …

Risk factors for child maltreatment in an Australian population-based birth cohort

JC Doidge, DJ Higgins, P Delfabbro, L Segal - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2017 - Elsevier
Child maltreatment and other adverse childhood experiences adversely influence
population health and socioeconomic outcomes. Knowledge of the risk factors for child …

The importance of patient empowerment in health system reform

L Segal - Health policy, 1998 - Elsevier
Health system reform is on the agenda in Australia, across Europe and North America and
elsewhere. Reform is being driven by attempts to meet ever increasing health service …

[HTML][HTML] The validity of the Child Health Utility instrument (CHU9D) as a routine outcome measure for use in child and adolescent mental health services

G Furber, L Segal - Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2015 - Springer
Background Few cost-utility studies of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)
use quality adjusted life years (a combination of utility weights and time in health state) as …

Effectiveness of general practice based, practice nurse led telephone coaching on glycaemic control of type 2 diabetes: the Patient Engagement and Coaching for …

ID Blackberry, JS Furler, JD Best, P Chondros, M Vale… - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of goal focused telephone coaching by practice
nurses in improving glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes in Australia. Design …

Pre-emptive intervention versus treatment as usual for infants showing early behavioural risk signs of autism spectrum disorder: a single-blind, randomised controlled …

AJO Whitehouse, KJ Varcin, GA Alvares… - The Lancet Child & …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Great interest exists in the potential efficacy of prediagnostic interventions
within the autism spectrum disorder prodrome, but available evidence relates to children at …