The Medical journal of Australia
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Multicenter Study
Comparing survival outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer treated in public and private hospitals.
To determine whether treatment in a private versus public hospital was an independent predictor of survival outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer. ⋯ Treatment in a private hospital was a significant independent predictor of survival outcomes. Further validation of these results would have a significant bearing on how we approach health care delivery for patients with colorectal cancer.
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To review homicides committed during psychotic illness in New South Wales over 10 years from 1993 to 2002. ⋯ People in their first episodes of mental illness should be considered to be at greater risk of committing serious violence than those in subsequent episodes. Illicit drug use, a history of brain injury, auditory hallucinations and delusional beliefs of immediate danger were particularly associated with lethal assault.