The Medical journal of Australia
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To assess catch-up vaccination of older children and adolescents during the first two years of the "No jab, no pay" policy linking eligibility for federal family assistance payments with childhood vaccination status. ⋯ Linking family assistance payments with childhood vaccination status and associated program improvements were followed by substantial catch-up vaccination activity, particularly in young people from families of lower socio-economic status.
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To estimate the level of dispensing of oral corticosteroids (OCS) for managing asthma in Australia, with a particular focus on the cumulative dispensing of doses associated with long term toxicity (≥ 1000 mg prednisolone-equivalent). ⋯ Cumulative exposure to OCS in Australia reaches levels associated with toxicity in one-quarter of patients with asthma using ICS. Cumulative dispensing of potentially toxic OCS amounts often accompanies inadequate inhaler controller dispensing. Better approaches are needed to improve adherence to controller therapy, improve outcomes for people with asthma, and to minimise the use and toxicity of OCS.
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Letter Case Reports
COVID-19 social isolation-induced takotsubo cardiomyopathy.