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  1. Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Genome Sequencing Availability on Containing a Hospital Outbreak of Resistant Escherichia coli in Australia

    Article • Value in Health, August 2020, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  2. A stepped-wedge randomised-controlled trial assessing the implementation, impact and costs of a prospective feedback loop to promote appropriate care and treatment for older patients in acute hospitals at the end of life: study protocol

    Article • BMC Geriatrics, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  3. Pressure injuries among admissions to a hospital in the tropics

    Article • International Wound Journal, July 2020, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  4. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): an evidence map of medical literature

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  5. Quality of life measured by EQ-5D at different treatment time points for coronary artery disease: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2020, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  6. Work disability in rheumatic diseases: Baseline results from an inception cohort

    Article • International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, June 2020, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  7. Estimating the costs of genomic sequencing in cancer control

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  8. Fixation Method for Hip Arthroplasty Stem Following Hip Fracture: A Population-Level Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    Article • The Journal of Arthroplasty, June 2020, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  9. Cost-utility analysis in chronic kidney disease patients undergoing kidney transplant; what pays? A systematic review

    Article • Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  10. Economic evaluation of health education programs: The case of adolescent reproductive health in Vietnam

    Article • International Journal of Healthcare Management, April 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Nicholas Graves

  11. Using machine learning techniques to develop risk prediction models to predict graft failure following kidney transplantation: protocol for a retrospective cohort study

    Article • F1000Research, March 2020, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Nicholas Graves

  12. Effectiveness of a structured, framework-based approach to implementation: the Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals (REACH) Trial

    Article • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  13. Selection bias and moral hazard in the Australian private health insurance market: Evidence from the Queensland skin cancer database

    Article • Economic Analysis and Policy, December 2019, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  14. Factors associated with non-beneficial treatments in end of life hospital admissions: a multicentre retrospective cohort study in Australia

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2019, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  15. Meatal cleaning: discrepancies in need of explanation – Authors' reply

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, November 2019, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  16. Pharmaceutical use and costs in patients with coronary artery disease, using Australian observational data

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2019, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  17. Machine learning in predicting graft failure following kidney transplantation: A systematic review of published predictive models

    Article • International Journal of Medical Informatics, October 2019, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  18. The contribution of bullying victimisation to the burden of anxiety and depressive disorders in Australia

    Article • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, September 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  19. Chlorhexidine versus saline in reducing the risk of catheter associated urinary tract infection: A cost-effectiveness analysis

    Article • International Journal of Nursing Studies, September 2019, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  20. The use of modelling studies to inform planning of health services: case study of rapidly increasing endoscopy services in Australia

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  21. Chlorhexidine for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections: the totality of evidence – Authors' reply

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, August 2019, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  22. Cost-effectiveness of an Environmental Cleaning Bundle for Reducing Healthcare-associated Infections

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Graves

  23. Fits, faints, falls and funny turns: cost and capacity savings in Queensland from the accelerated transient attack pathway initiative (ATAP)

    Article • Age and Ageing, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Graves

  24. Validity and internal consistency of EQ-5D-3L quality of life tool among pre-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka, a lower middle-income country

    Article • PLOS One, June 2019, PLOS

    Nicholas Graves

  25. Cost-effectiveness of interventions to reduce the risk of healthcare-acquired infections in middle-income countries: A systematic review

    Article • Journal of Infection Prevention, June 2019, SAGE Publications

    Pushpa Gamalathge, Nicholas Graves

  26. How can we measure what happens to people who develop an infection during their hospital stay?

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2019, BMJ

    Sally Stewart, Nicholas Graves

  27. Chlorhexidine for meatal cleaning in reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: a multicentre stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, June 2019, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  28. Reimbursement for the cost of compression therapy for the management of venous leg ulcers in Australia

    Article • International Wound Journal, May 2019, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  29. Doctors’ perceptions of how resource limitations relate to futility in end-of-life decision making: a qualitative analysis

    Article • Journal of Medical Ethics, May 2019, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  30. Prevalence of traditional bullying and cyberbullying among children and adolescents in Australia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, May 2019, SAGE Publications

    Nicholas Graves

  31. Applying an Implementation Framework to the Use of Evidence from Economic Evaluations in Making Healthcare Decisions

    Article • Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  32. How to train practising gynaecologists in total laparoscopic hysterectomy: protocol for the stepped-wedge IMAGINE trial

    Article • BMJ Open, May 2019, BMJ

    Monika Janda, Nicholas Graves

  33. Response to Comment on Johnson et al. Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Routine Screening Using Massively Parallel Sequencing for Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young in a Pediatric Diabetes Cohort: Reduced Health System Costs and Improved Patient Quality...

    Article • Diabetes Care, April 2019, American Diabetes Association

    Nicholas Graves

  34. An environmental cleaning bundle and health-care-associated infections in hospitals (REACH): a multicentre, randomised trial

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, April 2019, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  35. Development and pilot of a multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) tool for health services administrators

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2019, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  36. Cost-effectiveness analysis of an innovative model of care for chronic wounds patients

    Article • PLOS One, March 2019, PLOS

    Nicholas Graves

  37. Health and economic burden of antimicrobial-resistant infections in Australian hospitals: a population-based model

    Article • Infection Control, March 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  38. Comparison of EQ-5D-5L and SPVU-5D for measuring quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcers in an Australian setting

    Article • Quality of Life Research, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  39. Comparison of the EQ-5D 3L and the SF-6D (SF-36) contemporaneous utility scores in patients with chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional survey

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2019, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  40. Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Routine Screening Using Massively Parallel Sequencing for Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young in a Pediatric Diabetes Cohort: Reduced Health System Costs and Improved Patient Quality of Life

    Article • Diabetes Care, December 2018, American Diabetes Association

    Dr Sam Hollingworth, Nicholas Graves

  41. Cohort study of a specialist social worker intervention on hospital use for patients at risk of long stay

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2018, BMJ

    Honorary Professor Sonya Ranee Osborne, Nicholas Graves

  42. Health benefits of an innovative model of care for chronic wounds patients in Queensland

    Article • International Wound Journal, November 2018, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  43. Estimating excess length of stay due to healthcare-associated infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of statistical methodology

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, October 2018, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  44. Cost-effectiveness analysis of doctor-pharmacist collaborative prescribing for venous thromboembolism in high risk surgical patients

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  45. Cost-effectiveness of interventions to improve hand hygiene in healthcare workers in middle-income hospital settings: a model-based analysis

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, October 2018, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  46. Make economics your friend

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, October 2018, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  47. Smaller clinical trials for decision making; a case study to show p-values are costly

    Article • F1000Research, September 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Nicholas Graves

  48. Chronic wounds in Australia: A systematic review of key epidemiological and clinical parameters

    Article • International Wound Journal, September 2018, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  49. Changes in knowledge and attitudes of hospital environmental services staff: The Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals (REACH) study

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, September 2018, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  50. The Centre of Research Excellence in Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections

    Article • Infection Disease & Health, September 2018, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  51. Review of methods and study designs of evaluations related to clinical pathways

    Article • Australian Health Review, August 2018, CSIRO Publishing

    Nicholas Graves

  52. Smaller clinical trials for decision making; using p-values could be costly

    Article • F1000Research, August 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Nicholas Graves, Adrian Barnett

  53. Cost–utility analysis of low-intensity case management to increase contact with health services among ex-prisoners in Australia

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2018, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  54. A systematic review and critical analysis of cost-effectiveness studies for coronary artery disease treatment

    Article • F1000Research, July 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Nicholas Graves

  55. Economic Evaluations of Guideline-Based Care for Chronic Wounds: a Systematic Review

    Article • Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  56. Cost-effectiveness analysis of guideline-based optimal care for venous leg ulcers in Australia

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  57. Antibiotic prescribing in primary healthcare: Dominant factors and trade-offs in decision-making

    Article • Infection Disease & Health, June 2018, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  58. Improving hospital environmental hygiene with the use of a targeted multi-modal bundle strategy

    Article • Infection Disease & Health, June 2018, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  59. Reducing length of stay to improve Clostridium difficile-related health outcomes

    Article • Infection Disease & Health, June 2018, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  60. A case study of the Vitamin C sepsis bundle: Opportunity costs of delayed adoption

    Article • F1000Research, April 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Robin Blythe, Nicholas Graves

  61. Randomly auditing research labs could be an affordable way to improve research quality: A simulation study

    Article • PLOS One, April 2018, PLOS

    Nicholas Graves

  62. How much do superbugs cost Australian hospitals? An evidence-based open-access tool

    Article • Infection Disease & Health, March 2018, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  63. Economic Evaluation of a Catheter‐Associated Urinary Tract Infection Prevention Program in Nursing Homes

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, February 2018, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  64. Best practice perioperative strategies and surgical techniques for preventing caesarean section surgical site infections: a systematic review of reviews and meta‐analyses

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, February 2018, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  65. A systematic review and critical analysis of cost-effectiveness studies for coronary artery disease treatment

    Article • F1000Research, January 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Nicholas Graves, Adrian Barnett

  66. Economic evaluation of interventions designed to reduce Clostridium difficile infection

    Article • PLOS One, January 2018, PLOS

    Nicholas Graves

  67. Cost-effectiveness of national health insurance programs in high-income countries: A systematic review

    Article • PLOS One, December 2017, PLOS

    Nicholas Graves

  68. Variation in hospital cleaning practice and process in Australian hospitals: A structured mapping exercise

    Article • Infection Disease & Health, December 2017, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  69. Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitals: study protocol for a multi-site randomised controlled study

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2017, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  70. Australian consumer perspectives, attitudes and behaviours on antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance: a qualitative study with implications for public health policy and practice

    Article • BMC Public Health, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  71. Incidence, duration and cost of futile treatment in end-of-life hospital admissions to three Australian public-sector tertiary hospitals: a retrospective multicentre cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2017, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  72. An economic analysis of the benefits of sterilizing medical instruments in low-temperature systems instead of steam

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, July 2017, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  73. Effect of Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy vs Total Abdominal Hysterectomy on Disease-Free Survival Among Women With Stage I Endometrial Cancer

    Article • JAMA, March 2017, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Nicholas Graves

  74. Time to publication for publicly funded clinical trials in Australia: an observational study

    Article • BMJ Open, March 2017, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  75. “Cancer Put My Life on Hold”

    Article • Cancer Nursing, March 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Nicholas Graves

  76. Cost-effectiveness of a text message programme for the prevention of recurrent cardiovascular events

    Article • Heart, February 2017, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  77. What is a hospital bed day worth? A contingent valuation study of hospital Chief Executive Officers

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  78. Effectiveness of the cardiac-diabetes transcare program: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David R Thompson, Nicholas Graves

  79. CHERISH (collaboration for hospitalised elders reducing the impact of stays in hospital): protocol for a multi-site improvement program to reduce geriatric syndromes in older inpatients

    Article • BMC Geriatrics, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  80. Characteristics of national and statewide health care–associated infection surveillance programs: A qualitative study

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, December 2016, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  81. Economic evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrentClostridium difficileinfection in Australia

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, November 2016, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  82. Is it worth screening elective orthopaedic patients for carriage ofStaphylococcus aureus? A part-retrospective case–control study in a Scottish hospital

    Article • BMJ Open, September 2016, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  83. The health and economic burden of bloodstream infections caused by antimicrobial-susceptible and non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae andStaphylococcus aureusin European hospitals, 2010 and 2011: a multicentre retrospective cohort study

    Article • Eurosurveillance, August 2016, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Nicholas Graves

  84. A cost‐effectiveness analysis of optimal care for diabetic foot ulcers in Australia

    Article • International Wound Journal, August 2016, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  85. A cost-effectiveness modelling study of strategies to reduce risk of infection following primary hip replacement based on a systematic review

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, July 2016, National Institute for Health Research

    Nicholas Graves

  86. Reasons doctors provide futile treatment at the end of life: a qualitative study

    Article • Journal of Medical Ethics, May 2016, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  87. What does “futility” mean? An empirical study of doctors’ perceptions

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, May 2016, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)

    Nicholas Graves

  88. Novel application of a discrete choice experiment to identify preferences for a national healthcare-associated infection surveillance programme: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMJ Open, May 2016, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  89. Cost-Effectiveness of a National Initiative to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance Using the Outcome of Healthcare Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia

    Article • PLOS One, February 2016, PLOS

    Nicholas Graves

  90. Change to costs and lengths of stay in the emergency department and the Brisbane protocol: an observational study

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2016, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  91. The role of time pressure and different psychological safety climate referents in the prediction of nurses’ hand hygiene compliance

    Article • Safety Science, February 2016, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  92. A randomized trial of fellowships for early career researchers finds a high reliability in funding decisions

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, January 2016, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  93. Improved wound management at lower cost: a sensible goal for Australia

    Article • International Wound Journal, December 2015, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves, Dr Kathleen Finlayson

  94. Researching effective approaches to cleaning in hospitals: protocol of the REACH study, a multi-site stepped-wedge randomised trial

    Article • Implementation Science, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  95. Understanding the determinants of Australian hospital nurses' hand hygiene decisions following the implementation of a national hand hygiene initiative

    Article • Health Education Research, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Graves

  96. Effect of Lifestyle-Focused Text Messaging on Risk Factor Modification in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

    Article • JAMA, September 2015, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Nicholas Graves

  97. The need for cost-effectiveness analyses of antimicrobial stewardship programmes: A structured review

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, August 2015, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  98. Comparative efficacy of interventions to promote hand hygiene in hospital: systematic review and network meta-analysis

    Article • BMJ, July 2015, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  99. Differences in identifying healthcare associated infections using clinical vignettes and the influence of respondent characteristics: a cross-sectional survey of Australian infection prevention staff

    Article • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  100. Using simplified peer review processes to fund research: a prospective study

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2015, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  101. Variation in health care-associated infection surveillance practices in Australia

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, July 2015, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  102. The Magnitude of Time-Dependent Bias in the Estimation of Excess Length of Stay Attributable to Healthcare-Associated Infections

    Article • Infection Control, June 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  103. Quality of life after early enteral feeding versus standard care for proven or suspected advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: Results from a randomised trial

    Article • Gynecologic Oncology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Monika Janda, Nicholas Graves

  104. Allied health growth: what we do not measure we cannot manage

    Article • Human Resources for Health, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  105. Futile Treatment in Hospital

    Article • Journal of Language and Social Psychology, May 2015, SAGE Publications

    Nicholas Graves

  106. Cost and outcomes of assessing patients with chest pain in an Australian emergency department

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, May 2015, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)

    Nicholas Graves

  107. The cost-effectiveness of the MobileMums intervention to increase physical activity among mothers with young children: a Markov model informed by a randomised controlled trial

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2015, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  108. Key beliefs of hospital nurses’ hand-hygiene behaviour: protecting your peers and needing effective reminders

    Article • Health Promotion Journal of Australia, April 2015, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  109. The Impact of Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections on Post-Discharge Healthcare Costs and Utilization

    Article • Infection Control, February 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  110. Using a theory of planned behaviour framework to explore hand hygiene beliefs at the ‘5 critical moments’ among Australian hospital-based nurses

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  111. Cost-effectiveness analysis of a hospital electronic medication management system

    Article • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, February 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Graves

  112. Streamlined research funding using short proposals and accelerated peer review: an observational study

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  113. Intravascular device administration sets: replacement after standard versus prolonged use in hospitalised patients--a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (The RSVP Trial)

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2015, BMJ

    Mrs Nicole Clare Gavin, Nicholas Graves

  114. Response to Grayson's Letter to the Editor: ‘Response to K. Page et al., ‘Costing the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative’’

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, February 2015, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  115. The impact of a streamlined funding application process on application time: two cross-sectional surveys of Australian researchers

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2015, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  116. Randomized Controlled Trial of an Improved Version of MobileMums, an Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity in Women with Young Children

    Article • Annals of Behavioral Medicine, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Graves

  117. Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: time for national surveillance

    Article • Australian Health Review, January 2015, CSIRO Publishing

    Nicholas Graves

  118. Opportunity cost of unavailable surgical instruments in Australian hospitals

    Article • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, December 2014, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  119. Changes in healthcare-associated infections after the introduction of a national hand hygiene initiative

    Article • Healthcare Infection, December 2014, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  120. Costing the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, November 2014, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  121. Bridging the Gap: Exploring the Barriers to Using Economic Evidence in Healthcare Decision Making and Strategies for Improving Uptake

    Article • Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  122. Valuation of Hospital Bed-Days Released by Infection Control Programs: A Comparison of Methods

    Article • Infection Control, October 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  123. The return to work experiences of middle-aged Australian workers diagnosed with colorectal cancer: a matched cohort study

    Article • BMC Public Health, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  124. Depression in Working Adults: Comparing the Costs and Health Outcomes of Working When Ill

    Article • PLOS One, September 2014, PLOS

    Nicholas Graves

  125. Changes in Healthcare-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections after the Introduction of a National Hand Hygiene Initiative

    Article • Infection Control, August 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  126. How costs change with infection prevention efforts

    Article • Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, August 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Nicholas Graves

  127. Living Well With Diabetes: 24-Month Outcomes From a Randomized Trial of Telephone-Delivered Weight Loss and Physical Activity Intervention to Improve Glycemic Control

    Article • Diabetes Care, March 2014, American Diabetes Association

    Nicholas Graves

  128. Control strategies to prevent total hip replacement-related infections: a systematic review and mixed treatment comparison

    Article • BMJ Open, March 2014, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  129. The economics of UTI surveillance

    Article • Healthcare Infection, March 2014, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  130. The impact of funding deadlines on personal workloads, stress and family relationships: a qualitative study of Australian researchers

    Article • BMJ Open, March 2014, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  131. The prolongation of length of stay because of Clostridium difficile infection

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, February 2014, Elsevier

    Janet Hiller, Nicholas Graves

  132. Educational interventions for preventing vascular catheter bloodstream infections in critical care: evidence map, systematic review and economic evaluation

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, February 2014, National Institute for Health Research

    Nicholas Graves

  133. Are educational interventions to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections in intensive care unit cost-effective?

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, January 2014, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  134. Scholarly writing, peer-review and quality papers for Healthcare Infection

    Article • Healthcare Infection, December 2013, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  135. Student and supervisor productivity change during nutrition and dietetic practice placements: A cohort study

    Article • Nutrition & Dietetics, November 2013, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  136. Moving forward with hospital cleaning

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, November 2013, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  137. The increased risks of death and extra lengths of hospital and ICU stay from hospital-acquired bloodstream infections: a case–control study

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2013, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  138. Surgical site infection prevention following total hip arthroplasty in Australia: A cost-effectiveness analysis

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, September 2013, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  139. Humans, ‘things’ and space: costing hospital infection control interventions

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, July 2013, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  140. Post-discharge surgical site surveillance – where to from here?

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, July 2013, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  141. Moving MobileMums forward: protocol for a larger randomized controlled trial of an improved physical activity program for women with young children

    Article • BMC Public Health, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  142. Economic evaluation of St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) for the treatment of mild to moderate depression

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, June 2013, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  143. Linking Scientific Evidence and Decision Making A Case Study of Hand Hygiene Interventions

    Article • Infection Control, April 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  144. Surgical treatment approaches and reimbursement costs of surgical site infections post hip arthroplasty in Australia: a retrospective analysis

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  145. Health service pathways for patients with chronic leg ulcers: identifying effective pathways for facilitation of evidence based wound care

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kathleen Finlayson, Nicholas Graves

  146. Australia's grant system wastes time

    Article • Nature, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  147. Most relevant strategies for preventing surgical site infection after total hip arthroplasty: Guideline recommendations and expert opinion

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, March 2013, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  148. Long-term survival after intensive care unit discharge in Thailand: a retrospective study

    Article • Critical Care, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  149. On the time spent preparing grant proposals: an observational study of Australian researchers

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2013, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  150. The cost-effectiveness of total laparoscopic hysterectomy compared to total abdominal hysterectomy for the treatment of early stage endometrial cancer

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2013, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves, Monika Janda

  151. Key priorities for Australian infection control: summary of findings from the launch of the Centre for Research Excellence in Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections

    Article • Healthcare Infection, December 2012, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  152. Cost effectiveness of nutrition support in the prevention of pressure ulcer in hospitals

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  153. Productivity and Time Use during Occupational Therapy and Nutrition/Dietetics Clinical Education: A Cohort Study

    Article • PLOS One, August 2012, PLOS

    Nicholas Graves

  154. Evaluating the economics of the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative

    Article • Healthcare Infection, March 2012, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  155. Design and rationale of the tobacco, exercise and diet messages (TEXT ME) trial of a text message-based intervention for ongoing prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with coronary disease: a randomised controlled trial protocol: Figure 1

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  156. Development of an economic model to assess the cost-effectiveness of hawthorn extract as an adjunct treatment for heart failure in Australia

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  157. Is 27 really a dangerous age for famous musicians? Retrospective cohort study

    Article • BMJ, December 2011, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  158. Occupational therapy students’ contribution to occasions of service during practice placements in health settings

    Article • Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, November 2011, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  159. Screening, isolation, and decolonisation strategies in the control of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units: cost effectiveness evaluation

    Article • BMJ, October 2011, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  160. Funding grant proposals for scientific research: retrospective analysis of scores by members of grant review panel

    Article • BMJ, September 2011, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  161. Open versus closed IV infusion systems: a state based model to predict risk of catheter associated blood stream infections

    Article • BMJ Open, September 2011, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  162. Bureaucracy savings should go to research

    Article • Nature, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  163. The Importance of Good Data, Analysis, and Interpretation for Showing the Economics of Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infection

    Article • Infection Control, September 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  164. The Working After Cancer Study (WACS): a population-based study of middle-aged workers diagnosed with colorectal cancer and their return to work experiences

    Article • BMC Public Health, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  165. The Time-Dependent Bias and its Effect on Extra Length of Stay due to Nosocomial Infection

    Article • Value in Health, March 2011, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  166. Time-dependent analysis of extra length of stay and mortality due to ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive-care units of ten limited-resources countries: findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, February 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves, Souha Kanj

  167. Potential of St John's Wort for the Treatment of Depression: The Economic Perspective

    Article • Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, February 2011, SAGE Publications

    Nicholas Graves

  168. Time-dependent analysis of length of stay and mortality due to urinary tract infections in ten developing countries: INICC findings

    Article • Journal of Infection, February 2011, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves, Souha Kanj

  169. Cutting random funding decisions

    Article • Nature, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  170. The use of economic evaluation in CAM: an introductory framework

    Article • BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  171. A policy case study of blood in Australia

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, November 2010, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  172. Excess Length of Stay Due to Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection in Intensive Care Units in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico

    Article • Infection Control, November 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  173. Cost-Effectiveness of a Central Venous Catheter Care Bundle

    Article • PLOS One, September 2010, PLOS

    Nicholas Graves

  174. Malnutrition and pressure ulcer risk in adults in Australian health care facilities

    Article • Nutrition, September 2010, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  175. Living Well with Diabetes: a randomized controlled trial of a telephone-delivered intervention for maintenance of weight loss, physical activity and glycaemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes

    Article • BMC Public Health, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  176. Multiple Health Behavior Changes and Co-variation in a Telephone Counseling Trial

    Article • Annals of Behavioral Medicine, April 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Graves

  177. Estimating the Cost of Health Care–Associated Infections: Mind Your p’s and q’s

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Graves

  178. Obesity in pregnancy: outcomes and economics

    Article • Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, April 2010, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  179. The costs arising from pressure ulcers attributable to malnutrition

    Article • Clinical Nutrition, April 2010, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  180. The Cost-effectiveness of Routine Follow-up After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty

    Article • The Journal of Arthroplasty, February 2010, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  181. Cost-Effectiveness of an Intervention to Reduce Emergency Re-Admissions to Hospital among Older Patients

    Article • PLOS One, October 2009, PLOS

    Dr Kathleen Finlayson, Nicholas Graves

  182. Cost-Effectiveness of a Telephone-Delivered Intervention for Physical Activity and Diet

    Article • PLOS One, September 2009, PLOS

    Nicholas Graves

  183. Using a Longitudinal Model to Estimate the Effect of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection on Length of Stay in an Intensive Care Unit

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, September 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Graves

  184. Economic rationale for infection control in Australian hospitals

    Article • Healthcare Infection, September 2009, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  185. Modeling Length of Stay in Hospital and Other Right Skewed Data: Comparison of Phase-Type, Gamma and Log-Normal Distributions

    Article • Value in Health, March 2009, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  186. Telephone Counseling for Physical Activity and Diet in Primary Care Patients

    Article • American Journal of Preventive Medicine, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Chris B Del Mar, Nicholas Graves

  187. Cost effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters in the intensive care unit: addressing uncertainty in the decision

    Article • Critical Care, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  188. Economics and Preventing Healthcare Acquired Infection

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  189. Perinatal HIV transmission and the cost-effectiveness of screening at 14 weeks gestation, at the onset of labour and the rapid testing of infants

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  190. The International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC): Goals and objectives, description of surveillance methods, and operational activities

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, November 2008, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  191. Nosocomial Infection, the Deficit Reduction Act, and Incentives for Hospitals

    Article • JAMA, October 2008, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Nicholas Graves

  192. Overcrowding and understaffing in modern health-care systems: key determinants in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, July 2008, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  193. Who bears the cost of healthcare-acquired surgical site infection?

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, July 2008, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  194. The Logan Healthy Living Program: A cluster randomized trial of a telephone-delivered physical activity and dietary behavior intervention for primary care patients with type 2 diabetes or hypertension from a socially disadvantaged community — Rationale...

    Article • Contemporary Clinical Trials, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Chris B Del Mar, Nicholas Graves

  195. Catheter-related bloodstream infections in intensive care units: a systematic review with meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, April 2008, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  196. A systematic review comparing the relative effectiveness of antimicrobial-coated catheters in intensive care units

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, March 2008, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  197. Competing risks models and time-dependent covariates

    Article • Critical Care, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  198. Mental health in the workplace: Using the ICF to model the prospective associations between symptoms, activities, participation and environmental factors

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Nicholas Graves

  199. Factors associated with health care-acquired urinary tract infection

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, August 2007, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  200. Which presenteeism measures are more sensitive to depression and anxiety?

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, August 2007, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  201. A review of the cost-effectiveness of face-to-face behavioural interventions for smoking, physical activity, diet and alcohol

    Article • Chronic Illness, June 2007, SAGE Publications

    Nicholas Graves

  202. Effect of Healthcare-Acquired Infection on Length of Hospital Stay and Cost

    Article • Infection Control, March 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  203. Economics and Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infection: Broadening the Perspective

    Article • Infection Control, February 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  204. Cost-effectiveness analyses and modelling the lifetime costs and benefits of health-behaviour interventions

    Article • Chronic Illness, June 2006, SAGE Publications

    Nicholas Graves

  205. A Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Two Rehabilitation Support Services for Women with Breast Cancer

    Article • Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, November 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  206. Modeling the economic losses from pressure ulcers among hospitalized patients in Australia

    Article • Wound Repair and Regeneration, September 2005, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  207. Effect of Pressure Ulcers on Length of Hospital Stay

    Article • Infection Control, March 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  208. Correcting for bias when estimating the cost of hospital-acquired infection: an analysis of lower respiratory tract infections in non-surgical patients

    Article • Health Economics, January 2005, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  209. Article • Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Graves

  210. A comparison of competing methods for the detection of surgical-site infections in patients undergoing total arthroplasty of the knee, partial and total arthroplasty of hip and femoral or similar vascular bypass

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, July 2004, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  211. Would Universal Antenatal Screening for HIV Infection Be Cost‐Effective in a Setting of Very Low Prevalence? Modelling the Data for Australia

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, July 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Graves

  212. Modeling the Costs of Hospital-Acquired Infections in New Zealand

    Article • Infection Control, March 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  213. The cost effectiveness of universal antenatal screening for HIV in New Zealand

    Article • AIDS, March 2003, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Nicholas Graves

  214. The Prevalence and Estimates of the Cumulative Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Infections Among Patients Admitted to Auckland District Health Board Hospitals in New Zealand

    Article • Infection Control, January 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Graves

  215. Cost data for individual patients included in clinical studies: no amount of statistical analysis can compensate for inadequate costing methods

    Article • Health Economics, January 2002, Wiley

    Nicholas Graves

  216. The epic project: developing national evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare associated infections

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, August 2001, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  217. The health economic implications of treatment with quetiapine: an audit of long-term treatment for patients with chronic schizophrenia

    Article • European Psychiatry, August 2001, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  218. Adverse events in British hospitals

    Article • BMJ, June 2001, BMJ

    Nicholas Graves

  219. An economic model to assess the cost and benefits of the routine use of silver alloycoated urinary catheters to reduce the risk of urinary tract infections in catheterized patients

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, May 2001, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  220. The rate and cost of hospital-acquired infections occurring in patients admitted to selected specialties of a district general hospital in England and the national burden imposed

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, March 2001, Elsevier

    Nicholas Graves

  221. What do We Know About Complementary Medicine? What Should We Know?

    Article • Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, July 1996, SAGE Publications

    Nicholas Graves