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Ashika D. Maharaj
Researcher at Monash University
Publications - 11
Citations - 407
Ashika D. Maharaj is an academic researcher from Monash University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Harm. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 11 publications receiving 86 citations.
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Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis
Stella Talic,Shivangi Shah,Holly Wild,Danijela Gasevic,Danijela Gasevic,Ashika D. Maharaj,Zanfina Ademi,Xue Li,Xue Li,Wei Xu,Ines Mesa-Eguiagaray,Jasmin Rostron,Evropi Theodoratou,Xiaomeng Zhang,Ashmika Motee,Danny Liew,Dragan Ilic +16 more
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that several personal protective and social measures, including handwashing, mask wearing, and physical distancing are associated with reductions in the incidence covid-19 as mentioned in this paper.
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Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in pancreatic cancer: a systematic review.
Ashika D. Maharaj,Stella Samoborec,Susan E. Evans,John Zalcberg,Rachel E. Neale,David Goldstein,Neil D. Merrett,Katherine M. White,Daniel Croagh,Charles H.C. Pilgrim,Peter Evans,Brett Knowles,Trevor Leong,Jennifer Philip,Marty Smith,Liane Ioannou +15 more
TL;DR: Three multidimensional PROMs, the: (i) FACT-HEP in unresectable PC; (ii) QLQ-PAN26 (in conjunction with its core QL Q-C30 PROM) in resectablePC; and (iii) MDASI-GI are recommended as instruments to capture quality of life in patients with PC.
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The Adverse Drug Event Collaborative: a joint venture to measure medication-related patient harm.
Mary Seddon,Aaron Jackson,Chris Cameron,Mary L Young,Linda Escott,Ashika D. Maharaj,Nigel Miller +6 more
TL;DR: The rate of medication-related harm identified by the ADE TT is considerably higher than that identified through traditional voluntary reporting mechanisms and shows the utility of informal collaboratives as a mechanism for change.
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Monitoring quality of care for patients with pancreatic cancer: a modified Delphi consensus.
Ashika D. Maharaj,Liane Ioannou,Daniel Croagh,John Zalcberg,Rachel E. Neale,David Goldstein,Neil D. Merrett,James G. Kench,James G. Kench,Katherine M. White,Charles H.C. Pilgrim,Lorraine A. Chantrill,Lorraine A. Chantrill,Peter H. Cosman,Andrew Kneebone,Lara Lipton,Mehrdad Nikfarjam,Jennifer Philip,Charbel Sandroussi,Peter Tagkalidis,Richard Chye,Koroush S. Haghighi,Koroush S. Haghighi,Jaswinder S. Samra,Jaswinder S. Samra,Susan E. Evans +25 more
TL;DR: A core set of quality indicators that measure quality of care across the disease trajectory can be applied as a tool for internal quality improvement, comparative quality reporting, public reporting and research in PC care.
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The Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (UGICR): a clinical quality registry to monitor and improve care in upper gastrointestinal cancers.
Ashika D. Maharaj,J. Holland,Ri Scarborough,Susan E. Evans,Liane Ioannou,Wendy A. Brown,Daniel Croagh,Charles H.C. Pilgrim,James G. Kench,Lara Lipton,Trevor Leong,John J McNeil,Mehrdad Nikfarjam,Ahmad Aly,Paul Burton,Paul Cashin,Julie Chu,Cuong Duong,Peter Evans,David Goldstein,Andrew Haydon,Michael W Hii,Brett Knowles,Neil D. Merrett,Michael Michael,Rachel E. Neale,Jennifer Philip,Ian Porter,Marty Smith,John Spillane,Peter Tagkalidis,John Zalcberg +31 more
TL;DR: The UGICR will provide regular reports of risk-adjusted, benchmarked performance on a range of quality indicators that will highlight variations in care and clinical outcomes at a health service level.