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Ian McRae
Researcher at Australian National University
Publications - 59
Citations - 1310
Ian McRae is an academic researcher from Australian National University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Public health. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 59 publications receiving 1117 citations.
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Multimorbidity and comorbidity of chronic diseases among the senior Australians: prevalence and patterns.
TL;DR: The consistency of the findings suggests there is co-occurrence of diseases beyond chance, and patterns of co-Occurrence are important for clinicians, patients, policymakers and researchers.
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An inevitable wave of prescription drug monitoring programs in the context of prescription opioids: pros, cons and tensions
M. Mofizul Islam,Ian McRae +1 more
TL;DR: Pros and cons of PDMP in reducing diversion of prescription opioids, without hampering access to those medications for those with genuine needs, are discussed, and tensions around PDMP implementation are highlighted.
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Multimorbidity is associated with higher out-of-pocket spending: a study of older Australians with multiple chronic conditions
TL;DR: A positive relationship between number of chronic conditions and out-of-pocket spending on health is found and that people with multiple chronic conditions tend to be on lower incomes.
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Recruiting general practitioners for surveys: reflections on the difficulties and some lessons learned.
TL;DR: Factors that facilitated or hampered GP recruitment in a recent survey of Australian GPs where a range of strategies were used to improve recruitment following poor initial responses were identified.
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Time to care? Health of informal older carers and time spent on health related activities: an Australian survey
Tanisha Jowsey,Tanisha Jowsey,Ian McRae,James Gillespie,Michelle Banfield,Michelle Banfield,Laurann Yen,Laurann Yen +7 more
TL;DR: Policy and health care services will need to adapt to recognise and reduce the time burden on carers who themselves have chronic illness, and more carefully targeted investment in the social infrastructure of formal care would free up carers for other activities.