Australian Capital Territory

Recent Developments in Australian Abortion Law: Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory

Campylobacter outbreak due to chicken consumption at an Australian Capital Territory restaurant.

Campylobacter is the most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in Australia, with 15,008 notifications in 2004. This represents only a small fraction of the total cases of Campylobacter. Despite this, outbreaks are rarely reported. This report describes the investigation of an outbreak of campylobacteriosis following a restaurant meal in the Australian Capital Territory. The outbreak was i...

Incidence of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory.

A survey was conducted during 1977 to 1978 to determine the incidence of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Ninety-nine cases born between 1960 and 1971 were ascertained representing an incidence rate of 18.6 per 100 000 liveborn males. Over 60% of the ascertained males were isolated cases, and only 7% of affected males had an affected males rel...

Clozapine in community practice: a 3-year follow-up study in the Australian Capital Territory.

OBJECTIVE This paper aims to present the first data on the long-term use of clozapine in an entire cohort of patients encountered in a community, the Australian Capital Territory. It examines the clinical and financial outcomes 3 years after the prescription of clozapine to a cohort of 37 patients. METHOD Experience during the 2 years before clozapine was prescribed was compared with experien...

Health care funding in the Australian Capital Territory: from hospital to community.

This paper presents an outline of the socio-demographic features of the Australian Capital Territory (the ACT) and of its health care system. I describe how health care resources are allocated in the government sector, present a more detailed description of the way that hospital services are purchased, and summarise the government's policy directions for health. I argue that the main directions...