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Editorials

Beyond equity of access to equity of outcome

Andrew W Hamer, Andrew J Kerr

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The use of troponin testing in primary care

Stewart Mann, Lynn McBain

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Original Articles

The most deprived Auckland City Hospital patients (2005–2009) are 10 years younger and have a 50% increased mortality following discharge from a cardiac or vascular admission when compared to the least deprived patients

Chris Ellis, Andie Pryce, Garth MacLeod, Greg Gamble

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The use of troponin in general practice

Sally Aldous, Peter Gent, Graham McGeoch, Denise Nicholson

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Availability of troponin testing for cardiac patients in New Zealand 2002 to 2011: implications for patient care

Mohammad Latif, Chris Ellis, Alexei Chataline, Greg Gamble, Cam Kyle, Harvey White

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Mortality by ethnic group to 2006: is extending census-mortality linkage robust?

Lavinia Tan, Tony A Blakely

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Improving healthcare through the use of co-design

Hilary Boyd, Stephen McKernon, Bernie Mullin, Andrew Old

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Doctors and the nurse endoscopist issue in New Zealand

Mohammad I Khan, Robert Khan, Wanda Owen

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Establishment of the New Zealand Drivers Study

John Langley, Dorothy Begg, Rebecca Brookland, Shanthi Ameratunga, Anna McDowell, John Broughton

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Christchurch earthquakes: how did former refugees cope?

Mohamud Osman, Andrew Hornblow, Sandy Macleod, Pat Coope

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Special Article

New Zealand 2012 guidelines for the management of non ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes

Non ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Guidelines Group and the New Zealand Branch of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

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Viewpoint

Dabigatran: rational dose individualisation and monitoring guidance is needed

Stephen B Duffull, Daniel F B Wright, Hesham S Al-Sallami, Paul J Zufferey, James M Faed

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Clinical Correspondence

Spontaneous gastroduodenal artery aneurysm rupture in acute surgery

Jessica Savage, Li Hsee

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Medical image. Microfilaria in a facial mass—a coincidental finding in fine needle aspiration cytology

Dilip C Barman, Tapan D Bairagya

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Letters

Assessment of health and potential for milk-based intervention to improve the nutrient intake of toddlers in New Zealand

Natalie G Martin, Cameron C Grant, Peter W Reed, Judy Rowden, Clare R Wall, Trecia Wouldes, Suzanne Purdy, Keryn Blunt, Lorraine Heteraka-Stevens, Michal Noonan

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New Zealand’s smokefree prison policy appears to be working well: one year on

Lucie Collinson, Nick Wilson, Richard Edwards, George Thomson, Simon Thornley

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Majority support among the public, youth and smokers for retail-level controls to help end tobacco use in New Zealand

Richard Edwards, Jo Peace, Janet Hoek, Nick Wilson, George Thomson, Louise Marsh

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Use of a reminder sticker improves rates of documentation of resuscitation status and the appropriate prescription of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

Laurence Teoh, Mohammad Latif, Philip Choi, Scott Wu, Cheuk Yan Chan, Gregory Plowman, Arthur Nahill, Simon Briggs

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Improving hand hygiene in New Zealand hospitals to increase patient safety and reduce costs: results from the first hand hygiene national compliance audit for 2012

Joshua T Freeman, Christine Sieczkowski, Tania Anderson, Arthur J Morris, Andrew Keenan, Sally A Roberts

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Editorial: genius and insanity

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Notice

University of Otago Faculty of Medicine Freemasons Postgraduate Fellowships in Paediatrics and Child Health for 2013

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