By Professor Sallie Pearson

Journal articles

Daniels B; Luckett T; Holliday S; Liauw W; Lovell M; Phillips J; Rowett D; John TN; Tervonen H; Pearson SA, 2021, 'Patterns of oxycodone controlled release use in older people with cancer following public subsidy of oxycodone/naloxone formulations: An Australian population-based study', Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 17, pp. 68 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajco.13408

Wertheimer G; Mathieson S; Maher CG; Lin CWC; McLachlan AJ; Buchbinder R; Pearson SA; Underwood M, 2021, 'The Prevalence of Opioid Analgesic Use in People with Chronic Noncancer Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies', Pain Medicine United States, 22, pp. 506 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa322

Wilson BE; Jacob S; Do V; Amir E; Bray F; Ferlay J; Knaul FM; Elawawy A; Pearson SA; Barton MB, 2021, 'Are nccn resource-stratified guidelines for breast cancer systemic therapy achievable? a population-based study of global need and economic impact', JCO Global Oncology, 7, pp. 1074 - 1083, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/GO.21.00028

Daniels B; Pearson SA; Buckley NA; Bruno C; Schaffer A; Zoega H, 2021, 'Coming to grips with seemingly conflicting results in programme evaluation: The devil's in the detail', BMJ Quality and Safety, 30, pp. 70 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012118

Pratt N; Camacho X; Vajdic C; Degenhardt L; Laba TL; Hillen J; Etherton-Beer C; Preen D; Jorm L; Donnolley N; Havard A; Pearson SA, 2021, 'The Medicines Intelligence Centre of Research Excellence: Co-creating real-world evidence to support the evidentiary needs of Australian regulators and payers', International Journal of Population Data Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/IJPDS.V6I3.1726

Yin X; Liu H; Webster J; Trieu K; Huffman MD; Miranda JJ; Marklund M; Wu JHY; Cobb LK; Li KC; Pearson S-A; Neal B; Tian M, 2021, 'Availability, Formulation, Labeling, and Price of Low-sodium Salt Worldwide: Environmental Scan', JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7, pp. e27423, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/27423

Vogel JP; Tendal B; Giles M; Whitehead C; Burton W; Chakraborty S; Cheyne S; Downton T; Fraile Navarro D; Gleeson G; Gordon A; Hunt J; Kitschke J; McDonald S; McDonnell N; Middleton P; Millard T; Murano M; Oats J; Tate R; White H; Elliott J; Roach V; Homer CSE; McGowan S; Ballenden N; Barrett TL; Beavis V; Saunders JB; Buchanan T; Buchanan-Grey M; Casey D; Cowie M; Doyle J; Frydenberg M; Gnjidic D; Green S; Greenland R; Griffin K; Groombridge S; Hardy L; Hodak A; Holley A; Jovanovska V; Knight S; Michaels K; Morley P; Morphet J; Nou S; Russo P; Sarson M; Young A; Norris S; Morris-Donovan B; Gurry S; Hudson E; Hurley S; Primmer D; Timms S; Whicker S; Mukherjee S; Agostino J; Booth K; Burr L; Byers L; Cameron P; Cooper M; Cheng A; Fowler P; Glanville A; Leder K; McGloughlin S; McMullan B; McPhee E; Mitchell B; Morgan M; Myles P; O’Donnell C; Parr M; Phillips J; Randall R; Varndell W; Whyte I; William L; Brightwell R; Condon L; Deshpande A; Ehm A; Ferrie M; Muller J; Pullin L; Robinson E; Witt A; Larkins S; Morgan M; Taylor G; Agostino J; Burgess P; Agar M; Peiris D; Pearson S; Matthews G; McCarthy S, 2020, 'Clinical care of pregnant and postpartum women with COVID-19: Living recommendations from the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 60, pp. 840 - 851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13270

Badgery-Parker T; Pearson SA; Elshaug AG, 2020, 'Estimating misclassification error in a binary performance indicator: Case study of low value care in Australian hospitals', BMJ Quality and Safety, 29, pp. 992 - 999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010564

Yin X; Liu H; Trieu K; Webster J; Farrand C; Li KC; Pearson S; Tian M, 2020, 'The effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of low-sodium salts worldwide: An environmental scan protocol', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 22, pp. 2258 - 2265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.14054

Sotade OT; Falster M; Girardi LN; Pearson SA; Jorm LR, 2020, 'Age-stratified outcomes of bioprosthetic and mechanical aortic valve replacements in an Australian cohort of 13 377 patients', BMJ Surgery Interventions and Health Technologies, 2, pp. e000036, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsit-2020-000036

Daniels B; Pearson SA; Vajdic CM; Pottegård A; Buckley NA; Zoega H, 2020, 'Risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and cutaneous melanoma in older Australians using hydrochlorothiazide: A population-based case-control study', Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, 127, pp. 320 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcpt.13463

Wylie CE; Daniels B; Brett J; Pearson SA; Buckley NA, 2020, 'A national study on prescribed medicine use in Australia on a typical day', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 29, pp. 1046 - 1053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5093

Tang M; Schaffer A; Kiely BE; Daniels B; Simes RJ; Lee CK; Pearson SA, 2020, 'Correction: Treatment patterns and survival in HER2-positive early breast cancer: a whole-of-population Australian cohort study (2007–2016) (British Journal of Cancer, (2019), 121, 11, (904-911), 10.1038/s41416-019-0612-5)', British Journal of Cancer, 123, pp. 868, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-0908-5

Van Leeuwen MT; Luu S; Brown MR; Pearson S-A; Webber K; Hunt L; Hong S; Delaney G; Vajdic CM, 2020, 'Cardiovascular toxicity of targeted therapies for cancer: An overview of systematic reviews', JNCI Cancer Spectrum, 4, pp. pkaa076-, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jncics/pkaa076

Badgery-Parker T; Pearson SA; Elshaug AG, 2020, 'Hospital characteristics associated with low-value care in public hospitals in New South Wales, Australia', BMC Health Services Research, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05625-4

Homaira N; Daniels B; Pearson S; Jaffe A, 2020, 'Dispensing practices of fixed dose combination controller therapy for asthma in australian children and adolescents', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165645

Falster MO; Buckley NA; Brieger D; Pearson SA, 2020, 'Antihypertensive polytherapy in Australia: Prevalence of inappropriate combinations, 2013-2018', Journal of Hypertension, 38, pp. 1586 - 1592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002408

Hsu B; Falster MO; Schaffer AL; Pearson S; Jorm L; Brieger DB, 2020, 'Antiplatelet therapy within 30 days of percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation', Medical Journal of Australia, 213, pp. 124 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50507

Zheng D; Brett J; Daniels B; Buckley NA; Pearson SA; Schaffer AL, 2020, 'Potentially inappropriate benzodiazepine use in Australian adults: A population-based study (2014–2017)', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 575 - 582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13086

Shand AW; Bell J; Henry A; Grzeskowiak LE; Kidson-Gerber G; Pearson S; Nassar N, 2020, 'Rapid increase in intravenous iron therapy for women of reproductive age in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 213, pp. 85 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50618

Ghinea N; Wiersma M; Kerridge I; Olver I; Pearson S; Day R; Liauw W; Lipworth W, 2020, '“Some sort of fantasy land”: A qualitative investigation of appropriate prescribing in cancer care', Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 26, pp. 747 - 754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jep.13278

Favell DL; Tang M; Daniels B; Vajdic CM; Zoega H; Pearson SA, 2020, 'Capture of systemic anticancer medicines in pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS) data likely higher than previously reported', Public Health Research and Practice, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp3022013

Chitty KM; Schumann JL; Schaffer A; Cairns R; Gonzaga NJ; Raubenheimer JE; Carter G; Page A; Pearson SA; Buckley NA, 2020, 'Australian Suicide Prevention using Health-Linked Data (ASHLi): Protocol for a population-based case series study', BMJ Open, 10, pp. e038181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038181

Bruno C; Pearson SA; Daniels B; Buckley NA; Schaffer A; Zoega H, 2020, 'Passing the acid test? Evaluating the impact of national education initiatives to reduce proton pump inhibitor use in Australia', BMJ Quality and Safety, 29, pp. 365 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009897

Mathieson S; Wertheimer G; Maher CG; Christine Lin CW; McLachlan AJ; Buchbinder R; Pearson SA; Underwood M, 2020, 'What proportion of patients with chronic noncancer pain are prescribed an opioid medicine? Systematic review and meta-regression of observational studies', Journal of Internal Medicine, 287, pp. 458 - 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joim.13026

Peng Z; Hayen A; Kirk MD; Pearson S; Cheng AC; Liu B, 2020, 'Microbiology testing associated with antibiotic dispensing in older community-dwelling adults', BMC Infectious Diseases, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05029-z

Schaffer AL; Cairns R; Brown JA; Gisev N; Buckley NA; Pearson SA, 2020, 'Changes in sales of analgesics to pharmacies after codeine was rescheduled as a prescription only medicine', Medical Journal of Australia, 212, pp. 321 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50552

Raichand S; Pearson SA; Zoega H; Buckley NA; Havard A, 2020, 'Utilisation of teratogenic medicines before and during pregnancy in Australian women', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 60, pp. 218 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13044

Chiu T; Brett J; Pearson S; Schaffer A, 2020, 'Patterns of pregabalin initiation and discontinuation after its subsidy in Australia', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 86, pp. 1882 - 1887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.14276

Cairns R; Schaffer AL; Brown JA; Pearson SA; Buckley NA, 2020, 'Codeine use and harms in Australia: evaluating the effects of re-scheduling', Addiction, 115, pp. 451 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14798

Luckett T; Newton-John T; Phillips J; Holliday S; Giannitrapani K; Powell-Davies G; Lovell M; Liauw W; Rowett D; Pearson SA; Raymond B; Heneka N; Lorenz K, 2020, 'Risk of opioid misuse in people with cancer and pain and related clinical considerations: A qualitative study of the perspectives of Australian general practitioners', BMJ Open, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034363

De Oliveira Costa J; Schaffer AL; Medland NA; Litchfield M; Narayan SW; Guy R; McManus H; Pearson SA, 2020, 'Adherence to Antiretroviral Regimens in Australia: A Nationwide Cohort Study', AIDS Patient Care and Stds, 34, pp. 81 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/apc.2019.0278

Daniels B; Tervonen HE; Pearson SA, 2020, 'Identifying incident cancer cases in dispensing claims: A validation study using Australia's Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) data', International Journal of Population Data Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1152

Schaffer AL; Pearson SA; Perez-Concha O; Dobbins T; Ward RL; Leeuwen MTV; Rhee JJ; Laaksonen MA; Craigen G; Vajdic CM; van Leeuwen M, 2020, 'Diagnostic and health service pathways to diagnosis of cancer-registry notified cancer of unknown primary site (CUP)', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0230373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230373

Daniels B; Pearson SA; Buckley NA; Bruno C; Zoega H, 2020, 'Long-term use of proton-pump inhibitors: whole-of-population patterns in Australia 2013–2016', Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1756284820913743

Darshni A; Farshid A; MacIsaac A; Hsu B; Pearson S; Falster M; Hyun K; D'Silva M; Brieger D, 2020, '730 Exploration of Single Antiplatelet Drug use in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Cardiac Stenting', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. S364 - S365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.737

Coleman L; Brett J; Daniels B; Pearson S; Falster M, 2020, 'Medicine reviews: do they reduce benzodiazepine use in older Australians?', Public Health Research & Practice, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp30452015

Pearson SA; Buckley N; Stamatakis E, 2019, 'Exercise trials for blood pressure control: Keeping it REAL', British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53, pp. 1443 - 1444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-100787

Bell J; Paget SP; Nielsen TC; Buckley NA; Collins J; Pearson SA; Nassar N, 2019, 'Prescription opioid dispensing in Australian children and adolescents: a national population-based study', Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 3, pp. 881 - 888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30329-3

Tang M; Schaffer A; Kiely BE; Daniels B; Simes RJ; Lee CK; Pearson SA, 2019, 'Treatment patterns and survival in HER2-positive early breast cancer: a whole-of-population Australian cohort study (2007–2016)', British Journal of Cancer, 121, pp. 904 - 911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-019-0612-5

Reekie J; Donovan B; Guy R; Hocking JS; Kaldor JM; Mak D; Preen D; Ward J; Liu B; Wand H; Pearson S, 2019, 'Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy and Tubal Infertility Following Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Infections', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69, pp. 1621 - 1623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz145

Feng Y; Flitcroft K; van Leeuwen MT; Elshaug AG; Spillane A; Pearson SA, 2019, 'Patterns of immediate breast reconstruction in New South Wales, Australia: a population-based study', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 89, pp. 1230 - 1235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.15381

Schaffer AL; Buckley NA; Cairns R; Pearson S, 2019, 'Comparison of Prescribing Patterns before and after Implementation of a National Policy to Reduce Inappropriate Alprazolam Prescribing in Australia', JAMA Network Open, 2, pp. e1911590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.11590

Daniels B; Kiely BE; Tang M; Tervonen H; Pearson SA, 2019, 'Trastuzumab use in older patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer: Outcomes and treatment patterns in a whole-of-population Australian cohort (2003-2015)', BMC Cancer, 19, pp. 909, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6126-y

Vajdic CM; Perez-Concha O; Rhee JJ; Dobbins T; Ward RL; Schaffer AL; van Leeuwen MT; Laaksonen MA; Craigen G; Pearson SA, 2019, 'Health-related predictors of cancer registry-notified cancer of unknown primary site (CUP)', Cancer Epidemiology, 61, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2019.05.001

Peacock A; Chiu V; Leung J; Dobbins T; Larney S; Gisev N; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L, 2019, 'Protocol for the Data-Linkage Alcohol Cohort Study (DACS): Investigating mortality, morbidity and offending among people with an alcohol-related problem using linked administrative data', BMJ Open, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030605

Chen Y; Kirk MD; Stuart R; Cheng AC; Pearson SA; Hayen A; Banks E; Liu B, 2019, 'Socio-demographic and health service factors associated with antibiotic dispensing in older Australian adults', Plos One, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221480

Page AT; Falster MO; Litchfield M; Pearson SA; Etherton-Beer C, 2019, 'Polypharmacy among older Australians, 2006–2017: a population-based study', Medical Journal of Australia, 211, pp. 71 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50244

Vajdic CM; Perez-Concha O; Dobbins T; Ward RL; Schaffer AL; van Leeuwen MT; Rhee JJ; Laaksonen MA; Craigen G; Pearson SA, 2019, 'Demographic, social and lifestyle risk factors for cancer registry-notified cancer of unknown primary site (CUP)', Cancer Epidemiology, 60, pp. 156 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2019.04.004

Tang M; Schaffer A; Pearson SA, 2019, 'Embracing the full spectrum of real-world data for cancer medicines research in Australia', Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 15, pp. 186 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajco.13121

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