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Research @ ANZHFR

Please find below a list of resources that utilise ANZHFR data. Should you wish to request data access for your own project proposal, please review our Data Access page.

Research Publications

Woodcroft-Brown V, Bell J, Pulle CR, Mitchell R, Close J, McDougall C, Hurring S, Sarkies M. Patient, surgical and hospital factors predicting actual first-day mobilisation after hip fracture surgery: An observational cohort study. Australas J Ageing. 2024 Apr 14. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13312. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38616338.

Taylor ME, Harvey LA, Close JCT. How the Hip Fracture Registry is improving outcomes for patients. MJA InSight+. Issue 12. 2 April 2024.

Taylor ME, Ramsay N, Mitchell R, McDougall C, Harris IA, Hallen J, Ward N, Hurring S, Harvey LA, Armstrong E, Close JCT. Improving hip fracture care: A five-year review of the early contributors to the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry. Australas J Ageing. 2024 Jan 25. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13270. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38270215.

Taylor ME, Harvey LA, Crotty M, Harris IA, Sherrington C, Close JCT. Variation in care and outcomes for people after hip fracture with and without cognitive impairment; results from the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry. J Nutr Health Aging. 2024 Jan 4. 100030.

Projects In Progress

Using linked data to evaluate and improve hip fracture care

Principal Investigator: Dr Lara Harvey - [email protected]


Artificial intelligence and machine learning to personalize care of patients with hip fractures

Principal Investigator: Professor Ruurd Jaarsma - [email protected]


Total hip joint replacement versus hip hemiarthroplasty for subcapital neck of femur fractures: return to mobility and residence

Principal Investigator: Dr Mithun Nambiar - [email protected]


Effect of hip fracture and pain management pathways in treating hip fracture patients

Principal Investigator: Dr Mithun Nambiar  - [email protected]


Care provision and outcomes in older people with and without cognitive impairment who sustain a hip fracture

Principal Investigator: Dr Morag Taylor - [email protected]


The impact of COVID-19 in Australia and New Zealand on hip fracture care

Principal Investigator: Dr William Liaw - email [email protected] should you wish to get in contact


Patient characteristics and hospital-level factors influencing actual first day mobilisation post hip fracture surgery

Principal Investigator: Dr Victoria Woodcroft-Brown - [email protected] 


The effect of type of anaesthetic on delirium after surgery for acute hip fracture:  an instrumental variable analysis

Principal Investigator: Dr Lara Harvey - [email protected]


Standard of care and outcomes for Māori patients with neck of femur fractures – an ANZHFR study

Principal Investigator: Dr Simon Young - email [email protected] for further information


Association of delirium and nutritional status in Australian adults following hip fracture surgery

Principal Investigator: Dr Saif Hamdoon - [email protected]


Updated mortality risk post hip fractures by age, sex and ethnicity for New Zealand

Principal Investigator: Dr Naji Ghamri - [email protected]


The impact of frailty and malnutrition on clinical care and outcomes following acute hip fracture

Principal Investigator: Dr Lara Harvey - [email protected]


Non operative versus operative management of hip fractures in Australia and New Zealand

Principal Investigator: Dr Carla Davies - [email protected]