Research

Zhou Y, Wall CJ, Hallen J, Mitchell R, Taylor ME, Harvey LA, Hurring S, Wyatt MC, Ward N, Fleming S, Close JCT. Data resource profile: Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR). Hip Int. 2025 Oct 31:11207000251370293. doi: 10.1177/11207000251370293. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41169168.

Wijekulasuriya, S., Seymour, H., Tarrant, S. et al. The impact of direct oral anticoagulants on hip fracture care in Australia and New Zealand: a prospective patient sprint audit. Osteoporos Int (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-025-07659-y

Sarkies M, Murphy N, Kunnath R, Tarrant S, Epstein E, Weaver N, Hemmert CR, Balogh ZJ. Avoidable and unavoidable delays in hip fracture surgery : a prospective observational study of who, what, and why? Bone Jt Open. 2025 Aug 5;6(8):876-885. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.68.BJO-2025-0083.R1. PMID: 40759410; PMCID: PMC12321406.

Tanios AG, Gallagher EL, McManus MS, Riordan JA, Harris IA, Harvey LA. The effect of type of anaesthetic on delirium after surgery for acute hip fracture: An instrumental variable analysis to assess causation. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2025 Jan 6:310057X241275116. doi: 10.1177/0310057X241275116. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39757848.

Bell JJ, Mitchell RJ, Harris IA, Seymour H, Armstrong E, Harris R, Fleming S, Hurring S, Close J. Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Older Adults with a Hip Fracture-Findings from a Bi-National Clinical Audit. Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Oct 29;12(21):2157. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12212157. PMID: 39517369; PMCID: PMC11544824.

Taylor G, Zhu M, Cavadino A, Mayo C, Young SW, Poutawera V, Mutu-Grigg J. Standard of care and outcomes for Māori patients with neck of femur fractures - an Australia & New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR) study. ANZ J Surg. 2024 Aug 23. doi: 10.1111/ans.19209. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39177279.

Harvey, L., Taylor, M.E., Harris, I.A., Mitchell, R.J., Cameron, I.D., Sarrami, P. and Close, J. (2024), Adherence to clinical care standards and mortality after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2015-2018: a retrospective population-based study. Med J Aust. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52470

Harvey LA, Payne NL, Tan A, Zhang J, Lai YC, Taylor ME, Armstrong E, McVeigh C, Mikolaizak AS, Hairu R, Scott TA, Bishop M, Close J. Variation in mortality following hip fracture across the Asia Pacific region: Systematic review and proportional meta-analysis. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2024 Nov;126:105519. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2024.105519. Epub 2024 Jun 9. PMID: 38941947.

Harvey LA, Payne NL, Tan A, Zhang J, Lau YC, Taylor M, Armstrong E, McVeigh C, Mikolaizak AS, Hairu R Scott T Bishop M and Close JCT. Variation in mortality following hip fractures across the Asia Pacific region: country/region-specific report. Neuroscience Research Australia: Sydney July 2023

Siminiuc, D., Gumuskaya, O., Mitchell, R., Bell, J., Cameron, I.D., Hallen, J., Birkenhead, K., Hurring, S., Baxter, B., Close, J., Sheehan, K.J., Johansen, A., Chehade, M.J., Sherrington, C., Balogh, Z.J., Taylor, M.E., Sarkies, M. Rehabilitation after surgery for hip fracture - the impact of prompt, frequent and mobilisation-focused physiotherapy on discharge outcomes: an observational cohort study. BMC Geriatrics 24, 629 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05206-8

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.

Ramsay, N., Close, J. C., Harris, I. A., & Harvey, L. A. (2023). The impact of cement fixation on early mortality in arthroplasty for hip fracture. Bone & Joint Open, 4(3), 198.

Ramsay, N., Close, J. C., Harris, I. A., & Harvey, L. A. (2023). The impact of fixation type for intertrochanteric femoral fracture on patient survival. ANZ Journal of Surgery.

• Harvey L, Harris IA, Mitchell RJ, Webster A, Cameron ID, Jorm L, Seymour H, Sarrami P, Close J. Improved survival rates after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2011-2018. Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 420-421. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.51440
• Mitchell, R.J., Jakobs, S., Halim, N., Seymour H., Tarrant, S. Synthesis of the evidence on the impact of pre-operative direct oral anticoagulants on patient health outcomes after hip fracture surgery: rapid systematic review. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-022-01937-8
• Halim, N.K., Harris, R.G., Cameron, I.D. et al. Two-country comparison of the prescription of bone protection medication before and early after hip fracture. Arch Osteoporos 18, 8 (2023).

• Harvey, L. A., Harris, I. A., Mitchell, R. J., Webster, A., Cameron, I. D., Jorm, L. R., ... & Close, J. C. (2021). Impact of pre‐surgery hospital transfer on time to surgery and 30‐day mortality for people with hip fractures. Medical Journal of Australia.
• Fajardo Pulido, D., Ryder, T., Harris, I. A., Close, J. C., Chehade, M. J., Seymour, H., ... & Mitchell, R. (2021). Patient, surgical and hospital factors associated with the presence of a consultant surgeon during hip fracture surgery. Do we know the answer?. ANZ Journal of Surgery.
• Ryder, T., Close, J., Harris, I., Cameron, I. D., Seymour, H., Armstrong, E., ... & ANZHFR Steering Group. (2021). Patient and hospital factors influencing discharge destination following hip fracture. Australasian journal on ageing.

• Seymour, H., Pulido, D. F., Ling, A., & Mitchell, R. (2021). Implementing a hip fracture registry and financial incentive program to enhance best practice in hip fracture care in Western Australia. Australian health review, 45(2), 143-147.
• Narula, S., Lawless, A., D'Alessandro, P., Jones, C. W., Yates, P., & Seymour, H. (2020). Clinical Frailty Scale is a good predictor of mortality after proximal femur fracture: A cohort study of 30-day and one-year mortality. Bone & joint open, 1(8), 443-449.

• Tan AC, Armstrong E, Close J, Harris IA. Data quality audit of a clinical quality registry: a generic framework and case study of the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry. BMJ Open Qual. 2019 Jul 17;8(3):e000490. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000490. PMID: 31414056; PMCID: PMC6668898.

• Johansen, A., Golding, D., Brent, L., Close, J., Gjertsen, J. E., Holt, G., ... & Thorngren, K. G. (2017). Using national hip fracture registries and audit databases to develop an international perspective. Injury, 48(10), 2174-2179.

• Ekegren, C. L., Edwards, E. R., Oppy, A., Liew, S., Page, R., de Steiger, R., ... & Gabbe, B. J. (2017). Twelve-month work-related outcomes following hip fracture in patients under 65 years of age. Injury, 48(3), 701-707.

• Fergus, L., Cutfield, G., & Harris, R. (2011). Auckland City Hospital's ortho-geriatric service: an audit of patients aged over 65 with fractured neck of femur. The New Zealand Medical Journal (Online), 124(1337).
• Ekegren, C. L., Edwards, E. R., Page, R., Hau, R., De Steiger, R., Bucknill, A., ... & Gabbe, B. J. (2016). Twelve-month mortality and functional outcomes in hip fracture patients under 65 years of age. Injury, 47(10), 2182-2188.