The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Dr Jane Robertson
School: School of Medicine and Public Health
Commenced with Institution: 25-DEC-1989
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Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Dr Jane Robertson;Ms Danielle Lang;Mr Barrie Stokes 2008 4 Department of Health and Ageing Consultancy/Tender External Evaluation of PBAC Submissions RFT 360/0708   4534474  
Professor Julie Byles;Assoc. Prof Lynne Parkinson;Assoc. Prof Anne Young;Dr Evan Doran;Dr Jane Robertson 2008 3 National Health & Medical Research Council Project Grant Tracking the impact of drug regulatory actions: consumer health outcomes, risk-benefit issues and policy framework   421000  
Dr Evan Doran;Conjoint Pr David Henry;Assoc. Prof Glenn Salkeld;Dr Jane Robertson 2007 2 Australian Research Council Discovery Projects Moral Hazard and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme   166000  
Dr Jane Robertson;Dr David Newby;Dr Sallie Pearson 2006 1 National Prescribing Service Ltd Research Grant Improving the uptake of evidence-based drug information and decision support.   200000  
Dr Jane Robertson 2005 1 University of Newcastle Early Career Researcher Grant Doctors, Dollars and Difficult Decisions - does information on drug costs influence the prescribing practices of Australian GPs and specialists?   15000  
Dr Jane Robertson;Conjoint Pr David Henry 2004 4 Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care Consultancy/Tender External Evaluation of PBAC Submissions RFP 163/0304   3221378  
Dr Jane Robertson 2004 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant ICIUM 2004 Second International Conference on Improving Drug Use of Medicines, 30 March - 2 April 2004, Thailand   1240  
Dr Jane Robertson 2003 1 National Prescribing Service Ltd Consultancy QUM research to indentify a firm base for future priorities, research, activities and policy implications: QUM and chronic conditions   10000  
Dr Jane Robertson 2002 1 University of Newcastle Early Career Researcher Grant Influences on the uptake of new drugs into the clinical practices of general practitioners and specialist physicians   10000  
Dr Jane Robertson 2002 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant 18th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology, Edinburgh, Scotland 18-21 August, 2002   1960  
Conjoint Pr David Henry;Dr Arn Sprogis;Dr Jane Robertson 1997 1 Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care General Practice Evaluation Program (GPEP) (Defunct) The impact of specialists on prescribing by Australian general practitioners.   77357  
Conjoint Pr David Henry;Conjoint A/Prof Dianne O'Connell;Dr Jane Robertson 1997 3 Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care General Practice Evaluation Program (GPEP) (Defunct) Newcastle Prescriber Database   78250  
Dr Jane Robertson;Conjoint Pr David Henry 1996 4 National Health & Medical Research Council PHRDC Research Fellowship (Defunct) Development, Testing and Refining of Indicators of Quality of Prescribing by General Practitioners   66108  
Dr Jane Robertson 1995 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant 11th International Conference on Pharacoepidemiology, Canada, 27-30/8/95   1640  
Dr Jane Robertson 1993 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant '9th Int. Conf. on Pharmacoepidemiology', Washington DC, USA, 29 Aug - 1 Sept 1993   1372  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
PhD (Gender & Health) Co-Supervisor Tracking the Pharmaceutical Treatment of Menopause in Australia: How Has Treatment Changed Since the Women's Health Initiative and Million Women Study Trial Results Were Released and What Are the Resultant Health Outcomes for Australian Women?

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
PhD 0.100

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (Clinical Pharm) 2003 Pharmaceutical Affordability and Quality Use of Medicines

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Newby David Andrew, Robertson Jane, Higgins Gwen, ’Exploring the role of clinical self-audits as a professional development tool’, International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 16 395-401 (2008) [C1]

Robertson Jane, Hill S R, ’The essential medicines list for a global patient population’, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 82 498-500 (2007) [C1]

Walkom Emily Jane, Robertson Jane, Newby David Andrew, Pillay T, ’The role of pharmacoeconomics in formulary decision-making - Considerations for hospital and managed care pharmacy and therapeutics committees’, Formulary, 41 374-385 (2006) [C1]

Doran Evan, Robertson Jane, Henry David Alexander, ’Moral hazard and prescription medicine use in Australia - the patient perspective’, Social Science & Medicine, 60 1437-1443 (2005) [C1]

Robertson Jane, Walkom Emily Jane, McGettigan Patricia, ’Response rates and representativeness: a lottery incentive improves physician survey return rates’, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 14 571-577 (2005) [C1]

Doran Evan, Robertson Jane, Rolfe Isobel Evelyn, Henry David Alexander, ’Patient co-payments and use of prescription medicines’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 28 62-67 (2004) [C1]

Robertson Jane, Treloar Carla Justine, Sprogis Arn, Henry David Alexander, ’The influence of specialists on prescribing GPs: A qualitative study’, Australian Family Physician, 32 573-545 (2003) [C1]

Robertson Jane, Lang Danielle Leigh, Hill Suzanne Rose, ’Use of pharmacoeconomics in prescribing research. Part 1: costs - moving beyond the acquisition price for drugs’, Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 28 73-79 (2003) [C1]

Robertson Jane, Fryer Jayne Louise, O'Connell Dianne Leslie, Smith Anthony Neil, Henry David Alexander, ’Limitations of Health Insurance Commission (HIC) data for deriving prescribing indicators’, Medical Journal of Australia, 176 419-424 (2002) [C1]

Robertson Jane, ’Overview of drug use’, Medical Journal of Australia, 176 276 (2002) [C4]

Robertson Jane, Fryer Jayne Louise, O'Connell Dianne Leslie, Smith Anthony Neil, Henry David Alexander, ’Personal Formularies. An index of prescribing quality?’, European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 57 333-341 (2001) [C1]

Robertson Jane, Fryer Jayne Louise, O'Connell Dianne Leslie, Sprogis A, Henry David Alexander, ’The impact of specialists on prescribing by general practitioners’, Medical Journal of Australia, 175 407-411 (2001) [C1]

Nikolajevic-Sarunac J, Henry David Alexander, O'Connell Dianne Leslie, Robertson Jane, ’Effects of information framing on the intentions of family physicians to prescribe long-term hormone replacement therapy’, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 14 591-598 (1999) [C1]

Henry David Alexander, Robertson Jane, ’Pharmacists' outreach visits and doctors' prescribing’, Medical Journal of Australia, 170 460-461 (1999) [C2]

Robertson Jane, Henry David Alexander, Dobbins T, Sprogis A, Terry R, Ireland M, ’Prescribing patterns in general practice’, Australian Family Physician, 28 (11) 1186-1190 (1999) [C1]

Henry David Alexander, Robertson Jane, O'Connell Dianne Leslie, Gillespie W, ’A systematic review of the skeletal effects of estrogen therapy in post-menopausal women. I. An assessment of the quality of randomized trials published between 1977 and 1995’, Climacteric, 1 (2) 92 - 111 (1998) [C1]

O'Connell Dianne Leslie, Robertson Jane, Henry David Alexander, Gillespie W, ’A systematic review of the skeletal effects of estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women. II. An assessment of treatment effects’, Climacteric, 1 (2) 112-123 (1998) [C1]

Porteous J, Robertson Jane, Henry David Alexander, ’Pharmaceutical security: a new research agenda?’, The Medical Journal of Australia, 169 (5) 262-263 (1998) [C2]

Conference Publication

Moxey Annette Jane, Newby David Andrew, Robertson Jane, Williamson Margaret, Hains Isla, Pearson Sallie-Anne, ’Electronic decision support for prescribing decisions in primary care: Does it work?’, 2008 GP & PHC Research Conference. Abstracts and Presentations, Hobart, TAS (2008) [E3]

Moxey Annette Jane, Pearson Sallie-Anne, Williamson Margaret, Gillies Malcolm, Newby David Andrew, Robertson Jane, ’GPs' use of computer-based information sources in clinical practice - what, when, how?’, 2008 General Practice & Primary Health Care Research Conference: Program & Abstracts, Hobart, TAS (2008) [E3]

Moxey Annette Jane, Pearson Sallie-Anne, Robertson Jane, Hains Isla, Williamson Margaret, Newby David Andrew, ’Influences on the use of electronic decision support in prescribing’, 2008 General Practice & Primary Health Care Research Conference: Program & Abstracts, Hobart, TAS (2008) [E3]

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