Health service access and quality of care provided by the Western NSW Local Health District Virtual Rural Generalist Service: a retrospective analysis of linked administrative data.

Objective: To evaluate the quantity and quality of medical care provided by the Western NSW Local Health District Virtual Rural Generalist Service (VRGS).

Design: Retrospective cohort study; analysis of emergency department and administrative hospital data.

Setting: Twenty-nine rural or remote hospitals in the Western NSW Local Health District at which the VRGS was providing medical care in the emergency department (ED) and/or inpatient setting.

An economic evaluation of the Virtual Rural Generalist Service versus usual care in Western NSW Local Health District.

Objective: Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the Virtual Rural Generalist Service (VRGS) model of care.

Design: A cost-consequence analysis of the VRGS model of care compared with usual care (treatment by local or locum [non-VRGS] doctors) from the perspective of the health care funder in 2022 prices.

Setting: Twenty-nine rural and remote hospitals in the Western NSW Local Health District where the VRGS has been in operation (VRGS sites).

Sleep restriction between consecutive days of exercise impairs sprint and endurance cycling performance.

The study aim was to determine the effect of sleep restriction (3 h) between consecutive days of exercise on sprint and endurance cycling performance, wellness, and mood. A total of 10 well-trained males performed 2 consecutive-day trials separated by a normal night sleep (control [CONT]; mean [SD] sleep duration 3.0 [0.

Acute electroencephalography responses during incremental exercise in those with mental illness.

Introduction: Depression is a mental illness (MI) characterized by a process of behavioral withdrawal whereby people experience symptoms including sadness, anhedonia, demotivation, sleep and appetite change, and cognitive disturbances. Frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) differs in depressive populations and may signify affective responses, with left FAA corresponding to such aversive or withdrawal type behavior. On an acute basis, exercise is known to positively alter affect and improve depressive symptoms and this has been measured in conjunction with left FAA as a post-exercise measure.