Ms Emmae Ramsay

Statistician UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

City East Campus (P6-24)
tel +61 8 830 22331

email Emmae.Ramsay@unisa.edu.au

About me

Pharmacoepidemiology
Applied Statistics
Quality Use of Medicines

Emmae Ramsay is an experienced biostatistician having worked for almost 15 years in the fields of pharmaceutical, medical and public health. She has developed unique skills in epidemiology, applied statistics and specifically pharmacoepidemiology. Her research focuses on applying complex epidemiological designs and statistical techniques to large healthcare datasets to monitor the risks of medicines. She currently works as a senior statistician for the Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre and is the lead statistician on two significant projects, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Veterans’ MATES program and the NHMRC funded Centre of Research Excellence in Post Market surveillance of medicines and devices.

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Research

Research focus

Public Health and Health Services
Clinical Sciences
Medical and Health Sciences
Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2023	Moffat, AK, Apajee, J, Le Blanc, VT, Westaway, K, Andrade, AQ, Ramsay, EN, Blacker, N, Pratt, NL & Roughead, EE 2023, 'Reducing opioid use for chronic non-cancer pain in primary care using an evidence-based, theory-informed, multistrategic, multistakeholder approach: a single-arm time series with segmented regression', BMJ Quality and Safety, online, pp. 1-9. Open access 1
2022	Andrade, AQ, Calabretto, JP, Pratt, NL, Kalisch-Ellett, LM, Kassie, GM, LeBlanc, VT, Ramsay, E & Roughead, EE 2022, 'Implementation and evaluation of a digitally enabled precision public health intervention to reduce inappropriate gabapentinoid prescription: cluster randomized controlled trial', Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 1-12. Open access 3 1 6
2022	Kelly, T-L, Ward, M, Pratt, NL, Ramsay, E, Gillam, M & Roughead, EE 2022, 'The association between exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and timing of paracetamol use: a cohort study in elderly Australians', Respiratory Research, vol. 23, no. 1, article no.80, pp. 1-11. Open access 1 1 9
2022	Roughead, EE, Ramsay, E, Kalisch Ellett, L, Khoo, A, Moffatt, A & Pratt, N 2022, 'Variation in health service use by veterans with an accepted disability of post-traumatic stress disorder who had a service record post 1975: a cluster analysis', BMJ Military Health, vol. 168, no. 1, pp. 1-6. Open access 1
2021	Kalisch Ellett, LM, Kassie, GM, Caughey, GE, Pratt, NL, Ramsay, EN & Roughead, EE 2021, 'Medication-related hospital admissions in aged care residents', Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. e323-e331. Open access 1 2 9
2021	Kalisch Ellett, LM, Kassie, GM, Ramsay, EN, Pratt, NL & Roughead, EE 2021, 'Evaluation of renal function testing in older Australian veterans dispensed medicines that require renal function monitoring', Drugs and Aging, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 995-1002. Open access 4
2020	Moffat, AK, Pratt, NL, Kalisch Ellett, LM, Ramsay, EN & Roughead, EE 2020, 'Comorbidities in an Australian sample of chronic and new opioid users', Journal of Opioid Management, vol. 16,no. 2, pp. 103-110.
2019	Kemp-Casey, A, Pratt, N, Ramsay, E & Roughead, EE 2019, 'Using post-market utilisation analysis to support medicines pricing policy: an Australian case study of aflibercept and ranibizumab use', Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 411-417. Open access 3 3 8
2019	Pratt, NL, Ramsay, E, Kalisch Ellett, LM, Duszynski, K, Shakib, S, Kerr, M, Caughey, G & Roughead, EE 2019, 'Comparative effectiveness and safety of low-strength and high-strength direct oral anticoagulants compared with warfarin: a sequential cohort study', BMJ Open, vol.9, no. 5, article no. e026486, pp. 1-11. Open access 8 8
2019	Roughead, EE, Lim, R, Ramsay, E, Moffat, A & Pratt, N 2019, 'Persistence with opioids post discharge from hospitalisation for surgery in Australian adults: a retrospective cohort study', BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 4, article no. e023990, pp. 1-6. Open access 21 20 30
2018	Kalisch Ellett, LM, Lim, R, Pratt, NL, Kerr, M, Ramsay, EN, Leblanc, T V, Barratt, JD & Roughead, EE 2018, 'Reducing hypnotic use in insomnia management among Australian veterans: Results from repeated national interventions', BMC Health Services Research, vol.18, no. 1, article no. 626, pp. 1-10. Open access 4 4 11
2018	Kalisch Ellett, LM, Pratt, NL, Sluggett, JK, Ramsay, EN, Kerr, M, LeBlanc, VT, Barratt, JD, Gilbert, AL & Roughead, EE 2018, 'Sustaining practice change in health care: the impact of a national quality improvement program on the uptake of collaborative medicines reviews', Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 222-230. Open access 7 14
2018	Pratt, N, Kerr, M, Barratt, J, Kemp-Casey, A, Kalisch Ellett, L, Ramsay, E & Roughead, E 2018, 'The validity of the Rx-Risk Comorbidity Index using medicines mapped to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System', BMJ Open, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1-8. Open access 133 124 23
2017	Kalisch Ellett, LM, Pratt, N, Sluggett, J, Ramsay, E, Kerr, M, LeBlanc, V, Barratt, J & Roughead, E 2017, 'Patient-specific prescriber feedback can increase the rate of osteoporosis screening and treatment: results from two national interventions', Archives of Osteoporosis, vol. 12, no. 1, article no. 17, pp. 1-7. Open access 6 6 2
2017	Pratt, NL, Kalisch Ellett, LM, Sluggett, JK, Gadzhanova, S V, Ramsay, EN, Kerr, M, Leblanc, VT, Barratt, JD & Roughead, EE 2017, 'Use of proton pump inhibitors among older Australians: national quality improvement programmes have led to sustained practice change', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 29, no. 1 pp. 75-82. Open access 22 17 18
2017	Roughead, EE, Pratt, NL, Kalisch Ellett, LM, Ramsay, EM, Barratt, JD, Morris, P & Killer, G 2017, 'Posttraumatic stress disorder, antipsychotic use and risk of dementia in veterans', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 1521-1526. Open access 14 14 9
2016	Caughey, G, Vitry, A, Ramsay, E, Gilbert, A, Shakib, S, Ryan, P, Esterman, A, McDermott, R & Roughead, E 2016, 'Effect of a general practitioner management plan on health outcomes and hospitalisations in older patients with diabetes', Internal Medicine Journal, vol. 46, no. 12, pp. 1430-1436. Open access 11 13 28
2016	Kalisch Ellett, LM, Pratt, NL, Ramsay, EN, Sluggett, JK, Barratt, JD & Roughead, EE 2016, 'Central nervous system-acting medicines and risk of hospital admission for confusion, delirium, or dementia', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 530-534. 5 4 7
2016	Pratt, N, Ramsay, E, Caughey, GE, Shakib, S & Roughead, EE 2016, 'Uptake of novel oral anticoagulants in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 204, no. 3, pp. 104-105. Open access 29 25 1
2015	Kalisch Ellett, LM, Pratt, NL, Ramsay, EN, Barratt, JD & Roughead, EE 2015, 'Response to lertxundi and colleagues', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. 1054-1055.
2015	Pratt, NL, Kalisch Ellett, LM, Sluggett, JK, Ramsay, EN, Kerr, M, LeBlanc, VT, Barratt, JD & Roughead, EE 2015, 'Commitment questions targeting patients promotes uptake of under-used health services: findings from a national quality improvement program in Australia', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 145, pp. 1-6. 6 6 4
2015	Pratt, NL, Ramsay, EN, Kalisch Ellett, LM, Nguyen, TA & Roughead, EE 2015, 'Association between ophthalmic timolol and hospitalisation for bradycardia', Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 2015, article no. 567387, pp. 1-6. Open access 14 12 10
2014	Kalisch Ellett, LM, Pratt, NL, Ramsay, EN, Barratt, JD & Roughead, EE 2014, 'Multiple anticholinergic medication use and risk of hospital admission for confusion or dementia', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 62, no. 10, pp. 1916-1922. Open access 93 78 10
2014	Pratt, NL, Ramsay, EN, Kalisch Ellett, LM, Nguyen, TA, Barratt, JD & Roughead, EE 2014, 'Association between use of multiple psychoactive medicines and hospitalization for falls : retrospective analysis of a large healthcare claim database', Drug Safety, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 529-535. Open access 29 27 13
2014	Pratt, NL, Ramsay, EN, Kemp, A, Kalisch Ellett, LM, SHAKIB, S, Caughey, GE, Ryan, P, Graves, S & Roughead, EE 2014, 'Ranibizumab and risk of hospitalisation for ischaemic stroke and myocardial infarction in patients with age-related macular degeneration : a self-controlled case-series analysis', Drug Safety, 37, no. 12, pp. 1021-1027. Open access 16 12 4
2014	Vitry, AI, Nguyen, TA, Ramsay, EN, Caughey, GE, Gilbert, AL, Shakib, S, Ryan, P, Esterman, AJ, McDermott, RA & Roughead, EE 2014, 'General practitioner management plans delaying time to next potentially preventable hospitalization for patients with heart failure', Internal Medicine Journal, vol. 44, no. 11, pp. 1117-1123. Open access 14 12 7
2013	Kalisch Ellett, LM, Ramsay, EN, Barratt, JD, Gilbert, AL & Roughead, EE 2013, 'Home medicines reviews: extent of uptake by high-risk veterans', Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 182-186. 8
2013	Ramsay, EN, Pratt, NL, Ryan, P & Roughead, EE 2013, 'Proton pump inhibitors and the risk of pneumonia : a comparison of cohort and self-controlled case series designs', BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 13, article no. 82, pp. 1-7. Open access 23 22 18
2013	Roughead, EE, Kalisch Ellett, LM, Ramsay, EN, Pratt, NL, Barratt, JD, Le, BVT, Ryan, P, Peck, R, Killer, G & Gilbert, AL 2013, 'Bridging evidence-practice gaps: improving use of medicines in elderly Australian veterans', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 13, article no. 514, pp. 1-14. Open access 27 27 1
2012	Kalisch Ellett, LM, Caughey, GE, Barratt, JD, Ramsay, EN, Killer, G, Gilbert, AL & Roughead, EE 2012, 'Prevalence of preventable medication-related hospitalizations in Australia : an opportunity to reduce harm', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 239-249. Open access 56 45
2012	Nelson, MR, Ramsay, E, Ryan, P, Wilson, K, Tonkin, AM, Wing, L, Simons, L & Reid, CM 2012, 'A score for the prediction of cardiovascular events in the hypertensive aged', American Journal of Hypertension, vol. 25 no. 2, pp. 190-194. Open access 7 5
2012	Vitry, A I, Roughead, EE, Ramsay, EN, Ryan, P, Caughey, GE, Esterman, A, Shakib, S, Gilbert, AL & McDermott, R 2012, 'Chronic disease management: does the disease affect likelihood of care planning?', Australian Health Review, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 419-423. 8 9
2011	Bell, JS, Kalisch Ellett, LM, Ramsay, EN, Pratt, NL, Barratt, JD, Le, BT, Roughead, EE & Gilbert, AL 2011, 'Prescriber feedback to improve quality use of medicines among older people: the veterans' MATES program', Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 316-319. Open access 13
2011	Ramsay, EN, Roughead, EE, Ewald, B, Pratt, N & Ryan, P 2011, 'A self-controlled case series to assess the effectiveness of beta blockers for heart failure in reducing hospitalisations in the elderly', BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 11, article no. 106. Open access 6 6
2011	Roughead, E, Kalisch, L, Ramsay, E, Ryan, P & Gilbert, A 2011, 'Continuity of care: when do patients visit community healthcare providers after leaving hospital?', Internal Medicine Journal, vol. 41, no. 9, pp. 662-667. 29 29
2011	Vitry, A I, Roughead, EE, Ramsay, EN, Preiss, AK, Ryan, P, Gilbert, AL, Caughey, GE, Shakib, S, Esterman, A, Zhang, Y & McDermott, RA 2011, 'Major bleeding risk associated with warfarin and co-medications in the elderly population', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 1057-1063. 49 42
2010	Caughey, GE, Ramsay, E, Vitry, AI, Gilbert, AL, Luszcz, M, Ryan, P & Roughead, EE 2010, 'Comorbid chronic diseases, discordant impact on mortality in the elderly; a 14 year longitudinal population study', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 1036-1042. Open access 60 53
2010	Holton, CH, Beilby, JJ, Harris, MF, Harper, CE, Proudfoot, JG, Ramsay, EN & Ruffin, RE 2010, 'Systematic care for asthma in Australian general practice: a randomised controlled trial', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 193, no. 6, pp. 332-337. 10 8
2010	Nelson, MR, Ryan, P, Tonkin, AM, Ramsay, E, Wilson, K, Wing, LW & Reid, CM 2010, 'Prediction of cardiovascular events in subjects in the second Australian national blood pressure study', Hypertension, vol. 56 no. 1, pp. 44-48. Open access 9 10
2010	Roughead, EE, Barratt, JD, Ramsay, E, Pratt, N, Ryan, P, Peck, R, Killer, G & Gilbert, AL 2010, 'Collaborative home medicines review delays time to next hospitalization for warfarin associated bleeding in Australian war veterans', Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.
2009	Allan, J, Schattner, P, Stocks, N & Ramsay, E 2009, 'Does patient satisfaction of general practice change over a decade?', BMC Family Practice, vol. 10 no. , pp. 1-10. Open access 26 22
2009	Barton, C, Proudfoot, J, Amoroso, C, Ramsay, E, Holton, C, Bubner, T, Harris, M & Beilby, J 2009, 'Management of asthma in Australian general practice: Care is still not in line with clinical practice guidelines', npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 100-105. Open access 34
2008	Muecke, JS, Newland, HS, Ryan, P, Ramsay, EN, Aung, M, Myint, S, Esmail-Zadeh, R, Zborowska, B & Selva, D 2008, 'Awareness of diabetic eye disease among general practitioners and diabetic patients in Yangon, Myanmar', Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, vol. 36 no. 3, pp. 265-273. 39
2008	Roughead, EE, Ramsay, E, Pratt, N & Gilbert, AL 2008, 'NSAID Use in individuals at risk of renal adverse events: An observational study to investigate trends in Australian veterans', Drug Safety, vol. 31, no. 11, pp. 997-1003. Open access 19 16

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Arizona State University	UNITED STATES
Bond University	AUSTRALIA
Department of Veterans Affairs	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Menzies Research Institute Tasmania	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Private Individual	AUSTRALIA
Royal Adelaide Hospital	AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Tasmania	AUSTRALIA
University of Toronto	CANADA
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA
Women's and Children's Hospital	AUSTRALIA

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