Blanchard, Meg B.

Overview

Megan Blanchard is a Research Fellow (Applied Statistics) who joined AHSRI in 2010 after working at the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Since joining AHSRI, Megan has been part of the core team working on the development of classifications such as the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) classification v7.0 and Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient (AN-SNAP) classification v4.0.

Megan also has experience in health outcome measurement – she was the statistician for the electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration (ePPOC) for 7 years and is now responsible for the statistical components of the Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC).

Top Publications

Year	Title
2017	ePPOC across the epochs
2013	Australian refined diagnosis related groups: version 7.0: definitions manual volume one
2015	Occupational engagement among community dwelling older people: a time-geographic perspective Published in Health Promotion International

Research Areas

Research Overview

Megan has a research interest in the following;
- chronic pain
- palliative care
- overservicing in the health system
- measuring patient outcomes
- visual display of quantitative data
- classification development

Geographic Focus

Australasia Transnational Region
Australia Country

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Appetite-Related Distress Is Burdensome in the Last Sixty Days of Life of People Receiving Palliative Care: A National Longitudinal Consecutive Cohort Study Published In Journal of Palliative Medicine
2021	The Level of Distress From Fatigue Reported in the Final Two Months of Life by a Palliative Care Population: An Australian National Prospective, Consecutive Case Series Published In Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
2020	Exploring how older people living at home alone occupy their time – A time-geographic study Published In The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy
2020	Hypertension prevalence in patients attending tertiary pain management services, a registry-based Australian cohort study Published In PLoS One
2020	Interdisciplinary management for chronic pain in central neurological disorders: A retrospective study Published In International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
2019	Normative data for common pain measures in chronic pain clinic populations: closing a gap for clinicians and researchers Published In Pain
2019	Prioritizing a sequence of short-duration groups as the standardized pathway for chronic noncancer pain at an Australian tertiary multidisciplinary pain service: preliminary outcomes Published In PAIN Reports
2019	The Paediatric electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration (PaedePPOC): establishment of a binational system for benchmarking children's persistent pain services Published In Pain
2016	Assessing the effectiveness of telephoning positive FOBT patients prior to their colonoscopy on quality of the bowel preparation: a randomized controlled trial Published In Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
2015	Occupational engagement among community dwelling older people: a time-geographic perspective Published In Health Promotion International

Book

Year	Title
2013	Australian refined diagnosis related groups: version 7.0: definitions manual volume one Publisher Wollongong, Australia
2013	Australian refined diagnosis related groups: version 7.0: definitions manual volume three Publisher Wollongong, Australia
2013	Australian refined diagnosis related groups: version 7.0: definitions manual volume two Publisher Wollongong, Australia

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2017	Evaluation of a settlement service delivery model for newly arrived refugees in Australia Published In Australasian Evaluation Society International Conference
2017	ePPOC across the epochs Published In Australian Pain Society 37th Annual Scientific Meeting

Other Publications

Year	Title
2019	Patient Outcomes in Pain Management: Enterprise One Paediatric Pain Management Service, 2018 Annual report for 1 January to 31 December 2018
2019	Patient Outcomes in Pain Management: Enterprise One Paediatric Pain Management Service, 2019 Mid Year Report for 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019
2019	Patient Outcomes in Pain Management: Enterprise One Pain Management Service, 2018 Annual report for 1 January to 31 December 2018
2019	Patient Outcomes in Pain Management: Enterprise One Pain Management Service, 2019 Mid Year Report for 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019
2019	Proximity to pain management services in Australia
2019	Socioeconomic disadvantage and referral to pain management services in Australasia
2019	electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration Annual Data Report 2018
2018	Carer-proxy and child self-reported ratings of pain and quality of life
2018	Normative data for adults referred for specialist pain management in Australia
2018	Normative data for children and adolescents referred for specialist pain management in Australia