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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Geographic Variation in Loneliness and Social Isolation in Australia: Socio-Demographic and Healthcare Utilisation Determinants.

Arul Earnest, Michelle H Lim, Lidia Engel, Kate Filia, Sharon Clifford, Fikru Rizal, Laura Hayes, Sophia Zoungas, Ahmadreza Pourghaderi, Hossein Nejati and 4 more

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Arul EarnestBiostatistics Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2693-5034
Michelle H LimFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia.
Lidia EngelBiostatistics Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Kate FiliaOrygen Youth Health, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6581-5890
Sharon CliffordBiostatistics Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9031-2504
Fikru RizalBiostatistics Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0064-3255
Laura HayesMind Australia, Burnley, VIC 3121, Australia.
Sophia ZoungasBiostatistics Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Ahmadreza PourghaderiBiostatistics Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Hossein NejatiBiostatistics Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.ORCID 0009-0005-5149-6776
Michael BerkSchool of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3125, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5554-6946
Long Khanh-Dao LeBiostatistics Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9442-6824
Helen SkouterisBiostatistics Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9959-5750
Cathrine MihalopoulosBiostatistics Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7127-9462

Funding

This study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council 2022 TCR Loneliness Social Isolation and Chronic Disease Management grant number: 2024805
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Bayesian analysisgeospatialhealthcare utilisationlonelinesspublic healthsocial isolationsocio-economic

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PMID42194412
PMCPMC13205294

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