Tesfahun Eshetie

Dr Tesfahun Eshetie

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health


My program of research addresses three interlinked areas: quality use of medicines, ageing and aged care, and dementia care. I am a Research Fellow at the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA), South Australia Health and medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and an adjunct Research Fellow at the University of South Australia (UniSA). I received my PhD in Pharmacy from UniSA, followed by a Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Plein Centre for Geriatric Pharmacy Research, University of Washington, USA. My technical expertise includes applying complex and advance statistical models to analyse large population-based datasets, including national aged care datasets, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), and state-based hospitalisation datasets. In my current role at ROSA/SAHMRI, I led work on aged care and pharmacoepidemiology, focusing on measurement and evaluation of quality and safety of care in the aged care setting. This includes developing risk profiling tools for quality and safety outcomes.

Year Citation
2025 Eshetie, T. C., Caughey, G. E., Lang, C., Ryan, O., Visvanathan, R., Whitehead, C., . . . Inacio, M. C. (2025). The prevalence of and variation in indicators of the quality and safety of long term aged care in Australia, 2019: a cross-sectional population-based study.. Medical Journal of Australia, 223(4), 189-196.
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2025 Shoubridge, A. P., Inacio, M. C., Air, T., Taylor, S. L., Eshetie, T. C., Crotty, M., . . . Harrison, S. L. (2025). Individuals with cognitive impairment entering long-term care: characteristics and cumulative incidence of dementia after care entry. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 26(6, article no. 105568), 1-9.
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2024 Eshetie, S., Choi, K. W., Hyppönen, E., Benyamin, B., & Lee, S. H. (2024). Integrative multi-omics analysis to gain new insights into COVID-19. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 14 pages.
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2024 Inacio, M. C., Davies, L., Jorissen, R., Air, T., Eshetie, T., Mittinty, M., . . . Wesselingh, S. (2024). Excess mortality in residents of aged care facilities during COVID-19 in Australia, 2019-22. International Journal of Epidemiology, 53(1), dyad168-1-dyad168-8.
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2024 Eshetie, T. C., Caughey, G. E., Whitehead, C., Crotty, M., Corlis, M., Visvanathan, R., . . . Inacio, M. C. (2024). The risk of fractures after entering long-term care facilities. Bone, 180(116995), 116995.
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2024 Harrison, S. L., Lang, C., Eshetie, T. C., Crotty, M., Whitehead, C., Evans, K., . . . Inacio, M. C. (2024). Hospitalisations and emergency department presentations by older individuals accessing long-term aged care in Australia. Australian health review, 48(2), 182-190.
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2023 Mensah, G. A., Fuster, V., Murray, C. J. L., Roth, G. A., Abate, Y. H., Abbasian, M., . . . Artamonov, A. A. (2023). Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks, 1990-2022. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 82(25), 2350-2473.
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2023 Eshetie, T. C., Moldovan, M., Caughey, G. E., Lang, C., Sluggett, J. K., Khadka, J., . . . Inacio, M. C. (2023). Development of a Multivariable Prediction Model for Risk of Hospitalization With Pressure Injury After Entering Residential Aged Care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA): long-term care: management, applied research and clinical issues, 24(3), 299-306.e9.
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2023 Inacio, M. C., Eshetie, T. C., Caughey, G. E., Whitehead, C., Westbrook, J., Gray, L., . . . Wesselingh, S. (2023). Quality and safety in residential aged care: an evaluation of a national quality indicator programme. Internal Medicine Journal, 53(11), 2073-2078.
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2023 Hung, A., Wang, J., Moriarty, F., Manja, V., Eshetie, T., Tegegn, H. G., . . . Steinman, M. A. (2023). Value assessment of deprescribing interventions: suggestions for improvement. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 71(6), 2023-2027.
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2022 Walsh, S., Moseley, G. L., Gray, R. J., Gillam, M., Gunn, K. M., Barker, T., . . . Jones, M. (2022). Use of behavioural activation to manage pain: a systematic scoping review. BMJ Open, 12(6), e056404-1-e056404-13.
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2021 Walsh, S., Jones, M., Gray, R. J., Gillam, M., Gunn, K. M., Barker, T., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2021). Use of behavioural activation to manage pain: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 11(6), e041036-1-e041036-5.
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2021 Eshetie, T. C., Marcum, Z. A., Schmader, K. E., & Gray, S. L. (2021). Medication use quality and safety in older adults: 2020 update. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70(2), 379-389.
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2020 Eshetie, T. C., Roberts, G., Nguyen, T. A., Gillam, M. H., Maher, D., & Kalisch Ellett, L. M. (2020). Potentially inappropriate medication use and related hospital admissions in aged care residents: The impact of dementia. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 86(12), 2414-2423.
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2020 Gillam, M. H., Leach, M. J., Gonzalez-Chica, D. A., Muyambi, K., Jones, M., Walsh, S., . . . May, E. (2020). Availability and characteristics of publicly available health workforce data sources in Australia. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 213(11), S23-+.
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2019 Nguyen, T. A., Gilmartin Thomas, J., Tan, E. C. K., Kalisch Ellett, L., Eshetie, T., Gillam, M., & Reeve, E. (2019). The impact of pharmacist interventions on quality use of medicines, quality of life, and health outcomes in people with dementia and/or cognitive impairment: a systematic review. Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 71(1), 83-96.
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2019 Eshetie, T. C., Nguyen, T. A., Gillam, M. H., & Kalisch Ellett, L. M. (2019). Potentially inappropriate prescribing in people with dementia: An Australian population-based study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 34(10), 1498-1505.
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2019 Eshetie, T. C., Nguyen, T. A., Gillam, M. H., & Kalisch Ellett, L. M. (2019). Potentially inappropriate prescribing before and after initiation of medicines for dementia: An Australian population-based study. Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 19(7), 654-659.
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2019 Eshetie, T. C., Nguyen, T. A., Gillam, M. H., & Kalisch Ellett, L. M. (2019). Medication Use for Comorbidities in People with Alzheimer's Disease: An Australian Population-Based Study. Pharmacotherapy, 39(12), 1146-1156.
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2019 Nguyen, T. A., Gilmartin Thomas, J., Tan, E. C. K., Ellett, L. K., Eshetie, T., Gillam, M., & Reeve, E. (2019). P3‐502: The impact of pharmacist interventions on quality use of medicines, quality of life and health outcomes in people with dementia and cognitive impairment: a systematic review.. Alzheimer S & Dementia, 15(7S), 501.
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2018 Bosho, D. D., Dube, L., Mega, T. A., Adare, D. A., Tesfaye, M. G., & Eshetie, T. C. (2018). Prevalence and predictors of metabolic syndrome among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWHIV). Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, 10(10), 1-9.
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2018 Eshetie, T. C., Nguyen, T. A., Gillam, M. H., & Kalisch Ellett, L. M. (2018). A narrative review of problems with medicines use in people with dementia. Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 17(8), 825-836.
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2015 Desse, T. A., Eshetie, T. C., & Gudina, E. K. (2015). Predictors and treatment outcome of hyperglycemic emergencies at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, southwest Ethiopia. BMC Research Notes, 8(1, article no. 553), 1-8.
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2015 Eshetie, T. C., Hailemeskel, B., Mekonnen, N., Paulos, G., Mekonnen, A. B., & Girma, T. (2015). Adverse drug events in hospitalized children at Ethiopian University Hospital: a prospective observational study. BMC Pediatrics, 15(83), 1-8.
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