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Research
Overview
The Centre for Health Economics (CHE) comprises one of the largest independent groups of health economists in Australia, and is recognised as one of the leading centres of excellence in health economic research and teaching both in Australia and overseas. It has an established track record of publication of original research in health economics, and has made a significant contribution to debate and policy development in the Australian healthcare sector.
Research remains a major objective of the CHE and can initially be categorized by fund source into NHMRC and ARC grants, and contract research.
The Centre has developed an impressive portfolio of achievements in health economics research. These include:
- pioneering work on the measurement of social values including the construction the Assessment of Quality of Life instrument;
- the development and application of research methods for priority setting in health care;
- significant contributions to public policy in the areas of hospital funding, health insurance and health technology assessment;
- a major role in the development of policy and practice of economic evaluation of health services through work with the Pharmaceutical Benefits and Medical Services Advisory Committees;
- efficiency and performance measurement in health care organisations;
- international recognition has led to collaborations with institutions such as WHO, OECD, Harvard and Stanford Universities.
Research Areas
The following list of CHE's current research cover three research themes.
Health Outcome Measurement
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AQoL, VisQoL & PsyQoL
Empirical ethics
Public opinion and health
Inequality/equity
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Economic Evaluation and Modelling
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Economic evaluation
Priority setting
Costing health services
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Population Health and Health Systems
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Health services reform
Funding mechanisms
Modelling supply and demand
Production of health care
Econometric evaluation
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Current Postgraduate Research
PhD Student
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Supervisors
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Ms Nicole Au
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The economic determinants of obesity
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Prof Bruce Hollingsworth
Dr Katharina Hauck
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Mr Ben Levett
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The economics of dentistry; supply and demand model with policy simulation
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Prof Anthony Harris
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Ms Juliet Namazzi
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Hope for the dying: anti-retroviral use and intra household resource allocation – the case of Uganda
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Prof Brett Inder
Prof Pushkar Maitra
Prof Bruce Hollingsworth
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Mr Gang Chen
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Health investment & economic growth: the nexus of income inequality, health access inequality, health & full income.
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Prof Bruce Hollingsworth
Prof Brett Inder |
| Ms Jean Spinks |
Economics of complementary and alternative medicine in people with Cardio Vascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes. |
Prof Bruce Hollingsworth |
| Ms Lisa Higgins |
Economic Evaluation of early goal directed resuscitation of severe sepsis patients: a randomised controlled trial. |
Prof Anthony Harris
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Research Located Primarily in Other Departments
| Ms Zanfina Ademi |
The epidemiology of hypertension (Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics) |
Prof Bruce Hollingsworth |
| Ms Xiaohui Zhang |
Econometric analysis of health issues in Australia (Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics) |
Prof Xueyan Zhao
Prof Bruce Hollingsworth
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