Duncan Mortimer

Position: Senior Research Fellow

Email: duncan.mortimer@buseco.monash.edu.au

Profile: Duncan has academic qualifications in economics and psychology from the University of Adelaide and in health economics from Monash University. Prior to his appointment to the Monash Centre for Health Economics (CHE), Duncan held positions as research associate in health economics at the University of East Anglia, research fellow in health economics at the Monash Health Economics Unit, and senior research fellow in health economics at the Monash Institute for Health Services Research.

Duncan brings to CHE more than ten years experience conducting applied health economics research and economic evaluation. His past research work includes development of a micro-economic model of drug-resistant malaria for the World Health Organization, preparation of commentaries on new applications to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, and econometric modelling of pricing in the market for GP services. Current research includes measurement of hospital efficiency in Australia and the UK, validation of Transfer to Utility technique, economic evaluation alongside the IMPLEMENT trial and economic advice to the Australasian Sleep Trials Network (ASTN).

Recent Journal Articles:

Mortimer, D . & Segal, L. (forthcoming) “Comparing the incomparable? A systematic review of competing techniques for mapping one health outcome measure into another”. Medical Decision Making. Accepted 31 January 2007.

Mortimer, D., Segal, L, Hawthorne, G. & Harris A. (2007) “Item-based versus scale-based mappings from the SF36 to a preference-based quality of life measure”. Value in Health, 10(5).

Mortimer, D. (2006) “On the value of thinly-spread QALYs”. Pharmacoeconomics, 24(9): 845-853.

Mortimer, D. & Kelly, J. (2006) “Economic evaluation of the Good Life Club intervention for diabetes self-management”. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 12(1): 92-101.

Segal, L. & Mortimer, D. (2006) “A population-based model for priority setting across the care continuum and across modalities”. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 4: 6 (7 pages).

Mortimer, D. & French, S. (2006) “Can dissenting findings with respect to the comparative effectiveness of ICSI and IVF be explained by a learning curve?” Journal of Assisted Reproduction & Genetics, 23(1): 33-36.

Richardson, J., Peacock, S. & Mortimer, D. (2006) “Does an increase in the Doctor Supply Reduce Medical Fees? An Econometric Analysis of Medical Fees across Australia ”. Applied Economics, 38(3): 253-266.

Mortimer, D. & Segal, L. (2006) “Economic evaluation of interventions for problem drinking and alcohol dependence: Do within-family external effects make a difference? ” Alcohol & Alcoholism, 41(1): 92-98.

Mortimer, D. & Segal, L. (2005) “Economic evaluation of interventions for problem drinking and alcohol dependence: Cost per QALY estimates ”. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 40(6): 549-555.

Mortimer, D. (2005) “On the relevance of personal characteristics in setting health priorities: A comment on Olsen, Richardson, Dolan & Menzel (2003)”. Social Science & Medicine, 60(8): 1661-1664.

A Sample of Working Papers / Research Papers:

Segal L, Mortimer D, Dalziel K. (2005) Risk Factor Study - How to reduce the burden of harm from poor nutrition, tobacco smoking, physical inactivity and alcohol misuse: cost-utility analysis of 29 interventions. Centre for Health Economics, Research Paper #1. Click here to view

Mortimer, D. (2002) Competing Methods for Efficiency Measurement: A Systematic Review of Direct DEA vs SFA / DFA Comparisons. Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Working Paper #136. Click here to view

Mortimer, D. & Peacock, S. (2002) Hospital Efficiency Measurement: Simple Ratios vs Frontier Methods. Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Working Paper #135. Click here to view

Peacock, S., Mortimer, D. , Harris, A., Carter, R., Richardson, J. (2001) An Economic Analysis of Proposed Changes to the Conformity Assessment of Medical Devices: Full Report. Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Technical Report #15. Click here to view

Richardson, J., Olsen, J.A., Hawthorne, G., Mortimer, D. & Smith, R., (1999) The Measurement and Valuation of Utility-Based Quality of Life: Recommendations from a Review of the Literature. Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Working Paper #96. Click here to view

Olsen, J.A., Richardson , J. & Mortimer, D. (1998) Priority setting in the Public Health Service: Results of an Australian Survey. Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Technical Report #9. Click here to view

A Sample of Conference Posters/Papers:

Mortimer, D. & French, S. Association between treatment effect and study characteristics in a systematic review of ICSI versus IVF trials. Presented to the 1 st Annual Meeting of Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi). Krakow , Poland : 1st June 2004 .

Hollingsworth, B., Parkin, D., Peacock, S. & Mortimer, D. Comparing the performance of hospitals in Australia and the United Kingdom . Presented to the 4 th World Congress of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA). San Francisco, California: 18th June 2003.

Mortimer, D. , Smith, R. & Coast, J. Antimicrobial resistance: A micro-economic modelling approach. Presented to the 4th World Congress of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA). San Francisco, California: 17th June 2003.

Mortimer, D. & Peacock, S. Hospital Efficiency Measurement: A Comparison of Frontier Estimation Techniques and Simple Productivity Ratios. Presented to the 2nd Health Services Research & Policy Conference, Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ). Wellington, New Zealand: 4th December 2001.

Mortimer, D. Commentary on ‘Measuring NSW Public Acute Hospital Efficiency with Data Envelopment Analysis' by Jian Wang & Amir Mahmood. Presented to the 22 nd Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference. Gold Coast, Australia: 7th July 2000.