Research
Applied Health Economics and Health Econometrics
Health economists are concerned with the allocation of scare healthcare resources. Research in this field tends to focus on the demand for and supply of health care services and measurement issues in health outcomes. This research is used to inform health care policy relating to health insurance, healthcare financing and the efficiency of health service provision. Applied health economics across the lifespan and applied health econometrics methodology are central to providing causal effects and policy evidence for decision makers in healthcare and industry.
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Centre of Research Excellence on Women and Non-communicable Disease (CRE WaND): Prevention and Detection National Health and Medical Research Council |
2019–2024 |
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Unlocking Benefits from Digital Investments through Meaningful Use ARC Linkage Project |
2019–2022 |
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Threshold models in micro-econometrics with applications to empirical models of health (ARC Discovery Project administered by Curtin University of Technology) ARC Discovery Project |
2014–2017 |
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Lifelong Education and Health Investment: Implications for Life Expectancy, Economic Growth and Public Policy ARC Discovery Project |
2007–2010 |
