The Role Of Health In Poverty Entrenchment: A New Measure Of Long-term Multidimensional Poverty For Australia
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$365,562.00
Summary
I am a health economist focused on exploring the disadvantage produced when individuals develop a health condition. This project will initially create a new multidimensional measure of long term poverty. It will then use this measure to look at how different health conditions affect the experience of long term poverty.
Improving Patient Access To Novel Cancer Drugs In Australia: Striking The Balance
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$318,768.00
Summary
Cancer patients in Australia may experience delays before they can benefit from new expensive drugs because of the lengthy existing processes to evaluate new medicines by the Department of Health. I will study how to improve the existing drug evaluation processes to make timely but informed funding decisions. This work will improve patient outcomes from early access to effective new cancer drugs and help the government make a wiser spending of public funds.
Priority-setting In Child Population Health: Increasing The Effectiveness Of Population Health Resources To Improve Health And Quality Of Life Of Australia's Children
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$153,975.00
Summary
There are many interventions competing for limited funds in Australian child population health. One problem is that evidence is limited to short-term and disease-based measures, making it hard to choose between options. In this Fellowship I will use a proven economic priority-setting approach to prioritise options for investment. This research will build my skills in policy-level decision-making; this and the study results will make me an independent research leader in child health economics.
New Approaches To Describing And Valuing Quality Of Life
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$304,596.00
Summary
The ability of healthcare to improve quality of life is a major factor in determining public subsidy. This fellowship first explores patterns in Australian quality of life. This will identify groups with poor quality of life, and the remedying impact achieved under various interventions. It will then consider how people place value on aspects of quality of life. The two strands will allow linkage between important areas of quality of life and the policy impact of health interventions.
The Value Of Osteoporosis Interventions: Evaluating The Cost-effectiveness And Incorporating Patients’ Preference
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$318,768.00
Summary
Osteoporosis (OP) poses substantial disease and economic burden. Many medications are publicly available and subsidized in Australia, and many new medications are on the horizon. Their value for money, however, is questionable without solid health economic evidence. In addition, patient preference for OP treatment is not well understood. My project is to develop a global health economics model to identify cost-effective treatments, and to elicit patient preference for different OP treatments.