Publications
Getting more value from mental healthcare funding and investment
Principal Investigator: Professor Henry Cutler
Chief Investigators: Associate Professor Jonas Fooken, Dr Anam Bilgrami, Alicia Norman, Mona Aghdaee and Professor Frances Rapport
The Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE) has developed a framework for embedding more value into Australia’s mental healthcare funding and investment environment.
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Our academic record
In addition to publishing its own thought leadership papers and reports commissioned by industry, MUCHE disseminates information about its research work through a variety of communication channels. These include publishing articles in academic journals, presentations at national and international conferences, presentations at industry forums, publishing books and writing book reviews and chapters. Our academic record can be found in the sections below.
Journal articles
2024
Abiona, O, Weather shocks, birth and early life health: Evidence of different gender impacts | Journal of African Economies |
Abiona, O, Haywood, P, Yu, S, Hall, J, Fiebig, DG & van Gool, K, Physician responses to insurance benefit restrictions: The case of ophthalmology | Health Economics (UK) |
Ahmed, Z, Gu, Y, Sinha, K, Mutowo, M, Gauld, N & Parkinson, B A qualitative exploration of the over-the-counter availability of oral contraceptive pills in Australia | PLoS ONE |
Austin, E, Cheek, C, Richardson, L, Testa, L, Dominello, A, Long, JC, Carrigan, A, Ellis, LA, Norman, A, Murphy, M, Smith, K, Gillies, D & Clay-Williams, R, Improving emergency department care for adults presenting with mental illness: a systematic review of strategies and their impact on outcomes, experience and performance | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
Bilgrami, A, Aghdaee, M, Gu, Y, Cutler, H, Numbers, K, Kochan, NA, Sachdev, PS & Brodaty, H, Patterns in health care use and intensity for diagnosed and undiagnosed cognitive impairment in the older Australian community: implications for primary care management | SSM - Population Health |
Bilgrami, A, Cutler, H, Gu, Y, Aghdaee, M & Gu, M, Complexity and competing interests: what factors bear on payment choices and financial decisions made for older people entering nursing homes? | Applied Economics |
Bilgrami, A, Cutler, H & Sinha, K, Higher penalties, broader definitions, and national standards: Did harmonized Australian workplace health and safety laws reduce workers' compensation receipt? | Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society |
Clarke, P & Cutler, H, A Proposal to extend universal insurance to dental care in Australia | The Australian Economic Review |
Cutler, H, Bilgrami, A, Gu, M, Gu, Y & Aghdaee, M, The role of financial literacy when informal caregivers make complex financial decisions | Applied Economics |
Gandy, M, Coleman, H, Cutler, H, Jones, MP, Karin, E, Kwan, P, Nikpour, A, Parratt, K, Rayner , G, Titov, N, Todd, L, Seil, E, Winton-Brown, T, Wu, W & Dear, B, Comparative effectiveness of digital mental healthcare models for adults with epilepsy: a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial | Epilepsia Open |
Gu, M, Cutler, H, Aghdaee, M, Gu, Y, Bilgrami, A, The role of refundable accommodation deposits in financing aged care capital expenditure: Views from the sector | Australian Journal of Management |
Han, J, Slade, A, Fujimoto, H, Zheng, WY, Shvetcov, A, Hoon, L, Kupper, JF, Senadeera, M, Gupta, S, Venkatesh, S, Mouzakis, K, Gu, Y, Bilgrami, A, Saba, N, Cutler, H, Batterham, P, Boydell, K, Shand, F, Whitton, A & Christensen, H, A web-based video messaging intervention for suicide prevention in men: study protocol for a five-armed randomised controlled trial | Trials |
Jiang, S, Parkinson, B & Gu, Y, Enhancing neonatal intensive care with rapid genome sequencing | JAMA Network Open |
Jiang, Y, Li, M, Jiang, S, Si, L & Gu, Y, Patient welfare implications of indication-specific value-based pricing of multi-indication drugs | Value in Health |
Li, F, Chen, Y, Xiao, D, Jiang, S & Yang, Y, Cost-effectiveness analysis of sintilimab plus chemotherapy in advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer: A societal perspective | Advances in Therapy |
Liu, S, Xiang, Y, Gu, Y, Chen, N, Fu, P, Wei, Y, Zhao, P, Li, Y, Du, C, Mu, W, Xia, Z & Chen, Y, Patient preferences and willingness to pay for central venous access devices in breast cancer: A multicenter discrete choice experiment | International Journal of Nursing Studies |
Liu, T, Yu, J, Gao, Y, Ma, X, Jiang, S, Gu, Y & Ming, W, Prophylactic interventions for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer risks and mortality in BRCA1/2 carriers | Cancers |
Ludlow, T, Fooken, J, Rose, C & Tang, KK, Out-of-pocket expenditure, need, utilisation, and private health insurance in the Australian healthcare system | Journal of Health Economics and Management |
O’Hara, DV, Lam, CSP, McMurray, JJV, Yi, TW, Hocking, S, Dawson, J, Raichand, S, Januszewski, AS & Jardine, MJ, 'Applications of SGLT2 inhibitors beyond glycaemic control' | Nature Reviews Nephrology |
Park, KH, Tickle, L & Cutler, H, How temporal patterns of medication adherence to antidepressants, bisphosphonates and statins are associated with healthcare cost | Applied Economics |
Sahadewo, G, Permana, Y, Gu, Y & Schroeder, E-A, 'The Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health: quasi-experimental evidence from Indonesia' | Journal of Indonesian Economy and Business |
Shu, J-T, Gu, Y-Y, Zhai, P-Y, Wen, C, Qian, M, Wu, Y-J, Zhuang, X, Zhu, Q-W, Zhang, L-P, Jiang, S, Wang, X-M, Jiang, Y-H, Huang, L-H, Qin, G & CODES collaborative study group, Economic evaluation of newborn deafness gene screening as a public health intervention in China: a modelling study | BMJ Public Health |
Sinha, K, Gutacker, N, Gu, Y, Haagsma, J, Kumar, K & Aghdaee, M, Protocol for a longitudinal study examining the trajectory of COVID-19, post-COVID, multidimensional disadvantage and health-related quality of life in India: the IndiQol Project | BMJ Open |
Zhang, J, Hu, M, Jia, Y, Gu, Y & Chen, W How should regulatory schemes be optimized to enhance deterrence against medical insurance fraud by enrollees? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in China | Social Science and Medicine |
2023
Abiona, O & Ajefu, JB, The impact of timing of in utero drought shocks on birth outcomes in rural households: evidence from Sierra Leone | Journal of Population Economics |
Aghdaee M., Gu Y., Sinha K., Parkinson B., Sharma R. and Cutler H., Mapping the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29) to EQ-5D-5L | PharmacoEconomics |
Ahumada-Canale A, Jeet V, Bilgrami A, Seil E, Gu Y, Cutler H. Barriers and facilitators to implementing priority setting and resource allocation tools in hospital decisions: A systematic review. | Social science & Medicine |
Ammi M, Fooken J, Klein J, Scott A. Does doctors' personality differ from those of patients, the highly educated and other caring professions? An observational study using two nationally representative Australian surveys | BMJ Open |
Beard JR, Chen M. Intrinsic Capacity as a Composite Outcome Measure: Opportunities and Challenges | Journal of Nutrition, Health & Ageing |
Burns, K, Schroeder, L, Fung, T, Ellis, LA & Amin, J Industry differences in psychological distress and distress-related productivity loss: a cross-sectional study of Australian workers | Journal of Occupational Health |
Chan HF, Dulleck U, Fooken J, Moy N, Torgler B. Cash and the hidden economy: experimental evidence on fighting tax evasion in small business transactions | Journal of Business Ethics |
Cheek C, Hayba N, Richardson L, Austin EE, Francis Auton E, Safi M, Ransolin N, Vukasovic M, De Los Santos A, Murphy M, Harrison R, Churruca K, Long JC, Hibbert PD, Carrigan A, Newman B, Hutchinson K, Mitchell R, Cutler H, Holt L, Braithwaite J, Gillies D, Salmon PM, Walpola RL, Zurynski Y, Ellis LA, Smith K, Brown A, Ali R, Gwynne K & Clay-Williams R 2023, 'Experience-based codesign approach to improve care in Australian emergency departments for complex consumer cohorts: the MyED project protocol | BMJ Open |
Cutler H, Gu Y, Bilgrami A, Partington A. The 2021 proposal to increase market forces in the Australian residential aged-care sector. | Health Policy |
Fooken J. Trusting when risk and ambiguity create opportunities for exploitation | Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics |
Gilson ND, Papinczak ZE, Haslam C, Mielke GI, Fooken J & Brown WJ. 'A stepped down physical activity support program for military service veterans: The Active Choices pilot study' | Health Promotion Journal of Australia |
Halloush S, Alkhatib NS, Almutairi AR, Calamia M, Halawah H, Obeng-Kusi M, Hoyle M et al. Economic evaluation of three BRAF + MEK inhibitors for the treatment of advanced unresectable melanoma with BRAF mutation from a US payer perspective | Annals of Pharmacotherapy |
Huckvale K, Hoon L, Stech E, Newby JM, Zheng WY, Han J, Cutler H, Ahumada-Canale A, Parkinson B Protocol for a bandit-based response adaptive trial to evaluate the effectiveness of brief self-guided digital interventions for reducing psychological distress in university students: the Vibe Up study | BMJ Open |
Jeet V, Parkinson B, Song R, Sharma R, Hoyle M. Histopathologically validated diagnostic accuracy of PSMA PET/CT in the primary and secondary staging of prostate cancer and the impact of PSMA PET/CT on clinical management: A systematic review and meta-analysis | Seminars in Nuclear Medicine |
Jiang J, Jiang S, Ahumada-Canale A, Chen Z, Si L, Jiang Y et al. Breast cancer screening should embrace precision medicine: Evidence by reviewing economic evaluations in China | Advances in Therapy |
Jiang S., Ren R., Gu Y., Jeet V., Liu P., Li S. Patient Preferences in Targeted Pharmacotherapy for Cancers: A Systematic Review of Discrete Choice Experiments | PharmacoEconomics |
Jiang S, Wang H, Gu Y. Genome sequencing for newborn screening - an effective approach for tackling rare diseases | JAMA Network Open |
Lei, L, Yu, D & Zhou, Y, Better educated children, better Internet-connected elderly parents | Research Policy |
Lingam R, Smithers-Sheedy H, Hodgson S, Hutchinson K, Meyers Morris T, Hu N, Nassar N, Schroeder E-A, Rana R, Dickins E, Bula K & Zurynski Y. Evaluation of RuralKidsGPS; a novel integrated paediatric care coordination model of care in rural Australia: a mixed-methods study protocol | International Journal of Integrated Care |
Ludlow T, Fooken J, Rose C, Tang KK. Out-of-pocket expenditure, need, utilisation, and private health insurance in the Australian healthcare system. | International Journal of Health Economics and Management |
Mao J-J, Chen H-L, Li C-H, Lu J-W, Gu Y, Feng J, Zhang B, Ma J-F & Qin, G. Population impact of fine particulate matter on tuberculosis risk in China: a causal inference | BMC Public Health |
Martinez-Mardones F, Benrimoj SI, Ahumada-Canale A, Plaza-Plaza JC, Garcia-Cardenas V. BC Clinical impact of medication reviews with follow-up in cardiovascular older patients in primary care: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. | British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology |
Moloney, C, Gow, J, Beccaria, G, Mullens, A, Phillips, T, Issac, H, King, A, Keijzers, G & Rana, R. Understanding COPD Emergency Department presentations: using thematic analysis to explore the voices of patients, nurses, and doctors on the lived experience of managing COPD | The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing |
Mutowo M, Costa M., Erb M. and Dissanayake G. Innovative technologies for reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in Australia: Market access challenges and implications for patients, decision-makers and manufacturers | Journal of Market Access and Health Policy |
Norman A, Lowe R, Onslow M, O'Brian S, Packman A, Menzies R, Schroeder L. Cost of illness and health-related quality of life for stuttering: Two systematic reviews | Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research |
Sowa, PM, Fooken, J, McGowan, K & Birch, S Disposable and reusable instruments in dental health practice: A comparison of cost factors in a public provider organization in Queensland, Australia | Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology |
Wang, L, Liu, S, Jiang, S, Li, C, Lu, L, Fang, Y & Li, S Quantifying benefit-risk trade-offs toward prophylactic treatment among adult patients with hemophilia A in China: discrete choice experiment study | JMIR Public Health and Surveillance |
Wang, Y, Zhai, P, Jiang, S, Li, C & Li, S Blood donors' preferences toward incentives for donation in China | JAMA Network Open |
Wang, Y, Zhai, P, Zhang, Y, Jiang, S, Chen, G & Li, S Gauging Incentive Values and Expectations (G.I.V.E.) among blood donors for nonmonetary incentives: developing a preference elicitation instrument through qualitative approaches in Shandong, China | The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research |
Yin M-Z, Gu Y, Shu JT, Zhang B, Su M, Zhang L-P, Jiang Y-H & Qin G. Cost-effectiveness of cytomegalovirus vaccination for females in China: A decision-analytical Markov study | Vaccine |
2022
Abiona O. Malnutrition pathway for the impact of in utero drought shock on child growth indicators in rural households | Environment and Development Economics |
Abiona O., Ajefu, J., The impact of timing of in-utero drought shocks on birth outcomes in rural households: evidence from Sierra Leone. | Journal of Population Economics |
Abiona O, Koppensteiner MF. Financial inclusion, shocks, and poverty: Evidence from the expansion of mobile money in Tanzania. | Journal of Human Resources |
Aghdaee M., Parkinson B., Sinha K., Gu Y., Sharma R., Olin E., and Cutler H. Examination of machine learning for mapping non-preference based patient reported outcome measures to health state utility values | Health Economics |
Bu T., Du, W., Tang, C., Liu, Y., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Tang, D. Market-oriented environmental regulations, employment adjustment and transfer path: Quasi-experimental evidence from China's carbon emissions trading pilot | Journal of Cleaner Production |
Bu T, Tang D, Tang C, Liu Y. Does high-speed rail relieve income-related health inequalities? A quasi-natural experiment from China | Journal of Transport and Health |
Chen J., Wuthrich V., Rapee R., Draper B., Brodaty, H. Cutler H., Low L-F., Georgiou A., Johnco C., Jones M., Meuldijk D., Partington A., Improving Mental Health and Social Participation Outcomes in Older Adults with Depression and Anxiety: Study Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial. | PLoS One |
Clark, H., Rana, R., Gow, J., Pearson, M., van der Touw, T., Smart, N. Hospitalisation costs associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): a systematic review | Heart Failure Reviews |
Cutler H., Gu Y., Bilgrami A., Partington A, Market-oriented reform to improve quality in the Australian aged care system | Health Policy |
Cutler H, Gumbie M, Olin E, Parkinson B, Bowman R, Quadri H, Mann T. The cost-effectiveness of unilateral cochlear implants in UK adults. | European Journal of Health Economics |
Dear BF, Karin E, Fogliati R, Dudeney J, Nielssen O, Gandy M et al. The pain course: a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of an internet-delivered pain management program. | Pain |
Fooken J., Jeet V. Using Australian panel data to account for unobserved factors in measuring inequities for different channels of healthcare utilization | European Journal of Health Economics |
Gow J., Rana R.H., Moscovici D., Ugaglia A. A., Valenzuela L., Mihailescu R., and Coelli R., Australian consumers and environmental characteristics of wine: price premium indications | International Journal of Wine Business Research |
Gumbie M., Parkinson,B., Dillon H., Bowman R., Song R., Cutler H. Cost-effectiveness of screening pre-school children for hearing loss in Australia. | Ear & Hearing |
Jiang S., Wang Y., Si L., Zang X., Gu Y., Jiang Y., Liu G., and Wu J. Incorporating productivity loss in health economic evaluations: a review of guidelines and practices worldwide, and a research agenda for China | BMJ Global Health |
Liu S., Gu Y., Yang Y., Schroeder E., and Chen Y. Tackling brain drain at Chinese CDCs: understanding job preferences of public health doctoral students using a discrete choice experiment survey | Human Resources for Health |
Lv Y, Ren R, Tang C, Song K, Li S, Wang H. Preferences for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus for medications in Shandong province, China: A discrete choice experiment | Patient Preference and Adherence |
Moscovici D., Gow J., Ugaglia A., Rana R., Valenzuela L., Mihailescu R., | Journal of Cleaner Production |
Park KH, Tickle L, Cutler H. Identifying temporal patterns of adherence to antidepressants, bisphosphonates and statins, and associated patient factors | SSM - Population Health |
Park KH, Tickle L, Cutler H, A systematic review and meta-analysis on the impact of suboptimal use of antidepressants, bisphosphonates, and statins on healthcare resource utilisation and healthcare cost | PLoS One |
Parkinson B., Cutler H. Application of an economic evaluation approach to making regulatory decisions regarding access to medicines: advantages, challenges and recommendations. | Australian Health Review |
Parkinson B., Sharma R., Jeet V., Song R., Hoyle M. Micro-costing study of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Positron emission tomography/Computed tomography (PET/CT) | Value in Health Regional Issues |
Phillips, T.M., Moloney, C., Sneath, E., Beccaria, G., Issac, H., Mullens, A.B., Gow, J., Rana, R. and King, A. Associated factors, assessment, management, and outcomes of patients who present to the emergency department for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A scoping review. | Respiratory Medicine |
Rahman, M. M., Rezwanul R., and Rasheda K. Determinants of life expectancy in most polluted countries: Exploring the effect of environmental degradation | PLOS One |
Rana R., Alam, K., Keramat, A., Gow, J. Cost-effectiveness of single-inhaler triple therapy for patients with severe COPD: A systematic literature review. | Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine |
Rana R, Gow J, Moloney C, King A, Keijzers G, Beccaria G, Mullens, A. Does distance to hospital affect emergency department presentations and hospital length of stay among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients? | Internal Medicine Journal |
Sharma R., Gu Y., Sinha K., Ching T., Marnane V., Gold L., Wake M., Wang J., Parkinson B. An economic evaluation of Australia's newborn hearing screening program: A Within-study cost-effectiveness analysis. | Ear & Hearing |
Song R., Jeet V., Sharma R., Hoyle M. and Parkinson B., Cost-effectiveness analysis of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) for the primary staging of prostate cancer in Australia | PharmacoEconomics |
Steinberg J, Chan P, Hogden E, Tiernan G, Morrow A, Kang YJ, He E, Venchiarutti R, Titterton L, Sankey L, Pearn A, Nichols C, McKay S, Hayward A, Egoroff N, Engel A, Gibbs P, Goodwin A, Harris M, Kench JG, Pachter N, Parkinson B, Pockney P, Ragunathan A, Smyth C, Solomon M, Steffens D, Wei J, Toh T, Wallace M, Canfell K, Gill A, Macrae F, Tucker K, Taylor N. Genomic testing to identify colorectal cancer patients with Lynch syndrome: a retrospective study of current practice and gaps in seven Australian hospitals. | Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice |
Tang C., Jiang J., Gu Y., and Liu G. Amending the Law for Licensing Medical Practitioners of China in 2021: A commentary | Health Systems & Reform |
Wang C., Gu Y., Zhao L., Zhang Y., Zhou R., Gu M., and Wang Li. Stated preferences for family physician contract services: A survey of the rural elderly in Anhui province, China | BMJ Open |
Wang H., Su H., Wang H., Sun M., Luo Y., Jin C., Gu Y., A systematic review of "Internet +" medical service pricing and payment system | Chinese Health Resources |
Xu D., Cai Y., Wang X., Chen Y., Gong W., Liao J., Zhou J., Zhou Z., Zhang N., Tang C., Mi B. Improving Data Surveillance Resilience Beyond COVID-19: Experiences of Primary Health Care Quality Cohort In China (ACACIA) Using Unannounced Standardized Patients | American Journal of Public Health |
William J., Loong B., Hanna D., Parkinson B., Loxton D., The lifetime health costs of intimate partner violence: A prospective longitudinal cohort study with linked data for out-of-hospital and pharmaceutical costs. | Economic Modelling |
Zhang Y., Xu W., Wang L., Xu J. & Gu Y., Translated title of the contribution: Preferences for Orthodontic Treatment Options of Teenager Patients :A Discrete Choice Experiment | Journal of Nanjing Medical University |
2021
Ahumada-Canale A, Bonetti AF, Tonin F, Fernandez-Llimos F, Benrimoj S. Impact of pharmacist-led medication review on hospital readmission: A meta-analysis and exploratory evaluation of hospitalization definitions. | Value in Health |
Ahumada-Canale A., Vargas C., Martinez-Mardones F., Plaza-Plaza J. C., Benrimoj S., Garcia-Cardenas V. Cost-utility analysis of medication review with follow-up for cardiovascular outcomes: A microsimulation model | Health Policy |
Ahumada-Canale A., Vargas C., Balmaceda C., Martinez-Mardones F., Plaza-Plaza J.C., Benrimoj S., Garcia-Cardenas V. Medication review with follow-up for cardiovascular outcomes: a trial based cost-utility analysis | Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research |
Bilgrami A, Cutler H, Sinha K. The impact of harmonising Australia’s workplace health and safety laws on workers compensation. | Global Labour Organisation |
Bilgrami A, Cutler H., Sinha K. The impact of means-tested premium rebates and tax penalties on the demand for private hospital cover in Australia. | Economic Record |
Chambers B, Walker R, Feng J, Gu Y. The silver tsunami: an enquiry into the financial needs, preferences and behaviours of retirees. | Accounting & Finance |
Dear B. F., Karin E., Fogliati R., Dudeney J., Nielssen O., Scott A. J., Gandy M., Bisby M. A., Heriseanu A. I., Hathway T., Staples L., Titov N., and Schroeder L. A cost-effectiveness analysis of an internet-delivered pain management program delivered with different levels of clinician support: Results from a randomised controlled trial. | Jounral of Pain |
Gumbie M., Olin E., Parkinson B., Bowman R. and Cutler H. The cost-effectiveness of Cochlear implants in Swedish adults. | BMC Health Services Research |
Gyawali B., Sharma R., Mishra S. R., Neupane D., Vaidya A., Sandbæk A., & Kallestrup P. Effectiveness of a female community health volunteer–delivered intervention in reducing blood glucose among adults with type 2 diabetes: An open-label, cluster randomized clinical trial. | JAMA Network Open |
Keramat S., Alam K., Rana R., Farjana F., Hashmi R., Gow J., Biddle S., and Chowdhury R. Obesity and the risk of developing chronic diseases in middle-aged and older adults: Findings from an Australian longitudinal population survey, 2009-2017. | PLOS One |
Kozor R., Walker S., Parkinson B., Younger J., Hamilton C., Selvanayagam JB., Greenwood JP., and Taylor AJ. Cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in diagnosing coronary artery disease in the Australian healthcare system. | Heart Lung and Circulation |
Meuldijk D., Wuthrich V.M., Rapee, R.M., Draper B,, Brodaty H., Cuijpers P., Cutler H., Hobbs M., Johnco C., Jones M., Chen J.T.H., Partington A., Wijeratne C. Translating Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions for Older Adults with Depression and Anxiety into Public and Private Mental Health Settings using a Stepped Care Framework: Study Protocol | Contemporary Clinical Trials |
Meulenbroeks I., Schroeder L., Epp J. Bridging the Gap: A Mixed Methods Study Investigating Caregiver Integration for People with Geriatric Syndrome. | International Journal of Integrated Care |
Meulenbroeks I., Epps J., Schroeder L. The value of caregiver inclusive practices in geriatric transitions of care: A systematic review. | Health Policy |
Peng CQ, Lawson KD, Heffernan M, McDonnell G, Liew D, Lybrand S, Cutler H Gazing through time and beyond the health sector: Insights from a system dynamics model of cardiovascular disease in Australia. | PLoS One |
Partington A., and Karnon J. It’s not the model, it’s the way you use it: exploratory early health economics amid complexity, Comment on “Problems and promises of health technologies: the role of early health economic modelling." | International Journal of Health Policy and Management |
Schroeder L., Cutler H. Changing invisible landscapes – financial reform of health and care systems: Ten issues to consider. | International Journal of Integrated Care |
Schroeder E, Yang M, Brocklehurst P, et al. Economic evaluation of computerised interpretation of fetal heart rate during labour: a cost-consequence analysis alongside the INFANT study. | Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition |
Wang C., Zhao L., Gu Y., Zhang Y., Hu W., Zhang Y., Wu P., Guo W., Wang L. The preference of the urban elderly for family physician service in Anhui Province based on the discrete choice experiment. | Modern Preventive Medicine |
Zhong Y., Schroeder E., Gao Y., Guo X. and Gu Y. Special support, health literacy and depressive symptoms among medical students: an analysis of mediating effects. | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
2020
Sarkies, M., Francis-Auton, E., Long, J, C., Partington, A., Pomare, C., Nguyen, H, M., Wu, W., Westbrook, J., Day, R., Levesque, J-F., Mitchell, R., Rapport, F., Cutler, H., Tran, Y., Clay-Williams, R., Watson, D, E., Arnolda, G., Hibbert, P., Lystad, R., Mumford, V., Leipnik, G., Sutherland, K., Hardwick, R., Braithwaite, J. Implementing large-system value-based healthcare initiatives: A realist study protocol for seven natural experiments. | BMJ Open |
Hu, W., Xu, W., Si, L., Wang, C., Jiang, Q., Wang, W., Cutler, H. Cost-effectiveness of the Da Qing diabetes prevention program: A modelling study | PLOS One |
Chen, K., Zhong, Y., Gu, Y., Sharma, R., Li, M., Zhou, J., Wu, Y., Gao, Y., and Qin, G. Cost-effectiveness of newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection in China: a decision-analytic Markov model. | JAMA Network Open |
Morrow, A., Tucker, K. M., Shaw, T. J., Parkinson, B., Abraham, C., Wolfenden, L., and Taylor, N. Understanding implementation success: protocol for an in-depth, mixed-methods process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial testing methods to improve detection of Lynch syndrome in Australian hospitals. | BMJ Open |
Bilgrami, A., Sinha, K., and Cutler, H. The impact of introducing a national scheme for Paid Parental Leave on maternal mental health outcomes | Health Economics |
Rosebrock, H., Chen, N., Tye, M., Mackinnon, A., Calear, A.L., Batterham, P.J., Maple, M., Rasmussen, V.M., Schroeder, L., Cutler, H. and Shand, F. Study protocol for a mixed methods prospective cohort study to explore experiences of care following a suicidal crisis in the Australian healthcare system | BMJ open |
Morrow, A., Parkinson, B., Kang, Y., Hogden, E., Canfell, K., and Tayor, N. The health and economic impact of implementation strategies for improving detection of hereditary cancer patients—protocol for an in-depth cost-effectiveness evaluation with microsimulation modelling. | Implementation Science Communications |
Ochalek, J., Wang, H., Gu, Y., Lomas, J., Cutler, H., and Jin, C. Informing a cost-effectiveness threshold for health technology assessment in China: a marginal productivity approach. | PharmacoEconomics |
Jiang, S., Gu, Y., Yang, F., Wu, T., Wang, H., Cutler, H., and Zhang, L. Tertiary hospitals or community clinics? An enquiry into the factors affecting patients’ choice for healthcare facilities in urban China. | China Economic Review |
Roseleur, J., Partington, A., and Karnon, J. Evaluations of healthcare delivery models in Australia: a scoping review protocol. | JBI Evidence Synthesis |
Yeh, M.C., Tse, B.W., Fletcher, N.L., et al. Targeted beta therapy of prostate cancer with 177 Lu-labelled Miltuximab® antibody against glypican-1 (GPC-1). | EJNMMI Research |
Shand, F., Torok, M., Cockayne, N., et al. Protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial of the LifeSpan suicide prevention trial in four communities in New South Wales, Australia. | Trials |
Dou, L., Hu, L., Zhang, N., Cutler, H., Wang, Y., and Li, S. Factors associated with medication adherence among patients with severe mental disorders in China: A propensity score matching study. | Patient Preference and Adherence |
Roseleur, J., Partington, A., and Karnon, J. Scoping review of Australian evaluations of healthcare delivery models: Are we making the most of the evidence? | Australian Health Review |
Feletto, E., Lew ,J-B., Worthington, J., et al. Pathways to a cancer-free future: a protocol for modelled evaluations to minimise the future burden of colorectal cancer in Australia. | BMJ Open |
Jia, E., Gu, Y., Peng, Y., Li, X., Jiang, M., and Xiong, J. Preferences of patients with non-communicable diseases for primary healthcare facilities: a discreet choice experiment in Wuhan, China. | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Wang, H., Gu, Y. and Jin, C. A review of international progress on methodologies and applications of cost effective threshold for health technology assessment and suggestions for China. | Chinese Health Economics |
Wang H., Song P., Gu Y., Schroeder E., and Jin C. Rapid health systems change: online medical consultations to fight COVID-19. | Annals of Translational Medicine |
Lancsar E., Gu Y., Gyrd-Hansen D., Butler J., Ratcliffe J., Bulfone L., and Donaldson C. The relative value of different QALY types. | Journal of Health Economics |
2019
Chambers, B., Walker, R. Feng, J., and Gu, Y. The Silver Tsunami: an inquiry into the financial needs, preferences and behaviours of retirees. | Accounting and Finance |
Morrow, A., Hogden, E., Yoon-Jung, K., Steinberg, J., Canfell, K., Solomon, M.J., Kench, J., Gill, A., Shaw, T., Patcher, N., Parkinson, B., Wolfenden, L., Mitchell, G., Macrae, F., Tucker, K. and Taylor, N. Comparing theory and non-theory based implementation approaches to improving referral practices in cancer genetics: a cluster randomised trial protocol. | Trials |
Sharma, R., Gu, Y., Sinha, K., Aghdaee, M., and Parkinson, B. Mapping the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire onto the Child Health Utility 9D in a large study of children. | Quality of Life Research |
Bullement, A., Hatswell, A., Parkinson, B., and Bharmal, M. Health Technology Assessment of Curative Interventions - an Old Problem With Issues. | Value & Outcomes Spotlight |
Sharma, R., Gu, Y., Ching, T.Y.C., Marnane, V. and Parkinson, B. Economic evaluations of childhood hearing loss screening programmes: A systematic review and critique. | Applied Economics and Health Policy |
Gumbie, M., Parkinson, B., Cutler, H., Gauld, N., and Mumford, V. Is reclassification of the oral contraceptive pill from prescription to pharmacist-only cost-effective? Application of an economic evaluation approach to regulatory decisions. | Pharmacoeconomics |
2018
Parkinson, B., Gumbie, M., Cutler, H. Gauld, N., Mumford, and V., Haywood, P. Cost-effectiveness of reclassifying triptans in Australia: application of an economic evaluation approach to regulatory decisions. | Value in Health |
Thathya, V. A., Zanfina A., Huq, M., Rosenfeldt, F., Duffy, S.J., Parkinson, B., Yap, C., Smith, J., Billah, B., Yan, B.P., Brennan, A., Tran, L., and Reid, C. The real-world cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass surgery versus stenting in high-risk patients: Propensity score-matched analysis of a single-centre experience. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy (2018). | Applied Health Economics and Health Policy |
Zhiming Cheng, Ingrid Nielsen and Henry Cutler (2018). Perceived Job Quality, Work-life Interference and Intention to Stay: Evidence from the Australian Aged Care Workforce. | International Journal of Manpower |
Parkinson, B., Sherman, KA. Brown, P., Shaw, LE., Boyages, J., Cameron, LD., Elder, E., and Lam, T. Cost-effectiveness of the BRECONDA decision aid for breast reconstruction: lessons for economic evaluations of patient decision aids. | Psycho-Oncology |
INFANT Collaborative Group. A study of an intelligent system to support decision making in the management of labour using the cardiotocograph. | NIHR Health Technology Assessment, peer-reviewed report |
Nazlee Siddiqui, Mitch Dwyer, Jim Stankovich, Gregory Peterson, David Greenfield, Lei Si; and Leigh Kinsman. Hospital length of stay variation and co-morbidity of mental illness: a retrospective study of five common chronic medical conditions. | BMC Health Services Research |
Tristan McCaughey, David M Budden, Paul G Sanfilippo, George EC Gooden, Li Fan, Eva Fenwick, Gwyneth Rees, Casimir MacGregor, Lei Si, Christine Chen, Helena Hai Liang, Alice Pébay, Timothy Baldwin, and Alex W Hewitt. A need for better understanding is the major determinant for public perceptions of human gene editing. | Human Gene Therapy |
Palmer AJ, Si, L., Tew M, Hua X, et al. (2018). Computer Modelling of Diabetes and Its Transparency: A Report on the Eighth Mount Hood Challenge. | Value in Health |
Palmer AJ, Si, L., Tew M, Hua X, et al. (2018). Computer Modelling of Diabetes and Its Transparency: A Report on the Eighth Mount Hood Challenge. | BMJ Open |
Wang Z, Li X, Chen M, and Si, L. (2018) Social health insurance, healthcare utilization, and costs in middle-aged and elderly community-dwelling adults in China. | International Journal for Equity in Health |
Saing, Sopany; Parkinson, Bonny; Church, Jody; Goodall, and Stephen Goodall. "Cost effectiveness of a community delivered consultation to improve infant sleep problems and maternal well-being." | Value in Health, Regional Issues |
Jie Li, Xue Han, Wangshuai Wang, Gong Sun and Zhiming Cheng (2018). How Social Support Influences University Students' Academic Achievement and Emotional Exhaustion: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem. | Learning and Individual Differences |
2017
Parkinson, B., Viney, R., Pearson, SA., Haas, M., Goodall, S., and Srasuebkul, P., Real World Evidence: a comparison of the Australian Herceptin Program and clinical trials of trastuzumab for metastatic breast cancer. | Pharmacoeconomics |
Parkinson, B., and Elshaug, AG. Authors’ Reply to Palozzo and Messori: ‘‘Disinvestment and Value-Based Purchasing Strategies for Pharmaceuticals: An International Review’.’ | Pharmacoeconomics |
Gumbie, M., Olin, E., Gu, Y., Schroeder, E-A., and Cutler, H. (2017). Protocol for the evaluation of an outcomes based care for vulnerable older people. International Journal of Integrated Care, 17(5), [A164]. DOI: 10.5334/ijic.3472. | International Journal of Integrated Care |
Schroeder L, Patel N, Keeler M, Rocca-Ihenacho L, and Macfarlane AJ. The economic costs of intrapartum care in Tower Hamlets: A comparison between the cost of birth in a freestanding midwifery unit and hospital for women at low risk of obstetric complications. Midwifery. 2017 Feb; 45:28-35. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2016.11.006. Epub 2016 Nov 21. | Midwifery |
Parkinson, B., Sherman, KA. Brown, P., Shaw, LE., Boyages, J., Cameron, LD., Elder, E., and Lam, T. Cost-effectiveness of the BRECONDA decision aid for breast reconstruction: lessons for economic evaluations of patient decision aids. | Psycho-Oncology |
INFANT Collaborative Group. In reply, The INFANT TRIAL The Lancet Volume 390, No. 10089, p28, 1 July 2017 Open Access DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31594-5 The INFANT Collaborative Group: Peter Brocklehurst, David Field, Keith Greene, Ed Juszczak, Robert Keith, Sara Kenyon, Louise Linsell, Christopher Mabey, Mary Newburn, Rachel Plachcinski, Maria Quigley, Elizabeth Schroeder, and Philip Steer. | The Lancet |
Wang L, Cocker F, Kilpatrick M, Otahal P, Si L., Palmer AJ, and Sanderson K (2017) The Associations of Multimorbidity With Health-Related Productivity Loss in a Large and Diverse Public Sector Setting: A Cross-Sectional Survey. | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Ghijben, P., Gu, Y., Lancsar, E., and Zavarsek, S. (2017). Revealed and stated preferences of decision makers for priority setting in health technology assessment: a systematic review. | Pharmacoeconomics |
Haining Wang, Russell Smyth and Zhiming Cheng (2017). The Economic Returns to Proficiency in English in China. | Chinese Economic Review |
The INFANT collaborative Group, and Schroeder, E. (March 2017). Computerised interpretation of fatal heart rate during labour (INFANT): a randomised controlled trial. | The Lancet |
Haining Wang, Zhiming Cheng and Russell Smyth (2017). Consumption and Happiness. | Journal of Development Studies |
Yeqing Huang, Fei Guo and Zhiming Cheng (2017). Stay or Return? The Impacts of Market Machanism on Settlement Intention of Rural Migrants in Metropolises of China. | Asian Population Studies |
Ratcliffe, J., Lancaster E., Walker, R. and Gu, Y. (2017). Understanding what matters: an exploratory study to investigate the views of the general public for priority setting criteria in health care. | Health Policy |
Huang, Y., Guo, F. and Cheng, Z. (2017). Market mechanisms and migrants' settlement intention in urban China. | Asian Population Studies |
Li, L., Sun, G. and Cheng, Z. (2017). The influence of political skill on salespersons' work outcomes: a resource perspective. | Journal of Business Ethics |
2016
Wang, H., Cheng, Z. and Smyth, R. (2016). Language and Consumption. | China Economic Review |
INFANT Collaborative Group, Brocklehurst P1. A study of an intelligent system to support decision making in the management of labour using the cardiotocograph - the INFANT study protocol. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, Jan 2016 (Protocol). | BMC pregnancy |
Zhiming Cheng, Stephen P. King, Russell Smyth and Haining Wang (2016). Housing Property Rights and Subjective Wellbeing in Urban China. | European Journal of Political Economy |
Cheng, Z., Ingrid Nielsen, Vinod Misha, Russell Smyth and Ben Zhe Wang (2016). The Economics of Wellbeing in China. | Social Indicators Research (Special Issue) |
Zhiming Cheng and Russell Smyth (2015). Crime Victimization, Neighborhood Safety and Happiness in China. | Economic Modelling |
Haining Wang, Zhiming Cheng and Russell Smyth (2016). Language and Consumption. | European Journal of Political Economy |
Sun, G., Wang, W., Cheng, Z., Jie Li and Junhua Chen (2016). The Intermediate Linkage between Materialism and Luxury Consumption: Evidence from the Emerging Market of China. | Social Indicators Research |
Parkinson, B., and Elshaug, AG. Authors’ Reply to Palozzo and Messori: ‘‘Disinvestment and Value-Based Purchasing Strategies for Pharmaceuticals: An International Review’’. | Pharmaco-economics |
Parkinson, B., Viney, R., Pearson, SA., Haas, M., Goodall, S., and Srasuebkul, P., Real World Evidence: a comparison of the Australian Herceptin Program and clinical trials of trastuzumab for metastatic breast cancer. | Pharmaco-economics |
Parkinson, B., Viney, R., Pearson, SA., Haas, M., Goodall, S., and Srasuebkul, P., Real World Evidence: a comparison of the Australian Herceptin Program and clinical trials of trastuzumab for metastatic breast cancer. | Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology |
Boyages, J., Xu, Y., Kalfa, S., Koelmeyer. L., Parkinson, B., Mackie, H., Viveros, H., Gollan, P., and Taksa, L. The Financial Cost of Lymphedema Borne by Women with Breast Cancer, Psycho-Oncology (accepted with minor revisions). | Psycho-Oncology |
2015
Wang, B. Z. and Cheng, Z. (2015). Environmental Perceptions, Happiness and Pro-environmental Actions in China. | Social Indicators Research |
Cheng, Z., Nielsen, I., and Smyth, R. (2015). Determinants of Wage Arrears and Their Implications for the Socioeconomic Wellbeing of China's Migrant Workers: Evidence from Guangdong Province. In Iredale and Guo (eds.). | Handbook of Chinese Migration: Identity and Wellbeing |
Cheng, Z. and Smyth, R. (2015). Crime Victimization, Neighborhood Safety and Happiness in China. | Economic Modelling |
Wang, H., Cheng, Z., and Smyth, R. (2015), Are Chinese workers compensated for occupational risk? |
Journal of Industrial Relations |
Cheng, Z. and Smyth, R. (2015). China's Imbalanced Sex Ratio and Satisfaction with Marital Relations. | Journal of Industrial Relations |
Cheng, Z. and Smyth, R. (2015). Why Give it Away When You Need it Yourself? Understanding Public Support for Foreign Aid in China. | Journal of Industrial Relations |
Wang, H., Smyth, R. and Cheng, Z. (2015). The Economic Returns to Proficiency in English in China. | Journal of Industrial Relations |
Cheng, Z., King, S. P., Smyth, R. and Wang, H., (2015). Housing Property Rights and Subjective Wellbeing in Urban China. | Journal of Industrial Relations |
Government submissions
Response to the Review of discount rate in the PBAC guidelines
A/Prof Bonny Parkinson, Prof Henry Cutler, Prof Martin Hoyle, Alicia Norman and A/Prof Mike Paulden
The Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE) has responded to the review of the discount rate used in economics evaluations considered by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) when deciding which medicines should be recommended for public subsidy through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). We discuss the theoretical methodology for estimating the discount rate for costs and health benefits, extending the discussion in the report by the University of Technology Sydney. We propose what the PBAC may consider to be their perspective and whether the PBS budget is constrained, while acknowledging that the PBAC's opinion may differ on this matter. Finally, we propose a solution to what should be the magnitude of the discount rate in economic evaluations.
Thought leadership reports
The MUCHE Health Report 2023
ANALYSIS OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET 2023 - 2024 by Prof Henry Cutler, Ms Mona Aghdaee, Dr Anam Bilgrami, Dr Antonio Ahumada-Canale and Prof Jeffrey Braithwaite
Find out what the Federal Budget means for health and aged care sectors in our comprehensive economic analysis
The Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE) Health Report is the most comprehensive annual analysis of federal budget announcements and their potential impact on health and aged care.
Released today, with close to 40 pages of in-depth analysis, the MUCHE Health Report discusses budget announcements within the context of healthcare system need, including aged care, hospitals, mental health, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy, primary care, and private health insurance.
The MUCHE Health Report 2022
ANALYSIS OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET 2022 - 2023 by Prof Henry Cutler, Dr Anam Bilgrami and Mona Aghdaee
The Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE) Health Report is the most comprehensive analysis of Federal Budget announcements for health and aged care. Released today, we provide insights on what is included and what is missing, covering aged care, hospitals, mental health, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy, primary care, private health insurance and vaccines.
The MUCHE Health Report 2021
ANALYSIS OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET 2021 - 2022 by Prof Henry Cutler, Mona Aghdaee, A/Prof Liz Schroeder, Dr Bonny Parkinson, Prof Martin Hoyle and Dr Anam Bilgrami
This Budget shows the Government is playing catch up in health after most resources were shifted to the COVID-19 pandemic response last year.
The Government has spent big on aged care and mental health. It has responded to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Mental Health. But there are significant gaps in the Government’s response that could leave it exposed.
The Government has allocated $17.7 billion to aged care. Most of this funding should have occurred years prior. A greater reliance on competition to improve aged care quality is being pursued, but the job is half done. More funding is required to help providers invest in better quality.
Mental health has been allocated $2.3 billion, a solid investment, although the Budget falls short of delivering structural change. Almost half the expenditure is committed to extending mental health care services, and more must be invested into the mental health workforce.
The response to COVID-19 gets more funding, along with primary care. Grand challenges such as long public hospital elective surgery waiting times and pressure on private health insurance costs and membership remain unabated.
The MUCHE Health Report is Australia’s most comprehensive analysis of the Budget concerning the Health portfolio. It cuts through the headlines and untangles complexity to deliver insights into how this Budget fits within broader key debates across the Health Economy.
The MUCHE Health Report 2020
ANALYSIS OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET 2019 - 2020 by Prof Henry Cutler, Mona Aghdaee and Andrew Partington
While the 2020-21 Federal Budget's primary objective is economic recovery, the continuing threat of COVID-19 and imminent reforms to mental health and aged care means this is the most critical Budget for the Health Economy ever seen.
This Budget shows the Australian Government is wholly preoccupied with responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the health portfolio haemorrhaging money.
More funding has been provided to shore up hospital capacity, purchase COVID-19 vaccines, and undertake more COVID-19 testing. The Australian Government will also release another 26,000 Home Care packages so older Australians can receive care at home.
Mental health reform has been kicked down the road, hopefully to the next Budget, but that is not guaranteed. Residential aged care providers will struggle to increase care quality without more funding. The pressure on private health insurance prices will remain.
The MUCHE Health Report is Australia’s most detailed analysis of the Budget concerning the Health Economy. It cuts through the headlines and untangles complexity to deliver insights into how this Budget fits within broader key debates across seven Health Economy sectors.
The value of mental health
Roundtable Report
The prevalence of mental ill health is large and growing in Australia, while our care system is fragmented with service gaps, limited evidence-based treatment and a lack of investment in prevention. This is despite best efforts from government and non-government organisations to coordinate mental health care and policies.
Recognising this fact, in November 2018 the Australian Government requested the Productivity Commission to undertake an inquiry ‘into the role of improving mental health to support economic participation and enhancing productivity and economic growth’.
MUCHE held an Executive Roundtable workshop attended by various government and non-government stakeholders on 22 November 2018. The objectives were to explore the value of mental health, and debate what the Productivity Commission could focus upon within their Inquiry.
The MUCHE Health Report 2019
ANALYSIS OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET 2019 - 2020 by Prof Henry Cutler, Dr Joanne Epp, Mona Aghdaee and Andrew Partington
While some have labelled this a cash splash Budget, health portfolio expenditure has been shackled. This fits within a recent trend of ever lower annual expenditure growth since 2016-17.
There will be a 2 per cent increase in real expenditure from 2019-20 to 2022-23. Most of this growth comes in the last two years of Budget projections. Australians face a reduction in per capita health portfolio expenditure over the next two years.
This is a grass roots Health portfolio budget, with the Australian Government looking to garner approval from local communities. It has allocated funding to several individual infrastructure projects, health programs and not-for-profit groups.
The centrepiece Budget item is the $1.1 billion allocated over five years to support primary care. Aged care was allocated $724.8 million over the next five years for residential care and Home Care packages, but most of this funding was already announced.
This Budget continues to implement the Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan, allocating funds to after-hours mental health treatment centres, and to reduce our alarming youth suicide rate.
The Australian Government has missed an opportunity to tackle some pressing healthcare issues associated with obesity, public hospital waiting lists, and high out-of-pocket costs.
To find out how the Budget could affect health and human services, click on the link below.
The MUCHE Health Report 2018
ANALYSIS OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET 2018 - 2019 by Prof Henry Cutler, Dr Joanne Epp and Mona Aghdaee
For the average Australian taking an interest in their health, this year’s Budget announcements would have you jumping for joy. After all, the Hon Greg Hunt MP has declared Australians will see record investment in health care.
Take a closer look and the real story emerges. Estimated Health portfolio expenditure for 2018-19 has only increased by 2.1 per cent, compared to last year’s actual Health portfolio expenditure increase of 5.1 per cent. Accounting for health inflation, real Health portfolio expenditure will grow by 1 per cent less than population growth over the forward estimates, which means less money will be spent on a per capita basis.
The Australian Government needs to invest more to improve the wellbeing of Australians. Service gaps are growing in health, ageing and disability care, while improved quality remains stubborn. As the ever increasing march of ageing, health technology costs, and chronic disease continues unabated, Australians will either face worse health outcomes, or be asked to pay more for their health care if the Australian Government does not respond.
Overall, the Budget for health and human services is sedate. No real winners and no real losers. The courage to make real change to improve the wellbeing of Australians has been deferred for a future Government.
Assessing choice for public hospital patients
by Prof Henry Cutler, Dr Yuanyuan Gu and Emma Olin
This report answers the following two important questions.
- Do Australians want more choice between public hospitals for elective surgery?
- Would Australians exercise their right to choose a public hospital based on quality vs. convenience?
The report presents an analysis of 1,000 Australians surveyed, which sought information on respondent attitudes towards greater choice. The study also employed a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to estimate the relative value of seven hospital attributes representing convenience, GP and public opinion, and hospital quality.
Health budget overview 2017
by Prof Henry Cutler
According to Sun Tzu (an ancient Chinese military strategist) ‘the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting’. The 2017-18 Budget has firmed up the coalition party flank against future health care attacks by the Labor government, after the Medi-Scare campaign nearly lost it an election.
The biggest winners are medical practitioners, with the gradual removal of a pause in indexation arrangements for MBS items. Australians also benefit, through greater access to drugs. Additional expenditure will be covered by large savings from drug price reductions, and an increase in the Medicare Levy rate from 2.0 to 2.5 per cent.
The value of health information
by Prof Henry Cutler
Never has there been so much information so readily available, but despite improvements in information technology, our health system is struggling to maximise its true value. In this paper Dr Henry Cutler, Director of Macquarie’s Centre for the Health Economy looks at why more information doesn’t necessarily translate to better healthcare.
Overview of the 2016 Federal Health Budget
by Prof Henry Cutler
The biggest winner from the federal health budget is the government, while the biggest losers are private providers reliant on the MBS, and aged care providers reliant on ACFI funding. The ability of providers to pass on lost revenue to patients through increased co-payments will ultimately determine whether this budget hurts the hip pockets of Australians.
Read our overview of this year's health budget
Competition in health and human service
by Prof Henry Cutler
Introducing greater competition in health care is appealing. Standard economic theory suggests increased competition can deliver greater choice and improve productivity. But health care is complex. It is unlike the retail sector where people are relatively well informed and purchases are repeated. Nor does it operate like utilities, where the product is relatively homogenous and the primary objective for operators is efficiency. In this paper Dr Cutler explores the role of Competition Policy in health and human services and its impact on outcomes.
Books, book chapters and reviews
Books | |
2014 | Si, L. and Palmer, A.J., “Prevention of T2DM: health economics”, Diapedia. The living textbook of diabetes., R. Landgraf (ed) (2014) |
Wang, M., Cheng, Z., Zhang, P., Tong, L. and Ma, Y. (2014). Old Industrial Cities Seeking New Road of Re-Industrialisation: Models of Revitalizing Northeast China. Singapore: World Scientific. [Publisher Tier – 1] | |
| Cheng, Z., Wang, M. and Chen, J., (eds.) (2014). Urban China in the New Era: Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward. Berlin and New York: Springer. [Publisher Tier – 1] |
Book Chapters | |
2024 | Braithwaite, J, Churruca, K, Clay-Williams, R, Cutler, H, Ellis, LA, Long, JC, Mitchell, R, Mumford, V, Rapport, F, Simons, M & Zurynski, Y 2024, Health policy in Australia. in M Powell, TI Agartan & D Béland (eds), Research Handbook on Health Care Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham, UK, pp. 347-373. |
2020 | Epp, J., Parkinson, B. & Hawse, S. Health System Sustainability: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in Australia. In Wood, L.N., Tan, L.P., Breyer, Y. & Hawse, S. editors. Industry and Higher Education: Case Studies for Sustainable Futures. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd; 2020. p 13-44. |
2015 | Guo, F., Cheng, Z., Hugo, G. and Gao, W. (2014). Wages and Employment Status of China's Migrant Workers. In Wang, Kee and Gao (eds.), Transforming Chinese Cities, 95-112. London: Routledge. |
2014 | Guo, F., Cheng, Z., Hugo, G. and Gao, W. (2014). Wages and Employment Status of China's Migrant Workers. In Wang, Kee and Gao (eds.), Transforming Chinese Cities, 95-112. London: Routledge. |
| Cheng, Z. (2014). The New Generation of Migrant Workers in Urban China. In Cheng, Wang and Chen (eds.), Urban China in the New Era: Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward, 125-153. New York: Springer. |
| Cheng, Z., Wang, H. and Chen, Y. (2014). Labour Contract, Trade Union Membership, and Workplace Relations: A Study of Migrant Workers in Guangdong Province, China. In Hao and Chen (eds.), Social Issues in China: Gender, Ethnicity, Labor, and the Environment, 183-206. New York: Springer. |
Book Reviews | |
2015 | Cheng, Z. (2015). Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Political Studies Review. [ERA: B; IF: 1.286; JCR: 37/157 (Political Science)] |
Commissioned reports
2024
Embedding greater value into mental health care. Report is available here | National Mental Health Commission |
Understanding views on prospective value based mental healthcare payment reform in a complex healthcare system. The Australian experience, Paper 1. Report is available here | National Mental Health Commission |
Evaluating and getting value from mental healthcare investment: Qualitative results, Paper 2. Report is available here | National Mental Health Commission |
2023
Getting more value from mental healthcare funding and investment: Consultation paper. Report is available here | National Mental Health Commission |
MSAC PICO 1710 - Newborn bloodspot screening for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy Public summary document | Department of Health |
2022
MSAC PICO 1674 - Testing for mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR) in endometrial cancer to help determine eligibility for PBS-subsidised dostarlimab Public summary document | Department of Health |
MSAC PICO 1689 - Quantification of NT-proBNP in patients with systemic sclerosis, and in patients with diagnosed pulmonary arterial hypertension Public summary document | Department of Health |
2021
MSAC PICO 1629 - Defensive Antibacterial Coating (DAC) 5ml kit Public summary document | Department of Health |
MSAC PICO 1617 - BRAF V600 testing to help determine eligibility for PBS access to Braftovi (encorafenib), in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (Stage IV) Public summary document | Department of Health |
MSAC PICO 1600 - Genetic testing for heritable kidney disease (other than Alport syndrome) Public summary document | Department of Health |
2020
MSAC PICO 1597 - Cryoablation for biopsy-confirmed renal cell carcinoma (RCC) Public summary document | Department of Health |
MSAC PICO 1593 - Bovine bioinductive collagen implant for repair of rotator cuff tear Public summary document | Department of Health |
The role of refundable accommodation deposits. Report is available | Aged Care Financing Authority |
2019
Outcomes Based Commissioning for vulnerable older people. Report is available | Central Coast Local Health District |
The use and usefulness of outcomes based funding for hospitals. Report is available | The Sax Institute |
2017
An economic evaluation framework | Australian Self Medication Industry |
2015
Consumer behaviour fact book In conjunction with the industry body for over-the-counter-medicines, MUCHE undertook a study to better understand consumers’ use and attitudes towards OTC medicines, vitamins, minerals & supplements, and the down scheduling of certain prescription medications. Download | Australian Self Medication Industry |
2014
The Value Study MUCHE undertook a study to quantify the savings made to the Australian healthcare system from the use of over-the-counter-medicines (OTC). The study surveyed 1,146 Australians over the age of 18 years regarding their attitudes towards OTC and prescribed medications within eight common categories and calculated the cost should respondents have to visit the doctor to obtain a script. Download | Australian Self Medication Industry |
Conferences and poster presentations
2024
Bilgrami, A. Working from home and mental health: before and during the COVID-19 pandemic | American European Health Economics Study Group, Catania, Italy |
Cutler, H. The relationship between regional spending on aged care and informal caring | American European Health Economics Study Group, Catania, Italy |
Cutler, H. Understanding views on value based mental healthcare payment reform in a complex healthcare system. The Australian experience | Social Outcomes Conference, University of Oxford |
Fooken, J. Time preferences and lifetime remaining | Foundations of Utility and Risk, Brisbane |
Cutler, H. The relationship between regional spending on aged care and informal care | Empirical Health Economics Workshop, Pisa, Italy |
Bilgrami, A. Working from home and mental health: before and during the COVID-19 pandemic | EuHEA Biennial Conference, Vienna, Austria |
Cutler, H. Getting more value from mental healthcare investment: Qualitative results | EuHEA Biennial Conference, Vienna, Austria |
Cutler, H. Variation in public hospital costs for children and young patients from priority populations | EuHEA Biennial Conference, Vienna, Austria |
Parkinson, B. Upward sound: The cost-effectiveness of upgrading cochlear implant sound processors in the Australian Hearing Services Program | EuHEA Biennial Conference, Vienna, Austria |
Ahmed-Piu, Z. Do Australian consumers prefer accessing oral contraceptive pills over-the-counter? A Discrete Choice Experiment | EuHEA Biennial Conference, Vienna, Austria |
Aghdaee, M. Public preferences for value based healthcare attributes: A discrete choice experiment | EuHEA Biennial Conference, Vienna, Austria |
Khan, F. Positive Psychology Intervention and Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Pakistan | EuHEA Biennial Conference, Vienna, Austria |
Abiona, O. Impact of suicide prevention intervention program on patient healthcare costs | Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics |
Kalay, A. Social interactions in the demand for private health insurance: Evidence from linked employer-employee data | Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics |
Bilgrami, A. Working from home and mental health | Emerging Health Policy & Economics Research Conference, University of Sydney |
Stathis, S . Systematic literature review of economic evaluations of screening Preschool and School age children for Hearing Impairment compared to no screening (REAPS-HI) | Emerging Health Policy & Economics Research Conference, University of Sydney |
Sharma, R. Hearing Loss interventions and Quality of Life: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects | Emerging Health Policy & Economics Research Conference, University of Sydney |
Rana, R. Heterogeneity in hospitalisation costs for pediatric patients: A retrospective study of selected priority populations in Australia | Emerging Health Policy & Economics Research Conference, University of Sydney |
Cutler, H. Saving lives, saving money? The effect of a multisectoral suicide prevention program on a healthcare system | UK HESG, University of Warwick, UK |
Yu, D Insurance coverage for chronic diseases and healthcare utilization among low-income populations: Evidence from China | Australasian Development Economics Workshop, University of Melbourne |
Gu, Y. DCE methods: data collection and analysis | Invited seminar, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University |
Jiang, S. Discrete Choice Experiment: Introduction, Design, and Application | Invited seminar, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University |
Gu, Y. Adjustment of the medical insurance access threshold for rare disease drugs - Analysis of the preferences of China’s medical insurance fund decision-making experts | China Academic Forum on Health Preference and Health Outcome Measurement, Jinan |
Jiang, S. Meta-analysis of Sensitive Quality-of-life Indicators for Hearing Loss Interventions | China Academic Forum on Health Preference and Health Outcome Measurement, Jinan |
Gu, Y. Do workers search for different jobs at home and abroad? | 7th International Choice Modelling Conference (ICMC), Puerto Varas, Chile |
Abiona, O. The role of mobile money on household food security during drought shocks – evaluation of pathways | RCEA International Conference in Economics, Econometrics & Finance, London |
Gu, Y. Adjustment of the medical insurance access threshold for rare disease drugs - Analysis of the preferences of China’s medical insurance fund decision-making experts | PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes Research Forum, Hangzhou, China |
2023
Gu, Y. Shall we pay more for rare disease drugs? Assessing decision makers’ preferences by a sequential Discrete Choice Experiment approach | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Aghdaee, M. A priority-setting framework for value-based healthcare: Evidence from NSW | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Bilgrami, A. Preventing suicidal ideation from going ‘under the radar’: Understanding men’s preferences for suicide prevention services to increase uptake and effectiveness | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Ahumada-Canale, A. Combining Artificial Intelligence Driven Adaptive Trials and Value of Information Analysis for Optimised Decision-Making | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Jeet, V. Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of a New Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Managing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Emergency Service Workers | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Parkinson, B. Finding the cost-effectiveness of theory-based implementation approaches: an analysis of the Hide and Seek Project (HaSP) trial | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Abiona, O. The impact of suicide prevention intervention program on healthcare utilisation and cost: A net-benefit approach | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Tirrell, Z. Bring out Your Dead: A Review of the Cost Minimisation Approach in Health Technology Assessment Submissions to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Ahmed-Piu, Z. Do consumers prefer over-the-counter oral contraceptive pills in Australia? A Discrete Choice Experiment | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Sharma, R. Impact of deaf and hard of hearing and interventions on quality of life: a systematic review of cohort studies | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Fooken, J. Precarious employment and health in Australia - What are the roles of energy poverty and financial fragility? | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Cutler, H. The relationship between regional spending on aged care and informal care giving | 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Parkinson, B. Uncertainty in HTA | 19th International Evidence Based Health Care (EBHC) Symposium, Poland |
Norman, A. What Is Early HTA And How Can It Facilitate Timely Patient Access To Valuable Innovation? | HTAi 2023 Annual Meeting |
Norman, A. How Can We Make Better Use of RWE for HTA? Aligning the Academic, Patient and Industry Perspectives. | HTAi 2023 Annual Meeting |
Parkinson, B. How Can We Better Manage Uncertainty in HTA? Aligning the Academic, Patient and Industry Perspectives | HTAi 2023 Annual Meeting |
Cutler, H. Transforming PROMIS-29 survey responses into utilities to improve healthcare value | Patient Reported Measures Symposium, NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation |
Jeet, V. Dollars, Data and Discoveries: Navigating Health Economics in Research | Garvan Institute of Medical Research |
Gu, Y. Shall we pay more for rare disease drugs? Assessing decision makers’ preferences by a sequential Discrete Choice Experiment approach | 16th China Health Technology Assessment Forum, Shanghai |
Gu, Y. Medical Brain Drain - Assessing the Role of Job Attributes and Individual Traits | 14th Meeting of the International Academy of Health Preference Research |
Saba, N. Preferences for Depression Treatment and the Role of Health Literacy | 14th Meeting of the International Academy of Health Preference Research |
Bilgrami, A. Working from home and mental health: before and during the COVID-19 pandemic | Sixth Essen Economics of Mental Health Workshop, Queen Mary University of London |
Rana, R. Impact of health shock on healthcare utilisation among Australians: An evaluation of the gender-related differences | The 2023 iHEA Biennial World Congress, Cape Town |
Gu, Y. Patient Preferences for Total Knee Replacement Surgery in Australia: A Discrete Choice Experiment | The 2023 iHEA Biennial World Congress, Cape Town |
Abiona, O. Impact of mobile money on agricultural investments and household food security during drought shocks | 58th African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Biannual Research Workshop, Nairobi |
Tirrell, Z. Bring out Your Dead: A Review of the Cost Minimization Approach in Health Technology Assessment Submissions to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee | ISPOR 2023, Boston |
Cutler, H. Changing patterns of healthcare use and cost from LifeSpan | National Suicide Prevention Conference |
2022
Gu, Y. Understanding the determining factors of aged care accommodation payment choices in Australia | CEPAR UNSW External Seminar Series |
Gu, Y. Understanding the determining factors of aged care accommodation payment choices in Australia | 43nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Sharma, R. Childhood cochlear implantation and carers’ employment status: the role of socio-economic factors | 43nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Cutler, H. Accommodation payment and financial performance in residential aged care | 43nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Hoyle, M. A new method to extrapolate time to event outcomes | 43nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Aghdaee, M. Algorithms to map Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) instruments to EQ-5D-5L: An external validation study | 43nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Rana, R. The impact of caregiver’s burden on subjective, affective, and financial well-being of caregivers: evidence from a population based longitudinal study in Australia | 43nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Parkinson, B. The lifetime health costs of intimate partner violence: A prospective longitudinal cohort study with linked data for out-of-hospital and pharmaceutical costs | 43nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Bilgrami, A. Regional home care supply and informal care: substitutes or complements? | 43nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Ahumada-Canale, A. Barriers and facilitators to implementation of priority setting and resource allocation tools: A systematic review | EuHEA Biennial Conference |
Cutler, H. The role of financial literacy when paying for aged care | EuHEA Biennial Conference |
Parkinson, B. The lifetime health costs of intimate partner violence: A prospective longitudinal cohort study with linked data for out-of-hospital and pharmaceutical costs | 12th Health Services Research Conference |
Abiona, O. Impact of mobile money on agricultural investments and household food security during drought shocks | 56th African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Biannual Research Workshop |
Parkinson, B. Managing uncertainty – how can we do it better? An academic perspective | ISPOR HTA Summit |
Ahumada-Canale, A. Barriers and facilitators to implementation of priority setting and resource allocation tools: A systematic review | HSRAANZ Conference |
Bilgrami, A. Factors involved in end-of-life financial decisions: an analysis of aged care payments in Australia | 30th Colloquium on Pensions and Retirement Research (CEPAR) |
Sharma, R. Childhood cochlear implantation and carers’ employment status: the role of socio-economic factors | 12th Health Services Research Conference |
Rana, R. Gender-differences in healthcare services utilisation associated with health shock among middle-aged and older Australians | 12th Health Services Research Conference |
Bilgrami, A. Medical and pharmaceutical costs associated with cognitive impairment in older Australians | 12th Health Services Research Conference |
Cutler, H. The 2021 aged care reform in Australia: Giving competition a chance to improve quality | NSW Economic Society of Australia Conference |
Parkinson, B. The lifetime health costs of intimate partner violence: a prospective longitudinal cohort study with linked data | Australian Gender Economics Workshop |
Hoyle, M. Comparison of HTA Methods and Processes Australia vs UK | HTA Innovations Workshop |
Parkinson, B. Innovative HTA modelling | HTA Innovations Workshop |
Cutler, H. Impacts from a novel outcomes based funding approach to commissioning health care | University of Oxford, summer seminar series |
Abiona, O. Gestational weather shocks and transition from birth to anthropometric health outcomes: evidence of gendered-differential impacts | 11th Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics |
Bilgrami, A. Mechanisms behind reduced workers’ compensation claims from standardising workplace health and safety laws | 11th Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics |
2021
Cutler, H. Delivering practical and targeted funding to ensure sector sustainability | National Dementia and Aged Care Reform Conference |
Gu, M. Perspectives on aged care accommodation financing in Australia | 29th Colloquium on Pensions and Retirement Research |
Cutler, H The role of financial literacy when paying for aged care | 29th Colloquium on Pensions and Retirement Research |
Gu, Y. Understanding the Determining Factors of Aged Care Accommodation Payment Choices | 29th Colloquium on Pensions and Retirement Research |
Cutler, H The role of financial literacy when paying for aged care | European Union Health Economics Association (EuHEA) Conference |
Parkinson, B. Cost-effectiveness analysis of PSMA PET/CT imaging for the primary staging of prostate cancer in Australia | 42nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Jeet, V. Measuring inequities in healthcare utilisation in Australia using a panel data approach to account for unobserved need and preferences. | 42nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Gu, M. Perspectives on aged care accommodation financing in Australia | 42nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Sharma, R. Does wealth inequality lead to increased home delivery? An experience based on the Nepal demographic health survey. | 42nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Cutler, H The role of financial literacy when paying for aged care | 42nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Ahumada-Canale, A. Cost-utility Analysis of Medication Review with Follow-up for Cardiovascular Outcomes | 42nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Schroeder, L. Comparisons of cost-effectiveness, cost-utility and cost-consequences in e-psychotherapies for managing chronic pain. | 42nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Aghdaee, M. Mapping the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29) to EQ-5D-5L | 42nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Bilgrami, A What drives end-of-life financial decisions? An analysis of aged care accommodation payments in Australia | 42nd Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference |
Cutler, H The role of financial literacy when paying for aged care | Australian Conference of Economists |
Bilgrami, A. Do standardised workplace health and safety laws and increased enforcement activities reduce workers' compensation claims? | Australian Conference of Economists |
Parkinson, B. Discussion for the Australian Health Economics Doctoral (AHED) workshop: Cost-Utility Analysis of Genetic Therapies in the Treatment of Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Australia. | 10th Australian Health Economics Doctoral (AHED) Workshop |
Cutler, H. Impacts from a novel outcomes based funding approach to commissioning health care | International Health Economics Association (iHEA) World Congress |
Ahumada-Canale, A. Impact of Pharmacist-led Medication Review on Hospital Readmission: A meta-analysis and Exploratory Evaluation of Hospitalization Definitions. | Virtual ISPOR 2021: Evolving for Tomorrow's Challenges |
Schroeder, L. Aligning Finances and Incentives - Designing and Implementing Integrated Care for Metropolitan Communities in Australia | IFIC Australia Autumn School |
2020
Partington, A. Implementing large-system value-based healthcare initiatives: a realist study for seven natural experiments. | 2021 Evidence and Implementation Summit, Sydney, Australia. |
Partington, A. "What COVID-19 has taught us about alternatives to ED care” | Health Services Research Association of Australian New Zealand (HSRAANZ), Virtual End of Year Forum |
Cutler, H. What can we learn from 2020 and predictions for the future | COTA and ACSA Agd Care Reform Conference |
Bilgrami, A. The impact of means-tested premium rebates and tax penalties on the demand for private hospital cover in Australia | Health
Economics Study Group - Winter 2020 Meeting (Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK) |
Epp, J. Commissioning for coordinated care services using an outcomes based funding model: Insights from a process review | 5th
International Health Care Reform Virtual Conference |
Gumbie, M. Framing an idea to get your message across | Independent
Audiologists Australia 2020 Audition Changing the Game |
Schroeder, L. Economics of chronic pain | 11th
Conference on the Economics of Mental Health and Wellbeing |
Cutler, H. The impact of paid parental leave scheme on mothers mental health | 11th
Conference on the Economics of Mental Health and Wellbeing |
Schroeder, L. Towards an Australian declaration on integrated care: Aligning finances and incentives | International Foundation for Integrated Care. October 29, 2020 Online |
2019
Meulenbroeks I, Epp J, Schroeder L. "Does including informal caregivers into transitions of care provide better value care for patients with geriatric syndromes? A systematic review." | Asia Pacific Integrated Care (APIC2) conference 11-13 November, Melbourne |
Epp J, Schroeder L, Aghdaee M, Cutler C, Sheather-Reid R, Lewis P, Critchley A, & Bishop M, Evaluating Outcomes Based Care for Vulnerable Older People: Challenges and lessons learned from a complex program evaluation | 11th Health Services and Policy Research Conference in Auckland, New Zealand, 4 to 6 December, 2019 |
Epp J, Cutler H, Schroeder L, Sheather-Reid R, Lewis P, Critchley A, Bishop M. Commissioning for coordinated care using an outcomes based funding model: Insights from a process review | APIC2 – 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Care, Melbourne, 11-13 November 2019 |
Cutler H, Gumbie M, Olin E, Parkinson B, Bowman R, Quadri H, Gonzalez F. The cost-effectiveness of cochlear implants in UK adults. | ISPOR Europe 2019, Copenhagen, 2-6 November 2019 |
Schroeder E, Epp J, Aghdaee A, Cutler H, Sheather-Reid R, Lewis P, Searles A, Gazzard T, Critchley A and Bishop M. "Evaluating Outcomes Based Care for Vulnerable Older People: Challenges and lessons learned from a complex program evaluation" | Asia Pacific Integrated Care (APIC2) conference 11-13 November, Melbourne |
Sharma R, Gu Y, Sinha K, Marnane V, Ching TYC, Parkinson B. Evaluating a universal newborn hearing screening programme: tackling several methodological challenges using real-world data | Nordic Health Economic Study Group, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 21st – 23rd 2019 |
Aghdaee M, Parkinson B, Gu Y, Sinha K, Gumbie M, Olin E, Sharma R, Cutler H, CART Analysis: A new approach to mapping patient reported outcome measures to multi-attribute utility instruments | HESG Summer meeting, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, 3-5 July 2019 |
Aghdaee M, Parkinson B, Gu Y, Sinha K, Gumbie M, Olin E, Sharma R, Cutler H, CART Analysis: A new approach to mapping patient reported outcome measures to multi-attribute utility instruments | Department of Economics and Related Studies Seminar Series, University of York, 10th July 2019. |
Chen J, Gu Y, Jones A and Peng B, "Modelling healthcare costs: A semiparametric extension of generalised linear models" | The HESG Winter Meeting, York, UK |
Cutler H, "Undertaking research for government and industry. Challenges and opportunities" | Research Australia Roundtable, 11 December 2019, Melbourne |
Cutler H, "What is important for the future of healthcare" | Actuaries Institute, Future of Health Seminar, Melbourne, 23 Oct 2019 |
Schroeder L and Cutler H, "The cost-effectiveness of multi sectorial suicide prevention in NSW, Australia" | International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Congress, Rotorua, New Zealand |
Cutler, H "Researching mental health: An economics perspective" | Mental Health Commission Roundtable, 17 June 2019, Sydney |
Chen J, Gu Y, Jones A and Peng B, "Modelling healthcare costs: A semiparametric extension of generalised linear models" | CINCH Academy 2019, Essen, Germany |
Gu M, Bateman H, Teppa F, Thorp S. Family, friends and framing: a cross-country study of subjective survival expectations | Australian Health Economics society Conference, Melbourne, 23-24 September 2019 |
Aghdaee M, Parkinson B. Sensitivity of the EQ-5D-5L and AQoL-8D to co-morbidities. | Australian Health Economics Society Conference, Melbourne, 23-24 September 2019 |
Sharma R, Gu Y, Sinha K, Marnane V, Ching TYC, Parkinson B. Tackling methodological challenges using real-world data in economic modelling: evaluation of newborn hearing screening programs | Australian Health Economics Society Conference, Melbourne, 23-24 September 2019 |
Bilgami A, Maternity Leave and Mental Health | Australian Health Economics Society Conference, Melbourne, 23-24 September 2019 |
Gu M, Bateman H, Teppa F, Thorp S. Family, friends and framing: a cross-country study of subjective survival expectations | 27th Colloquium on Pensions and Retirement Research, Sydney, 2-3 December 2019 |
2018
Parkinson, B., Gumbie, M., Cutler, H., Gauld, N., Mumford, V., Haywood, P. Cost-effectiveness of down scheduling triptans in Australia | ISPOR 8th Asia-Pacific Conference, 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2018, KEIO PLAZA, TOKYO, JAPAN |
Gumbie, M., Parkinson, B., Bowman, R., Song, R., Cutler, H., Cost-effectiveness of screening a 5 year old child for hearing loss using Sound Scouts compared with no screening: a decision model analysis | ISPOR 8th Asia-Pacific Conference, 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2018, KEIO PLAZA, TOKYO, JAPAN |
Gumbie, M., Parkinson, B., Cutler, H., Gauld, N., Mumford, V. Is the oral contraceptive pill Rx to OTC switch cost-effective? | ISPOR 8th Asia-Pacific Conference, 8-11 SEPTEMBER 2018, KEIO PLAZA, TOKYO, JAPAN |
Si, L, Wu, Y, Hua, XY, Palmer, AJ, Clarke, PM. One-way sensitivity analysis in cost-effectiveness analyses in diabetes: which parameters are important? | Mount Hood Challenge Diabetes Meeting, 5-8 Otc. 2018, Dusseldorf, Germany |
Si, L. Health economic evaluation through the lens | 2018 International Symposium of Spondyloarthritis / Ankylosing Spondylitis, Guangzhou, China |
Gu Y, Cutler H, Jones A, Will public hospital patients choose a better quality hospital given the choice? | International Academy of Health Preference Research 27-28 September 2018, Hobart, Tasmania |
Aghdaee M, Parkinson B, Sinha K, Gumbie M, Cutler H, Olin E, CART Analysis: A new approach to mapping patient reported outcome measures to multi-attribute utility instruments | International Academy of Health Preference Research 27-28 September 2018, Hobart, Tasmania |
Cutler, H., Improving engagement and policy impact in health economics | AHES, 25-26 September 2018, Hobart, Tasmania |
Gumbie, M., Song, R., Bowman, R., Cutler, H., The cost effectiveness of Sound Scouts | AHES, 25-26 September 2018, Hobart, Tasmania |
Song R, Parkinson B, Cost-effectiveness of prostate cancer diagnostic test using PET scan (with F18 DCFPyL radio pharmaceutical) combined with computed tomography (CT) scan for patients with recurrent prostate cancer: a preliminary analysis | AHES, 25-26 September 2018, Hobart, Tasmania |
Sharma R, Gu Yuanyuan, Sinha Kompal, Parkinson Bonny. Mapping CHU9D utility values from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) | AHED, 25-26 September 2018, Hobart, Tasmania |
Epp J, Cutler H, Evaluating Outcomes Based Care for Vulnerable Older People: Challenges and lessons learned from a complex program evaluation | AHES, 25-26 September 2018, Hobart, Tasmania |
Aghdaee M, Parkinson B, Sinha K, Gumbie M, Cutler H, Olin E, CART Analysis: A new approach to mapping patient reported outcome measures to multi-attribute utility instruments | AHES, 25-26 September 2018, Hobart, Tasmania |
Bowman R, Cutler H, Parkinson B, Economic evaluations of cochlear implants in older adults: A systematic review | AHES, 25-26 September 2018, Hobart, Tasmania |
Introducing Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) (part of organised session: Parkinson B, Dalziel K, Gold L, Sinha K, Mortimer D, Reflections on teaching health economics) | AHES, 25-26 September 2018, Hobart, Tasmania |
Si L., Jieruo Gu, Andrew J Palmer, Liudan Tu, et al. Patient willingness to pay for osteoporosis medications: a discrete choice experiment | WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2018, 19-22 April 2018, Kraków, Polan |
Si L., Jieruo Gu, Andrew J Palmer, Liudan Tu, et al. What is Chinese patients’ preference for osteoporosis treatment? A discrete choice experiment | WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2018, 19-22 April 2018, Kraków, Polan |
Si L., Jieruo Gu, Liudan Tu, Ya Xie, Mickael Hiligsmann, et al. Knowledge about osteoporosis among Chinese at high risk for osteoporotic fractures | WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2018, 19-22 April 2018, Kraków, Polan |
Gumbie, M., Understanding individual and household choices in Africa using longitudinal data | Workshop on longitudinal datasets in Africa, 7-9 March 2018, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania |
Schroeder E. The cost-effectiveness of multimodal approaches in preventing and treating chronic pain | EUHEA Conference, 11-14 July 2018, Maastricht, The Netherlands |
Schroeder E. The cost-effectiveness of implementing a European systems-based approach to suicide prevention in Australia. | EUHEA Conference, 11-14 July 2018, Maastricht, The Netherlands |
Yuanyuan, G., Cutler, H., Olin, E. Will public hospital patients choose a better quality hospital given the choice? A discrete choice experiment | EUHEA Conference, 11-14 July 2018, Maastricht, The Netherlands |
Gumbie, M., Parkinson, B., Cutler, H., Is the oral contraceptive pill Rx to OTC switch cost-effective? | EUHEA Conference, 11-14 July 2018, Maastricht, The Netherlands |
Gumbie, M., Song, R., Bowman, R., Cutler, H., The cost effectiveness of Sound Scouts | EUHEA Conference, 11-14 July 2018, Maastricht, The Netherlands |
2017
Gumbie, M. Should oral contraceptive pills be available over the counter? | The 10th Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Gold Coast, Australia |
Parkinson, B., Gumbie, M. To down-schedule, or not to down-schedule, triptans in Australia? | The 39th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference, September 21-22, 2017, Sydney, Australia |
Gu, Y., Cutler, H., Olin, E. Will public hospital patients choose a better quality hospital given the choice? A discreet choice experiment | The 39th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference, September 21-22, 2017, Sydney, Australia |
Gumbie, M., Cutler, H., Parkinson, B. Should oral contraceptives be available over-the-counter? | The 39th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference, September 21-22, 2017, Sydney, Australia |
Olin, E., Cutler, H., Gu, Y. The potential use of quality information when choosing between public hospitals for surgery. The impact of health literacy | The 39th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference, September 21-22, 2017, Sydney, Australia |
Cutler, H. The use and usefulness of outcomes based funding for hospitals | The 39th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference, September 21-22, 2017, Sydney, Australia |
Gu, Y. Priority setting in HTA: Preferences of decision makers | International Health Economics Association, 8-11 July, 2017, Boston, USA |
Gumbie, M,. Cutler, H., Parkinson, B. Framework for oral contraceptive Rx to OTC switch in Australia | International Health Economics Association, 8-11 July, 2017, Boston, USA |
Cutler, H., Gu, Y., Olin, E. The potential use of quality information when choosing between public hospitals for surgery. The impact of health literacy | International Health Economics Association, 8-11 July, 2017, Boston, USA |
Cutler, H., Gu, Y., Olin, E. Will public hospital patients choose a better quality hospital given the choice? | International Health Economics Association, 8-11 July, 2017, Boston, USA |
Gumbie, M., Olin, E., Gu, Y., and Cutler, H., Protocol for the Evaluation of an Outcomes Based Care for Vulnerable Older People | 17th International Conference on Integrated Care, 8 May 2017, Dublin, Ireland |
Bilgrami, A. The potential impacts of private health insurance reforms on membership and policy downgrading | 8th Australasian workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, 1-3 May 2017, Coral Sea Resort, Airlie Beach, Queensland |
Lancsar, E., Gu, Y., Gyrd-Hansen, D., Butler, J., Ratcliffe, J., Bulfone, L., and Donaldson, C., "General public preferences and weights for priority setting in health care resource allocation" | Values in Priority Setting Workshop: Report and Discussion of the NHMRC VIP Project,Melbourne |
Gu, Y., Lancsar, E., Ghijben, P., Butler, J., and Donaldson, C., "Attributes and weights in health care priority setting: a systematic review of what counts and to what extent" | Values in Priority Setting Workshop: Report and Discussion of the NHMRC VIP Project,Melbourne |
2016
Parkinson, B., Viney, R., Haas, M., Goodall, S., Real-world observational data in cost-effectiveness analyses: Herceptin as a case study | ISPOR Australian Chapter Contemporary Economic Modelling Workshop |
Ariyaratne TV, Ademi Z, Huq M, Duffy SJ, Billah B, Rosenfeldt F, Parkinson B, Yap CH, Yan BP, Smith J, Brennan A, Tran L, Reid CM, The Real-World Cost-effectiveness of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Versus Stenting in High-risk Patients: Propensity Score Analysis of a Single Centre Experience | ISPOR 21st Annual International Meeting, May 21-25 2016, Washington DC |
Parkinson B, Sermet C, Clement F, Crausaz S, Godman B, Garner S, Choudhury M, Pearson SA, Viney R, Lopert R, Elshaug AG. ‘‘Disinvestment and Value-Based Purchasing Strategies for Pharmaceuticals: An International Review’’ | National Medicines Symposium |
Wang, H., Cheng, Z. and Smyth, R. (2016). Language and Consumption | The Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences, Japan |
V. Mumford, D. Greenfield, B. Parkinson, J. Braithwaite. Do the benefits of accreditation outweigh the costs? A case study approach to evaluate what it would take for accreditation to be cost-effective. | 33rd ISQua Conference 2016, 16-19th October, Tokyo |
Parkinson B, Brown, P, Sherman K. Cost-effectiveness of a decision aid for breast reconstruction after surgery | International Congress on Behavioural Medicine, December 2016, Melbourne |
Parkinson B, Brown P, Boyages J, Cameron L, Elder E, Lam T, Shaw LK, Sherman K. Cost-effectiveness of a decision aid for breast reconstruction | The 38th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference, Mon 26th - Tue 27th September 2016, Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Perth, Australia |
V. Mumford, D. Greenfield, B. Parkinson, J. Braithwaite. Do the benefits of accreditation outweigh the costs? A case study approach to evaluate what it would take for accreditation to be cost-effective. | The 38th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference, Mon 26th - Tue 27th September 2016, Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Perth, Australia |
Schroeder, L. A systematic literature review of the economic impacts of suicide, suicide attempt and suicide prevention | The 38th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference, Mon 26th - Tue 27th September 2016, Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Perth, Australia |
Bilgrami, A. The potential impacts of private health insurance reforms on membership and policy downgrading | The 38th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference, Mon 26th - Tue 27th September 2016, Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Perth, Australia |
Cheng, Z. Cutler, H. Migration and Subjective Wellbeing in Australian Aged Care Workforce | The 38th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference, Mon 26th - Tue 27th September 2016, Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Perth, Australia |
Industry presentations
2023
Cutler, H. A roadmap to scalable value based payments | Australian Health and Hospital Association |
Norman, A. Health economics and principles of reimbursement | NSW Health Commercialisation Training Program: Business |
Aghdaee, M. Mapping PROMIS-29 to EQ-5D | ACI Research Symposium (Keynote Speaker) |
Parkinson, B. Panel Discussion | HTA Summit Webinar |
2022
Cutler, H. Reforming Australia’s funding models to support integrated care | 2nd Annual Chronic Disease Management Summit |
Cutler, H. Should Australia continue to finance aged care using lump sum payments? The evidence so far | Improving Quality and Choice in Aged Care Roundtable |
Cutler, H. The shifts in financial risks associated with advancing value based care in Australia | Australasian College of Health Service Management |
Parkinson, B. Assessing and funding precision medicines: are current processes fit for purpose? | ARCS Annual Conference |
2021
Cutler, H. Change Imperatives: Accelerating Healthcare Transformation | Healthcare Leaders Forum |
Cutler, H. Current funding system and alternative funding solutions. An Australian perspective | Austrade (Sweden) |
Cutler, H The role of financial literacy when paying for aged care | Productivity Commission |
Cutler, H. The cost effectiveness of cochlear implants in Swedish adults | Cochlear Implants Futures Forum |
Cutler, H. Unpacking the 2021 Federal Budget in Health and Aged Care | Research Australia - Health Economics Roundtable |
Hoyle, M. Senate Inquiry into Approval Processes for New Drug and Novel Medical Technologies in Australia | Standing Committee on Health |
Cutler, H. Aged Care Transformed – Funding and finance recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety | Leading Aged Care Services Australia |
Cutler, H. Impact and Analysis of the Royal Commission report, Funding and finance. Which direction to sustainability? | Aged Care Services Australia Conference |
2020
Cutler, H. The impact of a paid parental leave scheme on mothers mental health | 11th Workshop on the Economics of Mental Health and Wellbeing, Victoria, Australia |
Gumbie, M. Framing an idea to get your message across | Independent Audiologists Australia 2020 Audition Changing the Game |
Schroeder, L. Economics of Chronic Pain | 11th Workshop on the Economics |
2019
Schroeder, L., Cutler, H. The Productivity Commission's inquiry into mental health. Views from stakeholders | 10th Workshop on the Economics of Health and Wellbeing |
Cutler, H. Researching mental health. An econmics perspective | NSW MHC Research Roundtable |
Cutler, H. What is healthcare? | Actuaries Institute Seminar on the Future of Healthcare |
Gumbie, M. Economic Evaluation of Hearing Devices: Measuring the Patient Benefits of Devices | Hearing Implants Australia, St Vincent's Clinic |
2018
Gu, Y. Do public hospital patients choose a better quality hospital given the choice? A discrete choice experiment | Department of Economics, University of Bath, UK |
Cutler, H. An ageing Australia. Doom or boom? | Living to 100 Conference, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, UNSW |
Cutler, H. Taking stock of the Australian healthcare system | Healthcare Leaders Forum 2018 |
Schroeder, L. Economic Evaluation for Integrated Care | International Foundation for Integrated Care Symposium, NSW Parliament House |
Cutler, H. Considering integrated care to keep people out of hospital | Novartis Pre-Congress Symposium, 2018 World Hospital Congress, Brisbane Australia |
Schroeder, L. Financing integrated care and creating incentives | International Federation for Integrated Care, Byron Bay, NSW |
Parkinson, B. An economic evaluation framework to inform the scheduling of medicines in Australia | National Medicines Symposium, 30 May - 1 June 2018, Canberra |
Cutler, H. The economics of hearing health care | Workshop: Planning and Implementing Hearing Healthcare: From Global To Local Solutions |
2017
Parkinson, B. Health Economic Framework to Inform Prescription to OTC Switch | World Self Medication General Assembly 2017 |
Cutler, H. Analysing data: Fast and slow | Revisiting Whitlam’s Vision for Health: Economists, Data and Efficiency |
Cutler, H., Gu, Y. Competition Policy - Choice in Public Hospitals | The Australian Productivity Commission |
Cutler, H. Improving the patient experience | Informa |
2016
Cutler, H. The Future of Australia's aged care workforce | Macquarie University |
Cutler, H. Economic evaluation of hearing devices. Some surgery required. | Cochlear Global Symposium |
2015
Cutler, H. Competition in health and human services | MUCHE |
Cutler, H. How do we evaluate systems in health care? | New Horizons Conference, Northern Sydney Academic Health Sciences |
Cutler, H. The economics of health technology. Some surgery required. | Medtech, Medical Technology Association of Australia |
Cutler, H. The value of health technologies | Medtech, Medical Technology Association of Australia |
Editorial boards
Members of the MUCHE team also contribute by sitting on editorial boards for a number of reputed academic journals, including:
A/Prof Bonny Parkinson | PharmacoEconomics | Editorial Board Member |
Oxford Open Economics | Associate Editor | |
A/Prof Kompal Sinha | Journal of Population Economics | Editor |
Dr Yuanyuan Gu | PharmacoEconomics | Editorial Board Member |
Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy | Editorial Board Member | |
Dr Olukorede Abiona | Review of Development Economics | Associate Editor |