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One of Australia’s largest teams of health economists & research domains in Deakin University’s Institute for Health Transformation Australia.
One of DHE’s senior leaders, Nikki McCaffrey (joint senior author), helped shape the new national research agenda for palliative care economics, led by Chris Schilling & 27 experts. The priorities aim to guide smarter, fairer investment in palliative care for all Australians. doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Toward a comprehensive research agenda: exploring the health economics of palliative care in Australia - BMC Palliative Care
Background Despite significant advances in the availability and quality of palliative care globally, health economics research to understand the value of palliative care in Australian settings remains...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Huge congratulations to our DHE’s Mary Rose Angeles on the release of The Rehabilitation and Management of Long COVID- A Handbook for Clinical Practice. Mary contributed a chapter with Martin Hensher, Dani Hitch & Karen Dickinson on health economics and the broader healthcare system for Long COVID.
October 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A huge congratulations to our latest Masters of Health Economics students 👏👏👏
September 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
DHE's @tannguyendexcl.bsky.social with Santosh Tadakamadla explain if six monthly oral health check-ups and clean is needed. Read more @theconvo-bot.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/2fs86hxv
September 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Productivity Commission 'Delivering quality care more efficiently Interim Report' has been released, and we are extremely supportive of the call to establish a National Prevention Investment Framework. Read more from the report here: www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/cu...
Improving efficiency to deliver better care
In this interim report, the Commission presents its initial findings and draft recommendations and invites further information and feedback from interested people and organisations.
www.pc.gov.au
August 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
DHE celebrates the graduation of our University of Melbourne student, Dr Tristan Nickless - congratulations!
August 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Are you interested in the economics of prevention and looking for the right PhD opportunity with a fun and high-performing team? This could be for you 👇 👇 👇
August 4, 2025 at 5:17 AM
🚨 New from Deakin Health Economics!

Freshly published in BMJ Open: how employment support impacts people with intellectual disability—and their families—across different work environments.

👏 Big congrats to the team Nikki McCaffrey, @drannliv.bsky.social

🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6/e098312
Impact of employment support in different work environments on individuals with intellectual disability and their families from their own perspectives: protocol for a systematic review of qualitative ...
Introduction People with intellectual disability experience lower levels of employment than those with other disabilities and those without disability, and typically require support services to access...
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July 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🔍 New research alert! A study led by Ann Livingstone has developed a discrete choice experiment to understand user preferences for cancer information and support services (CISS).
Read here: lnkd.in/gQ2QQCsx
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June 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
📢Results from a DCE involving parents of children aged to five years suggest that leveraging the potential for healthier diets, followed by healthier physical activity, as key benefits of early childhood obesity prevention interventions is a good thing 🙌 doi.org/10.1111/ijpo...
June 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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As we soar through 2025, it’s a great time to reflect on what Deakin Health Economics achieved in 2024. Our dedication and hard work continue to drive impactful research that supports healthier communities across Australia and around the world.
May 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
How is scale incorporated into economic evaluations of interventions to prevent obesity or to improve obesity-related risk factors, you may ask? New paper published, and DHE Masters student and intern Carina Dalton's first academic pub 👏 doi.org/10.1111/obr....
How Is Scale Incorporated Into the Economic Evaluation of Interventions to Prevent Obesity or to Improve Obesity‐Related Risk Factors: A Systematic Scoping Review
Introduction Obesity prevention interventions commonly need to be implemented at scale, to address what is a significant population-level issue. While systematic reviews on the economic evidence for...
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May 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
As we soar through 2025, it’s a great time to reflect on what Deakin Health Economics achieved in 2024. Our dedication and hard work continue to drive impactful research that supports healthier communities across Australia and around the world.
May 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
🚨 Research win! Utsana’s study shows ART-HT is a cost-effective solution for early childhood caries in remote Aboriginal Communities. Improves access, boosts health outcomes, and offers sustainable value. HUGE step for oral health equity—let’s get this vital care to underserved kids! 🌍
May 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🚨 New research alert! Ever wondered what stands in the way of better access to health data for research in Australia? We asked the data custodians themselves.

📄 Read the findings: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#HealthData #DataSharing #ResearchMatters
May 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
🧮 Health economists ≠ just number crunchers. We’re storytellers, policy shapers, and change makers. #ThisIsHealthEcon
May 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
☀️ Hot off the press ☀️
Both the Labour and Liberal party's seem committed to Medicare Urgent Care Centre's, findings from our review on the model reveal patient experiences and the mixed impact on ED presentations.
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
May 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Reposted by Deakin Health Economics
New PhD paper.

Dental caries preventive interventions for children were NOT cost-effective.

The 'catch'? Results sensitive to including other healthcare costs and time horizon.

Many thanks for my PhD supervisors.

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Economic evaluation on dental caries preventive interventions for Australian children using a priority-setting approach - The European Journal of Health Economics
This study aims to economically evaluate three preventive interventions for dental caries among Australian children from low household income. The interventions included: (1) anticipatory guidance pro...
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April 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📱 PhD in Health Economics – Digital Health Research at Deakin University. Interested in the economic impact of digital health technologies?

DHE is offering exciting PhD opportunities for domestic students to explore the role of digital health in improving healthcare delivery and outcomes.
April 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
🏥 PhD in Health Economics – Chronic Conditions Research at Deakin University

Are you driven to improve healthcare for people living with chronic conditions? DHE invites passionate domestic PhD students to join our team and conduct impactful research in chronic disease economics.
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Are you passionate about improving cancer care through cutting-edge research? DHE is seeking dedicated domestic PhD students to contribute to impactful research in cancer economics.

Contact dhe@deakin.edu.au for more information.
April 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
🌟 Excited! Sithara Wanni Arachchige Dona's first PhD publication! 🌟

Health-related quality of life, service utilisation & costs for anxiety disorders in children and young people: A systematic review & meta-analysis doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

🙏 Thanks to supervisors and co-authors for their support!
Redirecting
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April 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Pursue a PhD in Health Economics at Deakin University – Scholarship Opportunities Available!

We are seeking talented and motivated domestic PhD students to join our team!

For more information and to express your interest, contact dhe@deakin.edu.au
April 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
DHE's Marufa Sultana attended the EuroQol 5th ECR and 9th Academic Meeting, 10-13 March in Barcelona and presented ‘Comparison of Psychometric Performance of Self-Complete and Proxy Versions of the Bangla EQ-5D-Y-3L and Factors Influencing Agreement’. Thanks to EuroQol for the travel scholarship.
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Voting is open!

DHE's @tannguyendexcl.bsky.social presents this poster on using artificial intelligence technology in dentistry to drive value-based healthcare.
With Your Community Health and CoTreat.
#oralhealth #publichealth

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Vote here: tinyurl.com/4c8bf9sr
March 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM