Publications

Boyle, JR, Loftus, IM, Goodall, S, Crowther, M, Bell, PRF & Thompson, MM 1998, 'Amlodipine potentiates metalloproteinase activity and accelerates elastin degradation in a model of aneurysmal disease', European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 408-414.
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Cromwell, DA, Viney, R, Halsall, J & Hindle, D 1998, 'Linking measures of health gain to explicit priority setting by an Area Health Service in Australia', Social Science & Medicine, vol. 47, no. 12, pp. 2067-2074.
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A demonstration project was undertaken to develop, an integer programming model that could help a regional health authority to take into account data on service effectiveness when allocating resources to acute inpatient services. The model was designed t

Garmany, JD, Gonzalez, F, Ketron, M, Bismark, L, Hall, J, Terry, K, Wilhoit, K & King, M 1998, 'Implementation of critical incident stress debriefing at the Johnson City Medical Center Emergency Department.', Tenn Nurse, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 20-22.

Haas, M & Hall, J 1998, 'The Economic Evaluation of Health Care', Health Information Management, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 169-172.
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Economic evaluation is the comparative analysis of alternative courses of action in terms of both costs and consequences. Economic evaluation can also be called economic appraisal or the cost-benefit approach. The basis of economic evaluation lies in comparing costs and benefits of an intervention, program or service. The most important reasons for undertaking an economic evaluation are that resources (e.g., money, time, staff, equipment) are scarce compared with the demands made on them, and that such resource constraints require choices to be made. In this paper, four types of economic evaluations (cost-minimisation, cost-effectiveness, cost-utility and cost-benefit analyses) are described.

Hall, J 1998, 'The economics of public health', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 188-189.
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Hall, J, Viney, R & Haas, M 1998, 'Taking a count: the evaluation of genetic testing', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 754-758.
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While some forms of genetic testing have been available for decades, the progress of the Human Genome Project will expand the possibilities for testing. Evaluation of genetic testing is warranted because health care services have an opportunity cost and

Tonkin, A, Aylward, P, Colquhoun, D, Glasziou, P, Harris, P, MacMahon, S, Magnus, P, Newel, D, Nestel, P, Sharpe, N, Hunt, D, Shaw, J, Simes, RJ, Thompson, P, Thomson, A, West, M, White, H, Simes, S, Hague, W, Caleo, S, Hall, J, Martin, A, Mulray, S, Barter, P, Beilin, L, Collins, R, McNeil, J, Meier, P, Willimott, H, Smithers, D, Wallace, P, Sullivan, D, Keech, A & Ischaemic, L-TIP 1998, 'Prevention of cardiovascular events and death with pravastatin in patients with coronary heart disease and a broad range of initial cholesterol levels', NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, vol. 339, no. 19, pp. 1349-1357.

Viney, R & Haas, M 1998, 'Funding arrangements for telehealth: Encouraging efficiency rather than proliferation', Australian Health Review, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 34-34.
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The use of telehealth as a basis for delivering health services is growing acrossAustralia, and there is clear potential for these technologies to address some of the enduring issues of access and costs of service delivery. However,appropriate incentives must be created to encourage clinicians and managers to evaluate the true opportunity costs and benefits of delivering services in this way against the relevant alternative.This paper examines how different funding arrangements might encourage or discourage efficient use of telehealth.

De Abreu Lourenco, R 1970, 'Commentary on “Public Choice, Pluralism and the State in the Emerging Paradigm”', Proceedings of the 20th Conference of Health Economists, Sydney.

Caleo, S & Hall, J CHERE 1998, Measles elimination: Costing of a national measles immunisation 'catch up' program, CHERE Project Report No 7, Sydney.

Hall, J, Haas, M & Leeder, S CHERE 1998, Contemporay and emerging issues in public health, CHERE Project Report No 8, Sydney.

Slater, J, Hall, JP, Lowin, A & Alperstein, G CHERE 1998, Cost effectiveness analysis of school based Mantoux screening for TB in Central Sydney, CHERE Discussion Paper No 37, Sydney.