Hall, JP 2003, 'Health economics' in McAllister, I, Dowrick, S & Hassan, R (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Social Sciences in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 60-73.
Beutels, P, Van Doorslaer, E, Van Damme, P & Hall, J 2003, 'Methodological issues and new developments in the economic evaluation of vaccines', Expert Review of Vaccines, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 649-660.
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The application of economic evaluation in healthcare, including vaccination programs, has increased exponentially since the 1980s. There are a number of aspects of economic evaluation of vaccine programs that present particular challenges to the analyst. These include the development of the appropriate epidemiological models from which to estimate the costs and benefits; the accurate prediction of uptake rates; the incorporation of quality adjusted survival gains; and the inclusion of intangible but nonetheless important benefits and costs associated with infectious disease and vaccination. The estimation of marginal intervention costs presents specific difficulties, especially for multivalent vaccines and valuing costs and benefits over time is heavily influenced by the choice of discount rate, which is still a controversial topic. Developments in the next 5 years are likely to address all of these issues and result in more sophisticated and accurate models of vaccination programs.
Beutels, P, Van Doorslaer, E, Van Damme, P & Hall, JP 2003, 'Methodological issues and new developments in the economic evaluation of vaccines', Expert review of vaccines, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 89-100.
Bond, S & Wise, S 2003, 'Family leave policies and devolution to the line', Personnel Review, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 58-72.
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Burgess, L & Street, DJ 2003, 'Optimal Designs for 2kChoice Experiments', Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 2185-2206.
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A study was performed on optimal designs for 2k choice experiments. The choice sets were established in the D-optimal design for testing main effects and two-factor interactions. A method to construct optimal and near-optimal designs with small numbers of choice sets was given.
Haas, M 2003, 'Economic evaluation: A useful research method', Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 85-86.
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Hall, JP 2003, 'Australian health policy research and development', MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, vol. 178, no. 7, pp. 356-356.
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HARRIS, LM & VINEY, RC 2003, 'Health Science Curriculum Reform: A framework for evaluation', Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 411-422.
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Kenny, P, Hall, J, Viney, R & Haas, M 2003, 'Do participants understand a stated preference health survey? A qualitative approach to assessing validity', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 664-681.
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Objectives: Examine the validity of using a self-completed Stated Preference Discrete Choice Modeling (SPDCM) questionnaire to measure parents' preferences for vaccinating their children against varicella. Methods: A qualitative approach was used to assess the way parents understood the technical information in the questionnaire and the factors they considered to be important to the immunization decision. After completion of the SPDCM questionnaire, thirty-four participants completed a semistructured interview by telephone. Interview transcripts were analyzed by using content analysis. Comparisons were then made with the SPDCM questionnaire results. Results: The technical information used to describe the program attributes appeared to be used appropriately by participants, although their explanations indicated that their understanding did not always come from the questionnaire information. Only one participant appeared to misunderstand the stated preference task, and a small number thought that the complexity and length should be reduced. The results of analysis of the questionnaire data were supported by the qualitative study, with the notable features of the model being reflected in the views commonly expressed about the immunization decision. Several additional factors were identified as important to the choice, including beliefs about vaccination generally and perceptions of the seriousness of varicella. Conclusions: Although more research is required to investigate the validity of SPDCM for the measurement of preferences in health care, this study supports the validity of its use in childhood immunization where parents are familiar with the decision context.
Kessabi, S, de Abreu Lourenco, R & Wonder, M 2003, 'Rescuing Patients from the Rule of Efficiency', PharmacoEconomics, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 681-681.
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Kessabi, S, de Abreu Lourenco, R & Wonder, M 2003, 'Rescuing patients from the rule of efficiency: a need to debate the 'rule of rescue'.', Pharmacoeconomics, vol. 21, no. 9, p. 681.
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Smith, NF & Street, DJ 2003, 'The Use of Balanced Incomplete Block Designs in Designing Randomized Response Surveys', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 181-194.
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AbstractThis paper investigates the block total response method proposed by Raghavarao and Federer for providing accurate estimates of the base rates of sensitive characteristics during surveys. It determines the best balanced incomplete block design to use to estimate the base rates for three, four, five and six sensitive attributes respectively, given a maximum total number of 13 questions. The estimates obtained from this method have smaller variance than estimates obtained using the similar, but more popular, unmatched count technique.
Wise, S & Bond, S 2003, 'Work‐life policy: does it do exactly what it says on the tin?', Women in Management Review, vol. 18, no. 1/2, pp. 20-31.
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Policies which help employees balance their work and non‐work priorities have become increasingly popular among UK employers in recent years. Along with a legislative imperative for family leave‐related policies, employers are being encouraged to introduce work‐life policies and make them more inclusive in order to enhance their business performance. This paper looks at how four financial services organisations have approached the work‐life balance agenda and examines the fit between the organisational intentions for work‐life policy and actual outcomes for both organisations and employees. Culture played a large part in determining the experience of policies but so did resources. What managers were being asked to achieve in the business was often incompatible with formal work‐life policies. Despite the rhetoric, work‐life balance was still viewed as a tool for, and was used by female parents, limiting its potential to achieve the promoted business benefits.
De Abreu Lourenco, R 1970, 'A study of cancer patients’ preferences for type and location of bisphosphonate infusions', ). The American Society of Clinical Oncology. 39th Annual Meeting, Chicago Illinois.
De Abreu Lourenco, R 1970, 'Factors considered in pharmaceutical reimbursement in Australia: A role for the rule of rescue?', ISPOR First Asia Pacific Conference., Kobe, Japan.
De Abreu Lourenco, R 1970, 'Impact of different bisphosphonate infusions on patients’ preference and clinic use', European Winter Oncology Conference, Flims, Switzerland.
De Abreu Lourenco, R 1970, 'The cost-effectiveness of imatinib for the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumours.', ISPOR First Asia Pacific Conference, Kobe, Japan.
Kenny, P, Mahmic, A, Lancsar, E, Anderson, R, King, M & Hall, J CHERE 2003, Diaries or questionnaires for collecting self-reported healthcare utilisation and patient cost data? CHERE Project Report No 20, Sydney.
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The literature comparing diaries and questionnaires was reviewed in order to identify the most appropriate method of collecting patient self-reported data, on health service utilisation and out-ofpocket costs, for a longitudinal study. Nine published studies met the review inclusion criteria; four compared the diary method with a self-completed questionnaire and five with an interviewer administered questionnaire. None of the eligible studies measured patient costs, and only two measured some aspects of health service utilisation. Most of the studies reported higher response rates for questionnaires than for diaries, and there was some evidence of selection bias. There was a tendency to report more symptoms, symptom intensity or health care utilisation by questionnaires compared to diaries, and compared to physician reports (included in only two studies). The review provides some information about the two approaches for collecting self-reported data, but does not provide sufficient evidence to favour either approach.
Pollicino, C, Haywood, P & Hall, J CHERE 2003, Economic evaluation of the proposed surgical scheme at Auburn Hospital: Final report, CHERE Project Report No 19, Sydney.
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Background Public hospitals have experienced budget constraints but as demand for admissions has been growing at the same time, occupancy levels have been increasing. As emergency and urgent admissions are given priority, the effect has been not just longer waiting times and larger waiting lists for non-urgent admissions, but also frequent cancellations of elective surgery, thus adding to patients? waiting time. Consequently, there have been a number of attempts to reduce elective surgical waiting lists. The Auburn Elective Surgical Program (AESP) was a pilot program funded by the NSW Health Department, to improve elective surgery for patients in Western Sydney Area Health Service (WSAHS). The program commenced 19th July 2001 and ended 15th November 2001. Initially, the program targeted three specific surgical procedures, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hernia repair, and haemorrhoidectomy, and was expanded to include thyroidectomy, ligation and stripping of varicose veins and endoscopy. The program sought to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of administrative and clinical aspects of elective surgery by: > Using spare operating theatre capacity at Auburn Hospital; > the use of a new booking and waiting list system, managed by a nurse co-ordinator, which offered suitable patients a definite date for surgery; > increasing surgical sessions by paying participating surgeons on a fee for service basis; > however, surgery could be performed by a surgeon other than their treating surgeon; > re-structuring elective surgical sessions to eliminate meal breaks; > planning post discharge care so that surgery could be performed on a day only basis. The Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) was commissioned to undertake an independent evaluation of the AESP. This study has examined the throughput, health outcomes, costs and patient satisfaction. Throughput data on the program were defined as time spent on the waiting list, number of failure...
