Health Economics Research Program
The aim of the Health Economics Research Program is to conduct high quality and policy relevant research across a number of areas of applied health economics. The program is based in the Melbourne Institute and has members from across the University of Melbourne, including the Department of Economics, School of Population Health, and Department of General Practice.
These are under-researched areas of work within Australia and internationally, as well as being highly policy relevant. The methods used in these areas include the interrogation of large datasets using econometric techniques, through to the collection of data using specially designed surveys and experiments.
Research is funded from competitive external grants from ARC, NHMRC, state and Commonwealth governments, and other sources. Members have a strong international record of health economics research in the following areas.
- Health care workforce and health professionals labour markets.
- Health insurance and health care finance.
- Performance, incentives and competition in health care.
- The economics of primary health care services.
- Socio-economic determinants of health.
- Economics of substance use and abuse.