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The grim reality for older Australians during COVID-19

The grim reality for older Australians during COVID-19

While public health issues have been foremost in the global fight against COVID-19, public policies are only now exposing the full consequences of this international scourge. And for more than a third of older Australians, isolation – not health concerns – was the biggest problem.

Gang Chen

Centre for Health Economics

A tourist drawcard and an economic lifeline – but a threat to health

A tourist drawcard and an economic lifeline – but a threat to health

Exotic to tourists, essential for local low-skilled workers, Indian street food vendors also peddle another ware: the risk of contaminated food.

Denni Tommasi

Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics

Loneliness is not just a health burden; it also has an economic cost

Loneliness is not just a health burden; it also has an economic cost

Loneliness has an economic cost.  As a new study reveals its link with mental health in Australia, what can be done?

Claryn Kung

Johannes Kunz

Centre for Health Economics

Saving blood: Managing supply without health risks

Saving blood: Managing supply without health risks

Changes to patient blood management guidelines have lowered health risks for patients and reduced costs with fewer blood transfusions and less time spent in the hospital.

Anthony Harris

Teacher assessment bias: overweight children more likely to be rated lower

Teacher assessment bias: overweight children more likely to be rated lower

Heavier primary school children are given less favourable academic assessments by their teachers.

Nicole Black

Sonja de New

Centre for Health Economics

More say in what to pay? Putting patients in the driver’s seat

More say in what to pay? Putting patients in the driver’s seat

Delivering high-quality health care with limited funding is increasingly difficult for many GPs. Could the solution be as simple as giving patients more say in what to pay?

Duncan Mortimer

Bouncing back from COVID-19: what determines resilience?

Bouncing back from COVID-19: what determines resilience?

'She'll be right mate' is Australia's version of Britain's 'Keep calm and carry on'. But what determines our ability to bounce back when life deals a heavy blow?

David Johnston

Michael Shields

Centre for Health Economics

How COVID-19 widens the divide between rich and poor children

How COVID-19 widens the divide between rich and poor children

Financial hardship from the COVID-19 lockdown will broaden the gap between rich and poor, with children faring worst.

Centre for Health Economics

How economic conditions impact on opioid deaths in Australia

How economic conditions impact on opioid deaths in Australia

Unemployment-related stress leads to an increase in prescription opioid deaths; so does economic uncertainty.

Sonja de New

Burnout: the advent of the modern brain drain?

Burnout: the advent of the modern brain drain?

Understanding how people can recover following career burnout may be just as difficult as unravelling the root cause, according to new research.  

Margaret Lee

Department of Management

Where should our mental health dollars go?

Where should our mental health dollars go?

Mental health issues can have little-understood but long-reaching consequences for individuals, families, neighbourhoods. Developing a mental health policy that best utilises our economic resources is crucial for all Australians.

Michael Shields

Do Australians really care about eating healthy food?

Do Australians really care about eating healthy food?

As governments around the world try to curtail the global obesity crisis, do Australia’s Health Star ratings encourage people to choose healthy options?

Satheesh Seenivasan

Department of Marketing