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The profile of a distressed worker: Young, female and in casual work

The profile of a distressed worker: Young, female and in casual work

The most detailed picture yet of those most affected by economic downturns shows young women suffer the greatest increase in psychological distress.

Nicole Black

David Johnston

Centre for Health Economics

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

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

Don’t hold off breast cancer screening, women told

Don’t hold off breast cancer screening, women told

COVID-19 has made women reluctant to attend routine breast cancer screening, but there is a compelling reason not to put it off: cost.

Karinna Saxby

Dennis Petrie

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

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

Weighing up the costs of childhood obesity

Weighing up the costs of childhood obesity

As the Federal Government’s inquiry into the obesity epidemic gets underway, new research shows the overall cost of childhood obesity may be much higher than previously thought.

Nicole Black

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