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How rising temperatures impact our economic preferences

How rising temperatures impact our economic preferences

Some places might soon be too hot for inhabitants to make optimal economic decisions.

Michelle Escobar Carias

David Johnston

Rohan Sweeney

Rachel Knott

Centre for Health Economics

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

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

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

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 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

“We need a Reserve Bank for health”: Australia’s health ‘Godfather’ on fixing the system

“We need a Reserve Bank for health”: Australia’s health ‘Godfather’ on fixing the system

The 'Americanisation' of our health system; pharmaceutical protectionism; a regulator for health - Professor Jeff Richardson has been at the coalface of these policy debates for more than 30 years.

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