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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

HIV treatment, testing undermined by opposition to same-sex marriage

HIV treatment, testing undermined by opposition to same-sex marriage

The postcode in which you live can affect your sexual health in a surprising way.

Karinna Saxby

Centre for Health Economics

Making the most of global health aid

Making the most of global health aid

Using the sector-wide approach (SWAp) to coordinate health aid delivers substantial improvements in population health.

Centre for Health Economics

Too close to home: The closer the pokies venue, the greater the loss

Too close to home: The closer the pokies venue, the greater the loss

Just living close to a gaming venue increases the likelihood that you will gamble, face an increased risk of bankruptcy and experience poor mental health.

David Johnston

Nicole Black

Samia Badji

Centre for Health Economics

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

Why is mental healthcare treatment among children and young adults so low?

Why is mental healthcare treatment among children and young adults so low?

Less than half of all young adults facing mental health issues access professional help. Instead, they turn to friends and family for help with personal and emotional problems. Why?

Sonja de New

Karinna Saxby

Dennis Petrie

Clement Wong

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

Mental health – two small words, one very big cost (Ep 1)

Mental health – two small words, one very big cost (Ep 1)

Productivity Commissioner Dr Stephen King spent two years trying to identify the economic cost of mental illness and suicide. The human cost is even greater. And Dr Zen Goh explains how we can actually thrive at work.

Stephen King

Zen Goh

Department of Management

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

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