Health, Education and Social Services

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Health and human services economics has been a key focus for the CIE for the past decade, and preparing evidentiary material for improved health and welfare is now a central component of the work that we undertake.

 

Our primary fields of work include:

  • health and human services economic research and analysis, often in the context of developing and reviewing various financing and payment models for government funded services

  • health economics evaluation, providing a detailed program logic and theory of change to assess appropriateness, effectiveness, and efficiency of a wide range of programs at the Commonwealth (hearing services, pharmaceuticals, private health insurance) and State Government level (multiple hospital avoidance programs and those focused on early intervention and multi-disciplinary care)

  • economic modelling of health and human services, policies and programs, typically involving cost benefit analysis to optimise alternative service delivery models and the allocation of human system resources to maximise population outcomes in a financially sustainable way

  • undertaking core human services economics and regulatory review tasks, such as literature review, data collection  and analysis, regulatory impact assessments, and benefit cost analysis that informs health and human services system priority setting

  • data collection and statistical econometric analysis to support analysis of large data sets, and

  • qualitative analysis and stakeholder consultation in the health and human services sector.


SOME OF OUR WORK


KEY TEAM MEMBERS

Sarina Lacey