*MUCHE EXTERNAL SEMINAR* [Tue 28 May 12PM-1PM AEST] Join us for a seminar by visiting A/Prof, Jongsay Yong (Melbourne Institute). Jongsay will discuss his research on the effects of private health insurance on hospital utilisation. F2F. Location: 3137, 75 Talavera Rd Australian Institute of Health Innovation

Thanks to the fantastic MUCHE group for hosting me yesterday. Grateful for super helpful feedback on our transparency work and lots of inspiring conversations. Thanks Jonas for organising everything!

Read Professor Philip Clarke and Professor Henry Cutler's piece in The Australian Economic Review, 'A Proposal to Extend Universal Insurance to Dental Care in Australia'.
Australian Institute of Health Innovation
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We enjoyed a fascinating external seminar by Dr Susan Mendez on the impacts of price transparency on patients' medical costs. Thanks Susan for visiting MUCHE!

MUCHE A/Prof Yuanyuan Gu recently presented research and participated in a health preference research-focused panel at the 2024 International Choice Modelling Conference, Chile. An excellent international, collaborative experience with insightful research discussions! #ICMC2024

📢Join us on the 22nd of May, 12-1 pm for our AHES Health Preference Research SIG Seminar.
Topic: A new method to explore socioeconomic inequality impact of attributes in discrete choice experiments with Jemimah Ride
Zoom link shorturl.at/bcd56

*MUCHE EXTERNAL SEMINAR* [Thu 16 May 11AM-12PM AEST] Join us for an interesting seminar by Dr Susan J Mendez (@MelbInstUOM) on the impact of price transparency on patients’ medical costs for in-hospital services. F2F seminar. Location: 75 Talavera Road, Continuum Room (3137)

Touring Sydney Health Econ with seminars in Uni of Sydney Economics 10.5, CHERE UTS 12.5 and MUCHE 14.5 😎
I’ll be in town until next Friday and can’t wait to say hi! Thanks heaps to the wonderful Rebecca McKibbin, Maryam Naghsh Nejad & Bonny Parkinson for hosting me!

'Clearing the elective surgery backlog will take more than one budget. It’ll need major reform' writes Professor Henry Cutler in this piece in The Conversation.
Australian Institute of Health Innovation

theconversation.com/clearing-the-e…

#waitinglists #electivesurgery #hospitals

Recently, MUCHE got to share in the festivities & joy of Eid through a special Eid lunch/celebration organised by colleagues. We enjoyed lunch and desserts from Turkey, Pakistan, India &Bangladesh! Thanks Rez Anam Bilgrami (انعم), Ph.D Farah Magrabi ali furkan Fatima and Rubana for organising!

Congratulations to lead author, Dr Daniel O'Hara, MUCHE Researcher, Dr Smriti Raichand, and co-authors on publishing in Nature Reviews Nephrology (IF: 41.5)! This review article explores applications of SGLT2 inhibitors beyond glycaemic control. Australian Institute of Health Innovation nature.com/articles/s4158…

Are you a #policymaker , #researcher , or work in #health and want to know more about health economic evaluation? MUCHE is running an in-person short introductory course on Health Economic Evaluation on May 31st. Further details and tickets available here:
events.humanitix.com/introduction-t…

What a pleasure to have A/Prof Moscelli visit us and to listen to his super interesting seminar on factors that attract English doctors to hospitals in the NHS. Thank you Giuseppe Moscelli 🇪🇺🇮🇹🇬🇧🇺🇦 for an insightful seminar!

*MUCHE EXTERNAL SEMINAR* [Thu 18 Apr 11AM-12PM AEST] Join us for a fascinating talk by visiting scholar, A/Prof Giuseppe Moscelli 🇪🇺🇮🇹🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@economicssurrey), on English doctors’ preferences over hospital attributes and residential amenities when changing jobs. F2F: MGSM seminar room 101

Thank you Rotary clubs of North Ryde, Ryde and Macquarie Park for you ongoing support helping us to provide treatment to disadvantaged children. I know many families that have benefited from your generosity. Please support Rotary's annual fun run...its also good for your health!

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has announced Prof Jeffrey Braithwaite's appointment to the Commission Board. Prof Christine Kilpatrick is the new Chair. Congratulations to all new appointees. ACSQHC Jeffrey Braithwaite

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MUCHE enjoyed two external seminars this month, the 1st by Dr Nathan Kettlewell (UTS) on RCT evidence on engagement with a mental health smartphone app and the 2nd by Prof J. Schreyögg (Hamburg) on country-level effects of DRGs in Germany. Stay tuned for info on future seminars!

Congrats to Dr Varinder Jeet who is CI on a successful MRFF grant in collab. with UNSW worth $1.98 million. This 5-year study will conduct a pragmatic RCT digitally support self-management and medication adherence for people with COPD health.gov.au/ministers/the-… Australian Institute of Health Innovation