HEALTH ECONOMICS AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Prioritisation

Risk adjusted cost-effectiveness analyses

Comparative analyses of processes of care, costs and outcomes of alternative service delivery models

Identification of services with capacity for improvement, with linked identification of target processes indicators

Pre-implementation

Economic evaluation of interventions to reduce hospital acquired complications (HACs)

intervention options evidence review; stakeholder engagement re: relevance and expected effects in local context; analysis of local data to estimate expected costs and benefits

Implementation of evaluated interventions to reduce hypoglycaemia with framework for ongoing evaluation; evaluation of UTI interventions ongoing 

Peri-implementation

Economic evaluation of the Complex And RestorativE (CARE) program

Decision tree framework used to engage stakeholders around expected costs and benefits of current program and future program options

High levels of stakeholder engagement with respect to role of project in informing service design and development

Peri-implementation

Economic evaluation of a virtual care service

Modelled analysis of current cost, revenue, capacity and patient outcomes + analyses of future service development scenarios

Use of the modelled analysis to report on initial service costs and effects and to target future service developments

Post-implementation

Economic evaluation of the Medical Ambulatory Care Service (MACS)

Economic analysis based on interrupted time series analyses by MACS referral pathway

Evidence to support redesign of service with focus on a GP referral pathway

Post-implementation

Economic evaluation of extended scope of practice physios in the ED

Economic analysis based on matched analyses of physio and non-physio ED presentations

Findings used in policy brief to the Minister for funds to expand service delivery.