Health Policy Analysis's scientific contributions

Publications (13)

Technical Report
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An evaluation of the Health Care Homes program is being undertaken by a consortium lead by Health Policy Analysis an involving consortium includes the Centre for Big Data Research in Health (University of New South Wales), the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (University of Technology Sydney) and other Australian and internationa...
Research Proposal
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The Department of Health (DoH) has contracted a consortium led by Health Policy Analysis to undertake an independent evaluation of stage one rollout of the Health Care Home (HCH) model.The HCH model will provide team based care services, care coordination, allied and specialist care linkages and improved patient access arrangements. It involves per...
Technical Report
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Health Policy Analysis was commissioned by the Department of Health review the Care Coordination as part of the Integrated Team Care (ITC) Program. The review was conducted to investigate the impact that the ITC Program has had on health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a chronic disease enrolled on the program. There...
Technical Report
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The Commonwealth Department of Health (Commonwealth DoH) engaged Health Policy Analysis to undertake an evaluation of the Australian Government’s Rheumatic Fever Strategy (RFS). Seventy-two individuals from 35 organisations were consulted, including RHDAustralia (the NCU), jurisdictional control program and registry staff, state and territory healt...
Technical Report
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The Sax Institute commissioned Health Policy Analysis on behalf of the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) Palliative Care Network to undertake an Evidence Check to identify and review tools to aid clinical identification of end of life. The purpose of the Evidence Check is to: • Identify the populations with whom and the settings in which cli...
Technical Report
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The Department of Health engaged Health Policy Analysis to undertake the policy component of the mid-point review of the National Tobacco Strategy 2012-2018 (NTS). The NTS was developed by the then Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs Standing Committee on Tobacco as a sub-strategy under the National Drug Strategy 2010-2015. The project was conduct...
Technical Report
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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission), working in collaboration with the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA), engaged Health Policy Analysis to analyse hospital-acquired diagnoses and their effect on case complexity and resource use. The Commission and IHPA are exploring ways in which data routine...
Technical Report
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Health Workforce Australia initiated the Aged Care Workforce Reform (ACWR) program to respond to key drivers impacting on the ageing and health sectors. The objective of the ACWR program was to implement evidence-based workforce reform to deliver productivity gains for the most cost-effective services and for a sustainable workforce supply. Four pr...
Technical Report
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Health Workforce Australia initiated the Aged Care Workforce Reform (ACWR) program to respond to key drivers impacting on the ageing and health sectors. The objective of the ACWR program was to implement evidence-based workforce reform to deliver productivity gains for the most cost-effective services and for a sustainable workforce supply. Four pr...
Technical Report
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The Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) engaged Health Policy Analysis to undertake an evaluation of the Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program (MSOAP) and the Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS). This report represents the final deliverable for the project. MSOAP and VOS are two important programs that have been implemented to overcome s...
Technical Report
The Statewide Services Development Branch of the NSW Health Department engaged Health Policy Analysis to undertake a comprehensive and detailed study of the costs of dialysis by modality, and compile costs per patient per year, identify differences between rural and metropolitan Area Health Services and develop a funding model for home based dialys...