Economic Outcomes & Value of the Eating Disorder Medicare Items in the TrEAT registry

School of Psychology & Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation is seeking one candidate to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

The successful applicant will conduct an economic evaluation of eating disorder Medicare items.

Background:

The TrEAT Eating Disorder Registry is an innovative national initiative designed to improve outcomes for people living with eating disorders in Australia. Recent funding will enable the expansion and redesign of this registry. This PhD project will focus on the economic evaluation of the Medicare items used in the registry including quantification of costs, cost-effectiveness, and long-term value for the health system and society.

The successful candidate will conduct a program of research that may include:

• Cost-of-illness analyses of eating disorders in Australia.

• Resource use and healthcare utilisation analyses using registry-linked data (MBS/PBS, hospital data).

• Economic evaluation and decision-analytic modelling of registry-enabled care improvements.

• Budget impact analysis and policy translation.

This project is embedded within a multidisciplinary program of work exploring the impact, outcomes and costs of the TrEAT registry with academics from multiple backgrounds including health economics, psychology, statistics and allied health and offers opportunities for collaboration with clinicians, policymakers, and consumer advocates.

The successful applicants will be supervised by:

• Dr Katie Page (Health Economics, UTS)

• Collaborating supervisors from Psychology and Health Sciences (A/Professor Deborah Mitchison, A/Professor Gabriella Heruc, Western Sydney University)