Research Thesis Topic
Health Economics and Policy
This project aims to undertake high quality and policy relevant research on the following issues (but not limited to):
• Health care financing and expenditures
• Production of health and health behaviours
• Demand for health and health care
• Demand and supply of health service
• Inequality in health and access to health service
• Socio-economic inequalities child and maternal health
• Health, socioeconomic status and lifestyle factors
• Economic evaluation of health and health care
• Impact of health on labour market outcome
• Health care costs of non-communicable diseases
Students interested in pursuing a PhD (or Masters) in any of the above topics or related topics are encouraged to contact Associate Professor Rasheda Khanam (rasheda.khanam@usq.edu.au) for further details.
The potential students are expected to have:
(1) an academic background in any of these fields: economics, health economics, labour economics, econometrics, statistics and public health, AND,
(2) research publications in relevant fields.
- Centre for Health Sciences Research
- School of Business
- Applied Economics
- Doctor of Philosophy (DPHD)
- Master of Research (MRES)
Please review the admission requirements for the academic program associated with this Thesis Topic