Emerging Health Policy Research Conference (Annual): Recent submissions
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Getting over the blues from the rush on poppers
Published 2019-07-03Alkyl nitrite inhalants (eg amyl) have become commonly used recreational drugs, particularly among LGBTIQ+ communities to facilitate receptive anal intercourse (26-46% of gay men ). It is also used more generally as a ...Open AccessOther -
Conceptualizing oral health care systems for comparative analysis – public, private and statutory
Published 2019-06-28The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 put the worldwide figure at 15 million disability adjusted life years due to oral health disorders considerably varying across countries. Epidemiological factors like Socio-demographics, ...Open AccessOther -
Comparability of online out-of-pocket tools from Australian private health funds
Published 2019-06-28Privately insured patients face highly variable out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for inpatient admissions. Three of Australia’s largest private health insurance (PHI) funds have therefore developed online OOP cost estimator tools ...Open AccessPresentation -
Analysis of Harm Minimisation policy: a Brazil and Australia case study
Published 2019-06-28Historically, in 1985 Kings Cross (KC) (Sydney, Australia) and the Harbour District (HD) (Santos, Brazil) had both the highest prevalence of blood-borne virus infection (BBVI) among injected drug users (IDU) in the country. ...Open AccessPresentation -
Modelling equity impact of obesity interventions: A health economic approach
Published 2019-06-14Twenty-five percent of Australian children are overweight or obese, and there are distinct socioeconomic inequalities in this distribution. Despite a large variety of obesity prevention and treatment interventions in ...Open AccessPresentation