Event Details

What: Measuring what matters: Research on Quality of Life and Wellbeing
When: 12:30-2pm, Thursday, October 31st
Location: UTS Campus, CB20.08.12 (In-person only)
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Lunch to be provided

About

Quality of life is fundamental to the wellbeing of the population. While quality of life is a broad concept covering multiple aspects including housing, economic security and relationships, a key element of overall wellbeing is physical and mental health – or health related quality of life. For health systems, health related quality of life is an important consideration for the design of efficient and effective health services. But quality of life is subjective concept, and requires a systematic approach to measuring and valuing what matters most to people.

In this presentation, Rosalie Viney will provide an overview of measurement and valuation of quality of life for health system decision making. She will discuss how quality of life can be conceptualised to facilitate consistent measurement, and how measurement and valuation of quality of life informs better health system decisions. She will also discuss the importance of considering measurement and valuation of quality of life for different groups in the population, and why we should think beyond physical and mental health in understanding what is important in health system decision making.

Bio

Rosalie Viney is Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation at the University of Technology Sydney. She has extensive experience in health economics, health services and health policy research.

Her research interests include health technology assessment and priority setting, measurement and valuation of quality of life and health outcomes, consumer preferences for health and health care, evaluation of health policy, and the impact of funding arrangements on utilisation and outcomes of health care. Rosalie has undertaken a broad range of commissioned projects for State/Territory Health authorities, and for the Australian Government Department of Health.

Rosalie has also had longstanding involvement in the fields of health economics and health services research in Australia and internationally, through the Australian Health Economics Society and the Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand, and through the International Health Economics Association where she is a current Board member and Treasurer, and the EuroQol Foundation, where she is a member of the Scientific Executive.

Who Should Attend

Healthcare professionals
Policy makers
Researchers and academics
Students in health and social sciences
Anyone interested in health economics