Presentation: Inequality in Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy in Australia

I presented a paper at the International Health Economics Association (IHEA) Conference 2025 in Indonesia. This was a joint work with Shan Jiang, Yuanyuan Gu, and Bonny Parkinson from MUCHE, and forms part of Shan’s PhD thesis.

Our study focuses on inequality in quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) in Australia. We received valuable feedback that will help us refine the work further.

The paper uses the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to conduct a series of innovative estimations and generate the Australian baseline health distribution. This methodological contribution aims to support health technology assessment (HTA), particularly in distributional cost-effectiveness analysis (DCEA) for drug cost-effectiveness evaluation.

We look forward to sharing our findings soon.