Professor Luke Connelly
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Luke Connelly

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Background

Luke Connelly is Professor of Health Economics at the Centre for the Business and Economics of Health. He also holds a Professorial appointment (part-time) at The University of Bologna, to which he was appointed in 2017 via the Italian “Direct Call” (link) process. In 2019 he was appointed as Honorary Professor at The University of Sydney. His main interests are in health economics and insurance economics and the effects of institutions (including legal constructs) on incentives and behaviour. He has also worked in other fields of applied microeconomics, including education economics and transport economics. His publications include papers in Review of Income and Wealth, Health Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Journal of Law and Medicine, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, European Journal of Health Economics, International Journal of Health Economics and Finance, Social Science and Medicine, Economic Papers, Economic Analysis and Policy, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Labour Economics, Economics and Human Biology as well as in a range of clinical journals, including Lancet.

Luke has served on a number of public committees including the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC), which advises the Australian Minister for Health on the safety, efficacy, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of new and extant listings on Australia's Medicare Benefits Schedule. He has extensive service on other public committees and taskforces as well as extensive teaching and consulting engagements with industry. Over his career he has been a chief investigator on research grants and contracts totalling more than $67m. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of European Journal of Health Economics and the International Journal on Environmental Research and Public Health. He is a member of the International Health Economics Association's Arrow Awards Committee, which awards an annual prize in honour of Nobel Laureate Kenneth Arrow for the best paper in the field. He is currently Guest Editor (with Christophe Courbage) on a Special Issue of the Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance on Insurance and Emerging Health Risks.

His current research interests include health service innovations to improve the health of people with chronic kidney disease(CKD). Ongoing interests include the economics of disability and insurance, compensable injury compensation schemes, and the determinants of health. Luke enjoys and has considerable experience teaching economics and health economics at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. In 2014 he was awarded the School of Economics Distinguished Teaching Award for his teaching on UQ's Master of Health Economics Program. In July 2016 and July 2019 he also taught summer schools in Health Economics and the Economics of Insurance at The University of Lucerne, Switzerland.

Over the past 10 years he has been a chief investigator on grants totalling more than $70m.

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Fields of research

Applied economics Clinical sciences Health Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Postgraduate Diploma, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework), The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Search Professor Luke Connelly’s works on UQ eSpace

174 works between 1995 and 2025
All (174) Journal Article (126) Book Chapter (7) Conference Publication (20) Book (2) Other Outputs (19)

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2017

Journal Article

Out of sight but not out of mind: home countries' macroeconomic volatilities and immigrants' mental health

Nguyen, Ha Trong and Connelly, Luke Brian (2017). Out of sight but not out of mind: home countries' macroeconomic volatilities and immigrants' mental health. Health Economics, 27 (1), 189-208. doi: 10.1002/hec.3532

Out of sight but not out of mind: home countries' macroeconomic volatilities and immigrants' mental health

2017

Journal Article

The dynamics of informal care provision in an Australian household panel survey: previous work characteristics and future care provision

Nguyen, Ha Trong and Connelly, Luke B. (2017). The dynamics of informal care provision in an Australian household panel survey: previous work characteristics and future care provision. Economic Record, 93 (302), 395-419. doi: 10.1111/1475-4932.12333

The dynamics of informal care provision in an Australian household panel survey: previous work characteristics and future care provision

2017

Journal Article

Reducing medical admissions into hospital through optimising medicines (REMAIN HOME) study: protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial

Foot, Holly, Freeman, Christopher, Hemming, Karla, Scott, Ian, Coombes, Ian D., Williams, Ian D., Connelly, Luke, Whitty, Jennifer A., Sturman, Nancy, Kirsa, Sue, Nicholson, Caroline, Russell, Grant, Kirkpatrick, Carl and Cottrell, Neil (2017). Reducing medical admissions into hospital through optimising medicines (REMAIN HOME) study: protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Open, 7 (4) e015301, e015301. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015301

Reducing medical admissions into hospital through optimising medicines (REMAIN HOME) study: protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial

2017

Conference Publication

Protocol for the international lung screen trial (ILST): A cohort study to define LDCT screening selection criteria and validate the pancan nodule management algorithm

Lim, Kuan Pin, Brims, Fraser, Mcwilliams, Annette, Tammemzgi, Martin, Berg, Christine, Marshall, Henry, Stone, Emily, Manser, Renee, Canfell, Karen, Connelly, Luke, Yee, John, Fong, Kwun and Lam, Stephen (2017). Protocol for the international lung screen trial (ILST): A cohort study to define LDCT screening selection criteria and validate the pancan nodule management algorithm. 22nd Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, Sydney, Australia, 23–26 November 2017. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/resp.13206_160

Protocol for the international lung screen trial (ILST): A cohort study to define LDCT screening selection criteria and validate the pancan nodule management algorithm

2017

Journal Article

Testing for asymmetric information in insurance markets: a test for ex ante moral hazard revisited

Rowell, David, Nghiem, Son Hong and Connelly, Luke B. (2017). Testing for asymmetric information in insurance markets: a test for ex ante moral hazard revisited. Economics Letters, 150, 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.044

Testing for asymmetric information in insurance markets: a test for ex ante moral hazard revisited

2016

Journal Article

Economic evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in Australia

Merlo, Gregory, Graves, Nicholas, Brain, David and Connelly, Luke B. (2016). Economic evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in Australia. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 31 (12), 1927-1932. doi: 10.1111/jgh.13402

Economic evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in Australia

2016

Journal Article

Economic evaluation favours physiotherapy but not corticosteroid injection as a first-line intervention for chronic lateral epicondylalgia: evidence from a randomised clinical trial

Coombes, Brooke K., Connelly, Luke, Bisset, Leanne and Vicenzino, Bill (2016). Economic evaluation favours physiotherapy but not corticosteroid injection as a first-line intervention for chronic lateral epicondylalgia: evidence from a randomised clinical trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 50 (22), 1400-1405. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-094729

Economic evaluation favours physiotherapy but not corticosteroid injection as a first-line intervention for chronic lateral epicondylalgia: evidence from a randomised clinical trial

2016

Journal Article

The efficiency of Australian schools: a nationwide analysis using gains in test scores of students as outputs

Nghiem, Son, Nguyen, Ha Trong and Connelly, Luke B. (2016). The efficiency of Australian schools: a nationwide analysis using gains in test scores of students as outputs. Economic Papers, 35 (3), 256-268. doi: 10.1111/1759-3441.12143

The efficiency of Australian schools: a nationwide analysis using gains in test scores of students as outputs

2016

Journal Article

Determinants of road traffic safety: new evidence from Australia using state-space analysis

Nghiem, Son, Commandeur, Jacques J. F. and Connelly, Luke B. (2016). Determinants of road traffic safety: new evidence from Australia using state-space analysis. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 94, 65-72. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.05.012

Determinants of road traffic safety: new evidence from Australia using state-space analysis

2016

Journal Article

Implementation of a guideline-based clinical pathway of care to improve health outcomes following whiplash injury (Whiplash ImPaCT): protocol of a randomised, controlled trial

Rebbeck, Trudy, Leaver, Andrew, Bandong, Aila Nica, Kenardy, Justin, Refshauge, Kathryn, Connelly, Luke, Cameron, Ian, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Willcock, Simon, Ritchie, Carrie, Jagnoor, Jagnoor and Sterling, Michele (2016). Implementation of a guideline-based clinical pathway of care to improve health outcomes following whiplash injury (Whiplash ImPaCT): protocol of a randomised, controlled trial. Journal of Physiotherapy, 62 (2), 111-111. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2016.02.006

Implementation of a guideline-based clinical pathway of care to improve health outcomes following whiplash injury (Whiplash ImPaCT): protocol of a randomised, controlled trial

2016

Journal Article

The effects of parental leave on child health and postnatal care: evidence from Australia

Khanam, Rasheda, Nghiem, Son and Connelly, Luke (2016). The effects of parental leave on child health and postnatal care: evidence from Australia. Economic Analysis and Policy, 49, 17-29. doi: 10.1016/j.eap.2015.09.005

The effects of parental leave on child health and postnatal care: evidence from Australia

2016

Conference Publication

The NHMRC Chronic Kidney Disease Centre of Research Excellence (CKD.CRE) 2015-2019: the first year

Hoy, W., Healy, H., Bonner, A., Mitchell, G., Connelly, L., Panaretto, K., Endre, Z., Coombes, J., Gobe, G., Fassett, R. and Cameron, A. (2016). The NHMRC Chronic Kidney Disease Centre of Research Excellence (CKD.CRE) 2015-2019: the first year. The 15th Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology (APCN) and 52nd ANZSN ASM, Perth, WA, Australia, 17-21 September 2016. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/nep.12888

The NHMRC Chronic Kidney Disease Centre of Research Excellence (CKD.CRE) 2015-2019: the first year

2016

Conference Publication

An economic evaluation for deep brain stimulation for patients with Tourette's syndrome: an initial exploration

Dang, Thi Hai Tho , Rowell, David , Liddle, Jacki , Coyne, Terry , Silburn, Peter and Connelly, Luke (2016). An economic evaluation for deep brain stimulation for patients with Tourette's syndrome: an initial exploration. XXIInd Congress of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Madrid, Spain, 28 September - 1 October 2016. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG. doi: 10.1159/000448961

An economic evaluation for deep brain stimulation for patients with Tourette's syndrome: an initial exploration

2015

Journal Article

Benchmarking Road Traffic Safety Across OECD Countries A Distance Function Approach

Nghiem, Son and Connelly, Luke B. (2015). Benchmarking Road Traffic Safety Across OECD Countries A Distance Function Approach. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 49 (4), 539-559.

Benchmarking Road Traffic Safety Across OECD Countries A Distance Function Approach

2015

Journal Article

Cost-effectiveness of a bivalent human papillomavirus vaccination program in Japan

Connelly, Luke B. and Le, Ha N. D. (2015). Cost-effectiveness of a bivalent human papillomavirus vaccination program in Japan. Sexual Health, 12 (6), 520-531. doi: 10.1071/SH14241

Cost-effectiveness of a bivalent human papillomavirus vaccination program in Japan

2015

Journal Article

Comprehensive physiotherapy exercise programme or advice for chronic whiplash (PROMISE): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Michaleff, Z., Maher, C., Lin, C.-W.C., Rebbeck, T., Jull, G., Latimer, J., Connelly, L. and Sterling, M. (2015). Comprehensive physiotherapy exercise programme or advice for chronic whiplash (PROMISE): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Physiotherapy, 101. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.1865

Comprehensive physiotherapy exercise programme or advice for chronic whiplash (PROMISE): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

2015

Journal Article

Dry-needling and exercise for chronic whiplash-associated disorders: a randomized single-blind placebo-controlled trial

Sterling, Michele, Vicenzino, Bill, Souvlis, Tina and Connelly, Luke B. (2015). Dry-needling and exercise for chronic whiplash-associated disorders: a randomized single-blind placebo-controlled trial. Pain, 156 (4), 635-643. doi: 10.1097/01.j.pain.0000460359.40116.c1

Dry-needling and exercise for chronic whiplash-associated disorders: a randomized single-blind placebo-controlled trial

2015

Journal Article

Does school type affect cognitive and non-cognitive development in children? Evidence from Australian primary schools

Nghiem, Hong Son, Nguyen, Ha Trong, Khanam, Rasheda and Connelly, Luke B. (2015). Does school type affect cognitive and non-cognitive development in children? Evidence from Australian primary schools. Labour Economics, 33 (4), 55-65. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2015.02.009

Does school type affect cognitive and non-cognitive development in children? Evidence from Australian primary schools

2015

Conference Publication

Estimating the Monetary Value of Relief of Tennis Elbow: A Contingent Valuation Study of Willingness-To-Pay

Pereira, M. J., Coombes, B. K., Bisset, L. M., Vicenzino, B. and Connelly, L. (2015). Estimating the Monetary Value of Relief of Tennis Elbow: A Contingent Valuation Study of Willingness-To-Pay. ISPOR 18th Annual European Congress, Milan, Italy, 7-11 November 2015. New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.2358

Estimating the Monetary Value of Relief of Tennis Elbow: A Contingent Valuation Study of Willingness-To-Pay

2015

Conference Publication

Economic evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in Australia

Merlo, G., Graves, N. and Connelly, L. (2015). Economic evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in Australia. ISPOR 18th Annual European Congress, Milan, Italy, 9-11 November 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.2215

Economic evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in Australia

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2029
    Implementation, Effectiveness and Sustainability of a Co-designed Value-based Brief Intervention Model of Healthcare in Alcohol and Other Drug Services
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    QuikFix Good Night Out Program: A new social network targeted approach to reducing alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and related harm in young university students
    NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2028
    PRioRTI: PReventing chronic pain after whiplash Road Traffic Injury
    NHMRC MRFF CTA - Clinical Trials Activity
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    Centre of Research Excellence in Urban Indigenous Health
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    Centre of Research Excellence in Alcohol and Other Drug sector capacity building for outcome focused, evidence based and cost effective care (CRE in AOD -CB)
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    Centre of Research Excellence - Better Health Outcomes for Compensable Injury
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2023
    A comparison of the number of Gastrointestinal Investigations in Contemporary Australian Defence Force personnel with and without Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
    Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Incorporating the gains from healthy ageing in health system planning
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Child Dental Benefit Policies and the Health of Australian Children
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2022
    Implementation of a novel clinical pathway of care for common musculoskeletal disorders in primary care (NHMRC Project Grant led by the University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    CRE in recovery following road traffic injuries
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Implementation of a Guideline-Based Clinical Pathway of Care to Improve Health Outcomes Following Whiplash Injury
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Health economics advice provided for Endobarrier Project
    Metro South Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Reducing medication misadventure and unplanned hospital admissions: A model of General Practitioner and Pharmacist collaboration in primary care
    HCF Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Centre for Research Excellence in Recovery Following Road Traffic Injuries (NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2020
    Chronic Kidney Disease Centre of Research Excellence
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Recover Injury Research Centre core funding
    Motor Accident Insurance Commission
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Implementation of a Guideline-Based Clinical Pathway of Care to Improve Health Outcomes Following Whiplash Injury (NHMRC Partnership Project Grant administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    The impact on hospital utilisation and costs of proactive planning for conservative treatment without dialysis in selected patients with advanced kidney disease
    Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Implementation of a guideline-based clinical pathway of care to improve health outcomes following whiplash injury
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    PPL Phase 2 Parents Survey
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2018
    NHMRC CRE: Improving quality and safety of health care delivery at the interface between primary and acute care sectors
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2013
    Paid Parental Leave Scheme Evaluation
    Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2013
    A randomised controlled trial of a promising new treatment for chronic whiplash
    Motor Accident Insurance Commission
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2013
    Combined dry needling, advice and graded exercise: a randomized controlled trial in chronic whiplash
    Motor Accident Insurance Commission
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    A randomised controlled trial of a promising new treatment for chronic whiplash (NHMRC Project administered by Uni Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    Combined dry-needling, advice and graded exercise: a randomized controlled trial in chronic whiplash
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Systematic Review
    Motor Accident Insurance Commission
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2016
    Motor vehicle injuries: economic evaluation of a new treatment modality (ARC Linkage Project led by the Australian National University)
    Australian National University
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2012
    CCRE in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health
    NHMRC Centres of Clinical Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2017
    CONROD core funding
    Motor Accident Insurance Commission
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2009
    Prediction Of Outcome Following Whiplash Injury: A Multicentre International Prospective Study
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2012
    ACERH Innovative Analyses of Health Insurance, Ageing and the Economic Burden of Illness and Injury (NHMRC Project Grant lead by ANU)
    Australian National University
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2008
    Effective management of acute whiplash injuries requires a pragmatic approach: An RCT with stratified treatments
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant

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  • Car accidents - insurance
  • Crashes
  • Disability
  • Economics - health
  • Health care system economics
  • Health economics
  • Health insurance
  • Insurance and health economics
  • Road accidents
  • Road crashes

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