Overview
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.
Availability
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Fields of research
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
Works
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2009
Journal Article
Earning and conversion handicaps and the welfare economics of disability
Connelly, Luke B. (2009). Earning and conversion handicaps and the welfare economics of disability. International Journal of Disability Management Research, 3 (2), 61-67. doi: 10.1375/jdmr.3.2.61
2009
Journal Article
Optimising corticosteroid injection for lateral epicondylalgia with the addition of physiotherapy: A protocol for a randomised control trial with placebo comparison
Coombes, B. K., Bisset, L., Connelly, L. B., Brooks, P. and Vicenzino, B. (2009). Optimising corticosteroid injection for lateral epicondylalgia with the addition of physiotherapy: A protocol for a randomised control trial with placebo comparison. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 10 (76) 76, x-x. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-76
2009
Journal Article
Child health and the income gradient: Evidence from Australia
Khanam, Rasheda, Nghiem, Hong Son and Connelly, Luke B. (2009). Child health and the income gradient: Evidence from Australia. Journal of Health Economics, 28 (4), 805-817. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.05.001
2009
Book
Financial Incentives and the health workforce
Scott, Anthony and Connelly, Luke B. (2009). Financial Incentives and the health workforce. 6 Canberra: Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health.
2009
Book
Equity of Health Care Financing in Iran
Hajizadeh, Mohammad and Connelly, Luke B. (2009). Equity of Health Care Financing in Iran. 5 Canberra: Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health.
2009
Journal Article
The Economic Characteristics of Registries and Their Policy Implications
Connelly, Luke B. (2009). The Economic Characteristics of Registries and Their Policy Implications. JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE, 66 (2), 531-535. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318165c149
2009
Book Chapter
Economic Evaluations with Pre-Scored Health Status Instruments
Connelly, L.B. (2009). Economic Evaluations with Pre-Scored Health Status Instruments. Rehabilitation and Health Assessment: Applying ICF Guidelines. (pp. 163-188) edited by Oakland, T. and Mpofu, E.. New York , U. S. A.: Springer New York.
2008
Other Outputs
Child health and the income gradient: Evidence from Australia
Khanam, Rasheda, Nghiem, Hong Son and Connelly, Luke B. (2008). Child health and the income gradient: Evidence from Australia. ACERH Working Paper. 3. Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health (ACERH).
2008
Other Outputs
Lifetime fairness? Taxes, subsidies, age-based penalties, and the price of health insurance in Australia
Connelly, Luke B. and Brown, H. Shelton (2008). Lifetime fairness? Taxes, subsidies, age-based penalties, and the price of health insurance in Australia. ACERH Working Paper. 1. Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health (ACERH).
2008
Other Outputs
Health-related quality of life, hearing loss and assistive technologies: an overview. Final Report for the Australian Communication Exchange
Connelly, L. B. (2008). Health-related quality of life, hearing loss and assistive technologies: an overview. Final Report for the Australian Communication Exchange. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Australian Communication Exchange.
2008
Conference Publication
Client preferences for food services in geriatrics, rehabilitation and aged care: Implications for service delivery for an ageing population
Wright, Olivia, Connelly, Luke and Capra, Sandra (2008). Client preferences for food services in geriatrics, rehabilitation and aged care: Implications for service delivery for an ageing population. Dietitians Association of Australia 26th National Conference, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia, 29-31 May 2008. Asia: Wiley Interscience.
2008
Journal Article
Personal assistance, income and employment: The spinal injuries survey instrument (SISI)and its application in a sample of people with quadriplegia
Rowell, D. and Connelly, L. B. (2008). Personal assistance, income and employment: The spinal injuries survey instrument (SISI)and its application in a sample of people with quadriplegia. Spinal Cord, 46 (6), 417-424. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102157
2007
Conference Publication
Client preferences for food services in geriatrics, rehabilitation and aged care: implications for service delivery for an ageing population
Capra, S., Connelly, L. and Wright, O. (2007). Client preferences for food services in geriatrics, rehabilitation and aged care: implications for service delivery for an ageing population. Medicine Ageing & Nutrition 2007 Conference of Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM), Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ),and the International Academy of Nutrition and Aging (IANA), Adelaide, S.A., 5-8 Sep 2007.
2007
Journal Article
Health outcomes of adults 3 months after injury
Aitken, Leanne M., Davey, Tamzyn M., Ambrose, Jane, Connelly, Luke B., Swanson, Cheryl and Bellamy, Nicholas (2007). Health outcomes of adults 3 months after injury. Injury: International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 38 (1), 19-26. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.05.020
2007
Journal Article
A cost-effectiveness analysis of adding a human papillomavirus vaccine to the Australian National Cervical Cancer Screening Program
Kulasingam, S., Connelly, Luke B., Conway, E., Hocking, J.S., Myers, e., Regan, D.G., Roder, D., Ross, J. and Wain, G. (2007). A cost-effectiveness analysis of adding a human papillomavirus vaccine to the Australian National Cervical Cancer Screening Program. Sexual Health, 4 (3), 165-175. doi: 10.1071/SH07043
2006
Journal Article
Injury Severity and Compensation
Connelly, Luke (2006). Injury Severity and Compensation. European Journal of Health Economics, 7 (supplement 1 ; S62), 59-59. doi: 10.1007/s10198-006-0364-z
2006
Conference Publication
The Beef Tastes Like Some Old Cow, and the Chicken Tastes Like Some Old Fowl: How Important is Food Quality to Residents in Longer-Stay Care?
Wright, Olivia, Connelly, Luke and Capra, Sandra (2006). The Beef Tastes Like Some Old Cow, and the Chicken Tastes Like Some Old Fowl: How Important is Food Quality to Residents in Longer-Stay Care?. 24th National Conference of the Dietitians Association of Australia: Food and Beyond: Exploring Fronties in Science and Practice, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 11th -13th May, 2006. Deakin, A.C.T.: Dietitians Association of Australia. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2006.00050.x
2006
Book Chapter
Cost-effectiveness of interventions for musculoskeletal conditions
Connelly, L. B., Woolf, A. and Brooks, P. (2006). Cost-effectiveness of interventions for musculoskeletal conditions. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. (pp. 963-980) edited by D. T. Jamison, J.G. Breman, A.R. Measham, G. Alleyne, M. Claeson, D.B. Evans, P. Jha, a. Mills and P. Musgrove. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
2006
Journal Article
Lifetime Subsidies in Australian Private Health Insurance Markets with Community Rating
Connelly, L. B. and Brown III, H. S. (2006). Lifetime Subsidies in Australian Private Health Insurance Markets with Community Rating. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, 31 (4), 705-719. doi: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510099
2006
Journal Article
Consumer evaluation of hospital foodservice quality: an empirical investigation
Wright, O. R. L., Connelly, L. B. and Capra, S. (2006). Consumer evaluation of hospital foodservice quality: an empirical investigation. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 19 (2), 181-194. doi: 10.1108/09526860610651708
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Investing in health as a pathway to improved economic performance
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jonas Fooken, Emeritus Professor Stephen Birch
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Doctor Philosophy
Three Essays on the Economics of Child Health and Development
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Stephen Birch
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Doctor Philosophy
Three Essays on the Economics of Child Health and Development
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Stephen Birch
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Doctor Philosophy
Uncertainty, Learning and Growth Dynamics in Export Markets
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor KK Tang, Emeritus Professor Stephen Birch
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Doctor Philosophy
Essays on the Economics of Mental Health
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor KK Tang, Emeritus Professor Stephen Birch
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Doctor Philosophy
Essays in Applied Health Economics and Econometrics: The Impact of Non-Communicable Diseases among Women and Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gita Mishra, Professor Brenda Gannon
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Doctor Philosophy
Incorporating the Gains from Healthy Ageing in Health System Planning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Bao Hoang Nguyen, Emeritus Professor Stephen Birch, Dr Sabrina Lenzen
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Doctor Philosophy
Essays in Applied Health Economics and Econometrics: The Impact of Non-Communicable Diseases among Women and Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gita Mishra, Professor Brenda Gannon
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Master Philosophy
Effectiveness of measures to reduce health system demand
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sabrina Lenzen
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Doctor Philosophy
Effectiveness of measures to reduce health system demand
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sabrina Lenzen
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Three Essays on the Economics of Child Health and Development
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Stephen Birch
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Five Health Economics Analyses: Movement Disorders, Self-Reported Health Status and Labor Market Outcomes
Principal Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
The Compensation Hypothesis: An Examination of the Argument that Injury Compensation Negatively Affects Health Outcomes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Hodges
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Moral Hazard: Empirical Evidence in the Australian Market for Comprehensive Automobile Insurance
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Son Hong Nghiem
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Equity of Health Care: Empirical Studies in Iran and Australia
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
CLIENT PREFERENCES FOR FOOD SERVICES IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC CARE: IMPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY FOR AN AGEING POPULATION
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Sandra Capra
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Essays in Applied Health Economics and Econometrics: The Impact of Non-Communicable Diseases among Women and Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gita Mishra, Professor Brenda Gannon
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Asymmetric Information, Fraud, and Switching Costs in Healthcare Insurance Markets
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Kelvin Tan
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Enquiries
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- Health care system economics
- Health economics
- Health insurance
- Insurance and health economics
- Road accidents
- Road crashes
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