Leonie Segal

Summary

Affiliation: Monash University
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Can we reduce disease burden from osteoarthritis?
    Leonie Segal
    Health Economics Unit, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, PO Box 477, West Heidelberg, Melbourne, VIC 3081, Australia
    Med J Aust 180:S11-7. 2004
  2. ncbi Introducing co-ordinated care (1): a randomised trial assessing client and cost outcomes
    Leonie Segal
    Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, P O box 477, West Heidelberg, VIC 3081, Australia
    Health Policy 69:201-13. 2004
  3. ncbi Market failure, policy failure and other distortions in chronic disease markets
    Jennifer J Watts
    Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Building 75, Melbourne, Australia
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:102. 2009
  4. ncbi Impact of tai chi on impairment, functional limitation, and disability among preclinically disabled older people: a randomized controlled trial
    Lesley Day
    Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 93:1400-7. 2012
  5. ncbi Can we derive an 'exchange rate' between descriptive and preference-based outcome measures for stroke? Results from the transfer to utility (TTU) technique
    Duncan Mortimer
    Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Building 75, The Strip, Clayton 3800, Australia
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 7:33. 2009
  6. ncbi Vouchers for chronic disease care
    Jennifer J Watts
    Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
    Aust Health Rev 32:451-8. 2008
  7. ncbi The "cost" of treating to target: cross-sectional analysis of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in Australian general practice
    John Furler
    Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    BMC Fam Pract 14:32. 2013
  8. ncbi Item-based versus subscale-based mappings from the SF-36 to a preference-based quality of life measure
    Duncan Mortimer
    Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
    Value Health 10:398-407. 2007
  9. ncbi Comparing the incomparable? A systematic review of competing techniques for converting descriptive measures of health status into QALY-weights
    Duncan Mortimer
    Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Clayton, Australia
    Med Decis Making 28:66-89. 2008
  10. ncbi Fixing the game: are between-silo differences in funding arrangements handicapping some interventions and giving others a head-start?
    Leonie Segal
    Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
    Health Econ 19:449-65. 2010

Detail Information

Publications26

  1. ncbi Can we reduce disease burden from osteoarthritis?
    Leonie Segal
    Health Economics Unit, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, PO Box 477, West Heidelberg, Melbourne, VIC 3081, Australia
    Med J Aust 180:S11-7. 2004
    ....
  2. ncbi Introducing co-ordinated care (1): a randomised trial assessing client and cost outcomes
    Leonie Segal
    Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, P O box 477, West Heidelberg, VIC 3081, Australia
    Health Policy 69:201-13. 2004
    ..The reasons for this failure, whether in trial design, implementation, or theoretical underpinnings are explored in a companion paper...
  3. ncbi Market failure, policy failure and other distortions in chronic disease markets
    Jennifer J Watts
    Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Building 75, Melbourne, Australia
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:102. 2009
    ..The increasing prevalence of chronic disease represents a significant burden on most health systems. This paper explores the market failures and policy failures that exist in the management of chronic diseases...
  4. ncbi Impact of tai chi on impairment, functional limitation, and disability among preclinically disabled older people: a randomized controlled trial
    Lesley Day
    Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 93:1400-7. 2012
    ....
  5. ncbi Can we derive an 'exchange rate' between descriptive and preference-based outcome measures for stroke? Results from the transfer to utility (TTU) technique
    Duncan Mortimer
    Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Building 75, The Strip, Clayton 3800, Australia
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 7:33. 2009
    ..Findings will quantify the additional error associated with the use of condition-specific to generic transformations in stroke...
  6. ncbi Vouchers for chronic disease care
    Jennifer J Watts
    Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
    Aust Health Rev 32:451-8. 2008
    ..Although they may not be appropriate across the entire health care system, there are features of vouchers that make them a potentially attractive option, especially for the management of chronic disease...
  7. ncbi The "cost" of treating to target: cross-sectional analysis of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in Australian general practice
    John Furler
    Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    BMC Fam Pract 14:32. 2013
    ....
  8. ncbi Item-based versus subscale-based mappings from the SF-36 to a preference-based quality of life measure
    Duncan Mortimer
    Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
    Value Health 10:398-407. 2007
    ..The objective of the present study is to quantify any loss of predictive validity associated with using subscale or scale scores (rather than item scores) to derive conversion algorithms...
  9. ncbi Comparing the incomparable? A systematic review of competing techniques for converting descriptive measures of health status into QALY-weights
    Duncan Mortimer
    Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Clayton, Australia
    Med Decis Making 28:66-89. 2008
    ..The objective of this study is to describe and compare existing conversion algorithms and to highlight issues bearing on the derivation and interpretation of the QALY-weights so obtained...
  10. ncbi Fixing the game: are between-silo differences in funding arrangements handicapping some interventions and giving others a head-start?
    Leonie Segal
    Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
    Health Econ 19:449-65. 2010
    ..It suggests that adopting partial priority setting processes without regard to opportunity cost can have the perverse effect of compounding allocative inefficiencies...
  11. ncbi Point: uncertainty in the economic analysis of school-based obesity prevention programs: urgent need for quality evaluation
    Kim Dalziel
    Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Clayton Victoria 3800, Australia
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1481-2. 2006
  12. ncbi Introducing coordinated care (2): evaluation of design features and implementation processes implications for a preferred health system reform model
    Leonie Segal
    Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, P O box 477, West Heidelberg, VIC 3081, Australia
    Health Policy 69:215-28. 2004
    ..Broader system reform in the form of funds pooling and health services planning at the regional level, based on large populations, may be a more effective means to address problems of care coordination and an inflexible supply system...
  13. ncbi Economic evaluation of interventions for problem drinking and alcohol dependence: cost per QALY estimates
    Duncan Mortimer
    Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
    Alcohol Alcohol 40:549-55. 2005
    ....
  14. ncbi A mediterranean diet is cost-effective in patients with previous myocardial infarction
    Kim Dalziel
    Nutrition, Vieillissement et Maladies Cardiovasculaires NVMCV, UFR de Medecine, Domaine de la Merci 38056 La Tronche, France
    J Nutr 136:1879-85. 2006
    ..Policy makers should strongly consider the generalizability of results to their own setting...
  15. ncbi Private health insurance and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: how effective has recent government policy been?
    Jeff R J Richardson
    Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, PO Box 477, West Heidelberg, VIC 3081
    Aust Health Rev 28:34-47. 2004
    ..The common element in both sets of policies is that they result in cost shifting from the public to the private purse and have little to do with the quality or quantity of health services...
  16. ncbi Parsimonious and efficient assessment of health-related quality of life in osteoarthritis research: validation of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) instrument
    Kathryn Whitfield
    Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:19. 2006
    ..The Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) utility instrument was psychometrically developed for the general population. This study aimed to explore its potential as an osteoarthritis (OA) outcome measure...
  17. ncbi Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health: The PEACH study--a cluster randomised controlled trial using the telephone to coach people with type 2 diabetes to engage with their GPs to improve diabetes care: a study protocol
    Doris Young
    Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    BMC Fam Pract 8:20. 2007
    ..This paper describes our study protocol, which aims to test whether goal focused telephone coaching in T2D can improve diabetes control and reduce the treatment gap between guideline based standards and actual clinical practice...
  18. ncbi Economic evaluation of interventions for problem drinking and alcohol dependence: do within-family external effects make a difference?
    Duncan Mortimer
    Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
    Alcohol Alcohol 41:92-8. 2006
    ..To demonstrate the extent of bias due to the exclusion of within-family external effects when measuring the relative performance of interventions for problem drinking and alcohol dependence...
  19. ncbi Cost utility analysis of physical activity counselling in general practice
    Kim Dalziel
    Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Building 75, Clayton Campus, Monash University, Wellington Rd, Clayton, Victoria 3800
    Aust N Z J Public Health 30:57-63. 2006
    ..To evaluate the economic performance of the 'Green Prescription' physical activity counselling program in general practice...
  20. ncbi Modelling the population-level impact of tai-chi on falls and fall-related injury among community-dwelling older people
    Lesley Day
    Monash University Accident Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
    Inj Prev 16:321-6. 2010
    ..To model the population level impact of tai-chi on future rates of falls and fall-related injury in older people as a tool for policy development...
  21. ncbi Screening for pre-clinical disability in different residential settings
    Kate Gibson
    1Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    BMC Geriatr 10:52. 2010
    ....
  22. ncbi Why it is time to review the role of private health insurance in Australia
    Leonie Segal
    Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
    Aust Health Rev 27:3-15. 2004
    ..Ad hoc policy adjustments need to be replaced by a coherent policy towards PHI, one that recognises the fundamental change in its role and significance in the context of universal health coverage...
  23. ncbi Strengths and limitations of competitive versus non-competitive models of integrated capitated fundholding
    Leonie Segal
    Health Economics Unit, Monash University, West Heidelberg, Vic, Australia
    J Health Serv Res Policy 7:S56-64. 2002
    ..Future research on this issue is clearly required...
  24. ncbi Time to give nutrition interventions a higher profile: cost-effectiveness of 10 nutrition interventions
    Kim Dalziel
    Health Economics, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Health Promot Int 22:271-83. 2007
    ..There is an urgent need for high-quality trial data from which economic performance of nutrition interventions can be modelled...
  25. ncbi Multidisciplinary care plans
    Leonie Segal
    Aust Fam Physician 36:679; author reply 679. 2007
  26. ncbi Reducing injuries from falls
    Lesley Day
    N Engl J Med 359:1626. 2008