Recent Publications

2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009

• Publications listed by Health Economics Staff (see Staff CV's)
• Publications from the Centre for Research Excellence in Medical Workforce Dynamics (MABEL Survey)

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2015

Journal Articles

• Cheng TC, Haisken-DeNew JP & Yong J. 2015. Cream skimming and hospital transfers in a mixed public-private system. Social Science & Medicine, 132: 156-164.
• Li J & Powdthavee N. 2015. Does more education lead to better health habits? Evidence from the school reforms in Australia. Social Science & Medicine, 127: 83-91.
• Scott A, Witt J, Duffield C & Kalb G. 2015. What do nurses and midwives value about their jobs? Results from a discrete choice experiment. Health Services Research & Policy, 20(1): 31-38.
• Song K, Scott A, Sivey P & Meng Q. 2015. Improving Chinese primary care providers’ recruitment and retention: A discrete choice experiment. Health Policy and Planning, 30(1): 68-77.
• Yong J & Scott A. 2015. Do new workforce roles reduce waiting times in ED? A difference-in-difference evaluation using hospital administrative data. Health Policy, 119: 488-493.

Other Publications

• Kalb G, Kuehnle D, Scott A, Cheng TC & Jeon SH. 2015. What factors affect doctors’ hours decisions: Comparing structural discrete choice and reduced-form approaches. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 10/15.
• Scott A. The GP Co-payment: A short postmortem and a new research agenda on Medicare. Melbourne Institute Policy Brief No. 1/15.
• Scott A, Leahy A & Lentini N. 2015. MABEL Matters No. 10. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• Taylor T, Yan W, Li J, Scott A, Cheng T & Leahy A. 2015. MABEL User Manual: Wave 6 Release. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• Yang O, Zhao X & Srivastava P. 2015. Binge drinking, antisocial and unlawful behaviours, and beverage types. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 3/15.

2014

Journal Articles

• Cheng TC. 2014. Measuring the effects of removing subsidies for private insurance on public expenditure for health care. Journal of Health Economics, 33: 159-179.
• Cheng TC, Palangkaraya A & Yong J. 2014. Hospital utilization in mixed public‐private system: Evidence from Australian hospital data. Applied Economics, 46(8): 859-870.
• Hanel B, Kalb GR & Scott A. 2014. Nurses's labour supply elasticities: The importance of accounting for extensive margins. Journal of Health Economics, 33: 94-112.
• Kaiser U, Mendez S, Rønde T & Ullrich H. 2014. Regulation of pharmaceutical prices: Evidence from a reference price reform in Denmark. Journal of Health Economics, 36: 174-187.
• Li J, Hurley J, DeCicca P & Buckley G. 2014. Physician response to pay-for-performance: Evidence from a natural experiment. Health Economics, 23(8): 962–978.
• Li J, Scott A, McGrail M, Humphreys J. & Witt J. 2014. Retaining rural doctors: Doctors’ preferences for rural medical workforce incentives. Social Science and Medicine, forthcoming.
• Scott A. 2014. Getting the balance right between generalism and specialisation. Does remuneration matter? Australian Family Physician, 43(4) April: 229-232.
• Scott A & Joyce C. 2014. The future of medical careers. Medical Journal of Australia, Perspectives, 201(2): 82-83.

Other Publications

• Cheng TC & Trivedi PK. 2014. Attrition bias in panel data: A sheep in wolf's clothing? A case study based on the MABEL Survey. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 14/14.

• Cheng TC, Powdthavee N & Oswald A. 2014. Longitudinal evidence for a midlife nadir in the lives of human beings. IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 7942, March 2014.
• McPake B, Scott A & Edoka I. 2014. Analyzing Markets for Health Workers: Insights from Labor and Health Economics. The World Bank, June 2014.
• Scott A. 2014. Life as an Intern. In: Australian Medical Students Association - Internship and Residency Guide 2014.
• Scott A, Joyce C, Cheng TC & Wang W. 2014. A fork in the road? A review of factors influencing medical career choices. Centre for Research Excellence in Medical Workforce Dynamices Policy Brief, Issue 2.
• Scott A, Joyce CM, Cheng TC & Wang W. 2014. Medical career path decision making: a rapid review. Evidence Check Review. Sax Institute, Sydney 2014.
• Scott A, Leahy A & Lentini N. 2014. MABEL Matters No. 9. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• Scott A, Liu M, Yong J & Cheng T. 2014. Recent trends and determinants of medical staff earnings in Victorian health services. Report for the Victorian Department of Health.
• Taylor T, Yan W, Li J, Scott A, Cheng TC & Leahy A. 2014. MABEL User Manual: Wave 5 Release. January 2014. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• Yong J, Li J & Yan W. 2014. Update on the econometric model of professional-entry student clinical placement capacity in public health settings. Report for the Victorian Department of Health.

2013

Journal Articles

• Bosua R, Gloet MB, Kurnia S, Mendoza A & Yong J. 2013. Telework, productivity and wellbeing: an Australian perspective. Telecommunications Journal of Australia, 63(1): 1-12.
• Cheng TC, Joyce CM & Scott A. 2013. An empirical analysis of public and private medical practice in Australia. Health Policy, 111(1): 43-51.
• Palangkaraya A & Yong J. 2013. Effects of competition on hospital quality: An examination using hospital administrative data. European Journal of Health Economics, 14(3): 415-429.
• Scott A, Witt J, Humphreys J, Joyce C, Kalb GR, Jeon S & Mcgrail M. 2013. Getting doctors into the bush: General Practitioners' preferences for rural location. Social Science & Medicine, 96: 33-44.
• Sicilani L, Sivey P & Street A. 2013. Differences in length of stay for hip replacement between public hospitals, specialised treatment centres and private providers: Selection or efficiency? Health Economics, 22(2): 234-242.
• Tinelli M, Ryan M, Bond C & Scott A. 2013. Valuing benefits to inform a clinical trial in pharmacy. PharmacoEconomics, 31(2): 163-171.

Other Publications

• Cheng TC. Does reducing rebates for private health insurance generate cost savings? Melbourne Institute Policy Brief No 3/13.
• Cheng TC, Kalb G & Scott A. 2013. Public, private or both? Analysing factors influencing the labour supply of medical specialists. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 40/13.
• Contoyannis P & Li J. 2013. Family socio-economic status, childhood life-events and the dynamics of depression from adolescence to early adulthood. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No 11/13.
• Flodgren G, Eccles MP, Scott A & Shepperd S. 2013. Financial incentive interventions. Knowledge Translation in Health Care: Moving from Evidence to Practice. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 222-226.
• Gravelle H, Scott A, Sivey P & Yong J. 2013. Competition, prices and quality in the market for physician consultations. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 23/13.
• Hurley J & Li J. 2013. Health care funding, cost-containment, and quality. Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis Working Paper 13-01.

• McGrail M & Scott A. 2013. MABEL an Update. Rural Roundup. Member magazine of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia, June 2013.

• McGrail M & Scott A. 2013. The rural medical workforce: an important theme for MABEL. Rural Pulse, Member magazine of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia. Page 20, January 2013.
• Scott A, Leahy A & Lentini N. 2013. MABEL Matters No. 8. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• Scott A, Yong J, Li J & Yan W. 2013. Analysis of factors influencing clinical placement capacity in health settings: Part II - Modelling professional-entry student clinical placement capacity in public health settings. Report for the Victorian Department of Health.
• Yan W, Li J, Scott A, Cheng T, Sivey P & Leahy A. 2013. MABEL User Manual: Wave 4 Release. January 2013. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

2012

Journal Articles

• Cheng TC, Scott A, Jeon S, Kalb G, Humphreys J & Joyce CM. 2012. What factors influence the earnings of GPs and medical specialists in Australia? Evidence from the MABEL Survey. Health Economics, 21(11): 1300-1317.
• Glasziou PP, Buchan H, Del Mar C, Doust J, Harris M, Knight R, Scott A, Scott I & Stockwell A. 2012. When financial incentives do more good than harm: A checklist. British Medical Journal, 345: e5047.
• Humphreys J, McGrail M, Joyce C, Scott A & Kalb G. 2012. Who should reeceive recruitment and retention incentives? Improved targeting of rural Ddctors using medical workforce data. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 20(1): 3-10.
• Lynagh M, Bonevski B, Sanson-Fisher R, Symonds I, Scott A, Hall A & Oldmeadow C. 2012. An RCT protocol of varying financial incentive amounts for smoking cessation among pregnant women. BMC Public Health, 12: 1032.
• McGrail MR, Humphreys JS, Joyce C, Scott A, Kalb G. 2012. Who should receive recruitment and retention incentives? Improved targeting of rural doctors using medical workforce data. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 20, 3–10.
• McGrail M, Humphreys J, Scott A & Joyce C. 2012. International medical graduates mandated to practice in rural Australia are highly unsatisfied: Results from a national survey of doctors. Health Policy, 108(2): 133-139.
• Scott A. 2012. Paying for the health workforce. Medical Journal of Australia, 1(3): 29-31.
• Scott A, Cobb-Clark D & Clarke P. 2012. Intergen+10: Clarifying the crystal ball. Australian Economic Review. 45(3): 325-326.
• Scott A & Harris MF. 2012. Designing payments for GPs to improve the quality of diabetes care. Medical Journal of Australia, 196 (1): 24-26
• Sivey P. 2012. The effect of waiting time and distance on hospital choice for English cataract patients. Health Economics, 21(4): 444-456.
• Sivey P, Scott A, Witt J, Joyce C & Humphreys J. 2012. Junior doctors' preferences for specialty choice. Journal of Health Economics, 31(6): 813-823.
• Song K, Meng Q, Scott A, Sivey P. 2012. Analyzing health care providers' job preferences by discrete choice experiments: A literature review. Chinese Health Economics, 31(10):91-93.

Other Publications

• Bosua R, Gloet MB, Kurnia S, Mendoza A & Yong J. 2012. Telework, productivity and wellbeing. Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society Report, November.
• Cheng TC & Scott A. 2012. Workload measures for allied health workforce. National Health Workforce Taskforce, Melbourne.
• Hanel B, Kalb GR & Scott A. 2012. Nurses's labour supply elasticities: The importance of accounting for extensive margins. Melbourne Institute Working Papert No 9/12.
• Scott A, Leahy A & Lentini N. 2012. MABEL Matters No. 7. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• Scott A & Li J. 2012. The effects of medical graduate expansion in Australia. Health Workforce Australia, National Health Workforce Planning and Research Collaboration, Adelaide.
• Scott A, Sivey P & Cheng TC. 2012. Patterns and determinants of medical and nursing workforce exits. Health Workforce Australia, National Health Workforce Planning and Research Collaboration, Adelaide.
• Scott A, Witt J, Humphreys J, Joyce C, Kalb G, Jeon S & McGrail M. 2012. Getting doctors into the bush: General practitioners' preferences for rural location. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 13/12.
• Scott A & Yong J. 2012. Economic evaluation of new and amended workforce configurations. Report for the Victorian Department of Health.
• Scott A, Yong J, Li J & Yan W. 2012. Analysis of factors influencing clinical placement capacity in health settings: Part I - Impact of the training and development grant subsidy for professional entry student placements. Report for the Victorian Department of Health.
• Schurer S, Kuehnle D, Scott A & Cheng TC. 2012. One man's blessing, another woman's curse? Family factors and the gender-earnings gap of doctors. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No 24/12.
• Yan W, Sivey P, Scott A, Kuehnle D, Cheng T, Leahy A & Jeon SH. 2012. MABEL User Manual: Wave 3 Release. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

2011

Journal Articles

• Cheng TC, Scott A, Jeon SH, Kalb G, Humphreys J & Joyce C. 2011. What factors influence the earnings of GPs and medical specialists? Evidence from the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life survey. Health Economics, 21(11): 1300-1317.
• Chua CL, Palangkaraya A & Yong J. 2011. Hospital competition, technical efficiency and quality. The Economic Record, 87(277): 252-268.
• Contoyannis P & Li J. 2011. The evolution of health outcomes from childhood to adolescence. Journal of Health Economics, 30(1): 11-32.
• Jones A & Schurer S. 2011. How does heterogeneity shape the socioeconomic gradient in health satisfaction? Journal of Applied Econometrics, 26(4): 549-579.
• Joyce C, Schurer S, Scott A, Humphreys J & Kalb G. 2011. Australian doctors satisfaction with their work: Results from the MABEL Longitudinal Survey of Doctors. The Medical Journal of Australia, 194(1): 30-33.
• McGrail M, Humphreys J, Joyce C, Scott A & Kalb G. 2011. How do rural GP's workload and work activities differ with community size compared with metropolitan practice? Australian Journal of Primary Health, 18(3) 228-233.
• McGrail M, Humphreys J, Joyce C, Scott A & Kalb G. 2011. Rural amenity and medical workforce shortage: Is there a relationship? Geographical Research, 49(2): 192-202.
• Scott A & Connelly L.2011. Financial incentives and the health workforce. Australian Health Review, 35: 273-277.
• Scott A, Jeon S, Joyce C, Humphreys J, Kalb G, Witt J & Leahy A. 2011. A randomised trial and economic evaluation of the effect of response mode on response rate, response bias, and item non-response in a survey of doctors. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 11(126).
• Scott A, Sivey P, Ait Ouakrim D, Willenberg L, Naccarella L, Furler J & Young D. 2011. The effect of financial incentives on the quality of health care provided by primary care physicians. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, November(9): CD008451.
• Silva-Sanigorski AM, Waters E, Calache H, Smith M, Gold L, Gussy M, Scott A & Virgo-Milton M. 2011. Splash!: An innovative prospective cohort study of the impact of environmental, social and family-level influences on child oral health and obesity related risk factors and outcomes. BMC Public Health, 11:505.
• Yan W, Cheng TC, Scott A, Joyce CM, Humphreys J, Kalb G & Leahy A. 2011. Data survey Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL). Australian Economic Review, 44(1): 102-112.

Other Publications

• Cheng TC & Vahid F. 2011. Demand for hospital care and private health insurance in a mixed public-private system: empirical evidence using a simultaneous equation modeling approach. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 22/11.
• Cheng TC, Scott A & Sivey P. 2011. Patterns and determinants of medical and nursing workforce exits. National Health Workforce Planning and Research Collaboration.
• Cheng TC. 2011. Measuring the effects of removing subsidies for private insurance on public expenditure for health care. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 26/11.
• Cheng TC. 2011.Significant cost savings by abolishing rebates. Melbourne Institute News Issue 34.
• Hurley J, DeCicca P, Li J & Buckley G. 2011. The response of Ontario primary care physicians to pay-for-performance incentives. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
• Li, J, Hurley J, DeCicca P & Buckley G. 2011. Physician response to pay-for-performance: Evidence from a natural experiment. National Bureau of Economic Research Report No 16909.
• McGrail M, Humphreys J & Scott A. 2011. Rural findings from the MABEL Project. National Rural Health Alliance Partyline Newsletter 42: 26-27.
• Siciliani L, Sivey P & Street A. 2011. Differences in length of stay between public hospitals, treatment centres and private providers: Selection or efficiency. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 6/11.
• Scott A, Sivey P, Cheng TC, Joyce C, Duffield C & Turner C. 2011. Patterns and determinants of medical and nursing labour force exits. Report to Health Workforce Australia.
• Yan W, Cheng TC, Scott A, Kuehnle D, Jeon S, Sivey P & Leahy A. 2011. MABEL User Manual: Wave 2 Release. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• Yan W, Scott A, Leahy A & Lentini N. 2011. MABEL Matters. No. 6. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

2010

Journal Articles

• Campbell S, Scott A, Parker R, Naccarella L, Furler J, Young D & Sivey P. 2010. Implementing pay-for-performance in Australian primary care: Lessons for the United Kingdom and the United States. Medical Journal of Australia, 193(7): 408-411.
• Chua CL, Palangkaraya A & Yong J. 2010. A two-stage estimation of hospital quality using mortality outcome measures: An application using hospital administrative data. Health Economics, 19(12): 1404-1424.
• Eccles MP, Shepperd S, Scott A, Flodgren G, Parmelli E & Beyer FR. 2010. An overview of reviews evaluating the effects of financial incentives in changing healthcare professional behaviours and patient outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 7.
• Gravelle H & Sivey P. 2010. Imperfect information in a quality-competitive hospital market. Journal of Health Economics, 29 (4): 524-535.
• Joyce C, Scott A, Jeon S, Humphreys J, Kalb G, Witt J & Leahy A. 2010. The "Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL)" Longitudinal Survey - Protocol and baseline data for a prospective cohort study of Australian doctors' workforce participation. BMC Health Services Research, 10(50).
• McGrail M, Humphreys J, Joyce C, Scott A & Kalb G. 2010. Professional satisfaction and general practice: Does It vary by size of community? Medical Journal of Australia, 193(2): 94-96.
• Scott A & Coote W. 2010. Do regional primary-care organisations influence primary-care performance? A dynamic panel estimation. Health Economics, 19(6): 716-729.
• Scott A. 2010. Reforming the health system: Paradise lost? Australian Economic Review, 43(1): 52-53.
• Scott A, Sivey P, Ait Ouakrim D, Willenberg L, Naccarella L, Furler J & Young D. 2010. The effect of financial incentives on the quality of health care provided by primary care physicians (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (4).
• Seymour J, McNamee P, Scott A & Tinelli M. 2010. Shedding new light onto the ceiling and floor? A quantile regression approach to compare EQ-5D and SF-6D responses. Health Economics, 19(6): 683-696.
• Street A, Sivey P, Mason A, Miraldo M & Siciliani L. 2010. Are English treatment centres treating less complex patients? Health Policy, 94(2): 150-157.

• Young D, Scott A & Best J. 2010. For love or money? Changing the way GPs are paid to provide diabetes care. The Medical Journal of Australia, 193: 67-68.

Other Publications

• Cheng T & Scott A. 2010. Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life. Surgical News, 11(1):32-33.

• Cheng TC & Vahid F. 2010. Demand for hospital care and private health insurance in a mixed public-private system: Empirical evidence using a simultaneous equation modeling approach. Health Econometrics and Data Group Working Paper No. 10/25, The University of York.

• Cheng TC, Scott A, Jeon S, Kalb G, Humphreys J & Joyce C. 2010. What factors influence the earnings of GPs and medical specialists in Australia? Evidence from the MABEL Survey. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 12/10.

• Eccles MP, Shepperd S, Scott A, Flodgren G, Parmelli E & Beyer FR. 2010. An overview of reviews evaluating the effects of financial incentives on changing healthcare professional behaviours and patient outcomes (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (7).

• Kuehnle D, Scott A, Cheng TC, Jeon S, Sivey P & Leahy A. 2010. Mabel User Manual: Wave 1 Release. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

• Schurer S & Scott A. 2010. Focus on Queensland. Postgraduate Medical Council of Queensland, Brisbane

• Scott A, Naccarella L, Furler J, Young D, Sivey P, Ait-Ouakrim D & Willenberg L. 2010. Financial incentives and the quality of primary health care in Australia. Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Australian National University.

• Scott A, Sivey P, Joyce C, Schofield D & Davies P. 2010. Alternative approaches to health workforce planning report. National Health Workforce Taskforce.

• Shrestha D, Joyce C & Scott A. 2010. Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life. Focus on Anaesthestists. ASA News July. Australian Society of Anaesthestists, Sydney.

• Sivey P, Scott A, Witt J, Joyce C & Humphreys J. 2010. Why junior doctors don't want to become general practitioners: A discrete choice experiment from the MABEL longitudinal study of doctors. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 17/10.

• Sivey P. 2010. The effect of waiting time and distance on hospital choice for English cataract patients. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 10/10.

2009

Journal Articles

• Crossley T, Hurley J & Jeon S. 2009. Physician labour supply in Canada: A cohort analysis. Health Economics, 18 (4): 437–456.
• Farrar S, Yi D, Sutton M, Chalkley M, Sussex J & Scott A. 2009. Has payment by results affected the way that English hospitals provide care? A difference-in-differences analysis. British Medical Journal, 339 (272):b3047-b3047.
• Jensen P, Webster E & Witt J. 2009. Hospital type and patient outcomes: An empirical examination using AMI readmission and mortality records. Health Economics, 18 (12): 1440–1460.
• Palangkaraya A & Yong J. 2009. Population ageing and its implications of aggregate health care demand: Empirical evidence from 22 OECD countries. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 9(4): 391-402.
• Palangkaraya A, Yong J, Webster E & Dawkins P. 2009. The distributive consequences of recent private health insurance policies in Australia: Gainers versus losers. European Journal of Health Economics, 10(2): 135-148.
• Scott A, Schurer S, Jensen P, & Sivey P. 2009. The effects of an incentive program on quality of care in diabetes management. Health Economics, 18(9): 1091-108.
• Witt J, Scott A & Osborne R. 2009. Designing choice experiments with many attributes. An application to setting priorities for orthopaedic waiting lists. Health Economics, 18(6): 681-696.

Other Publications

• Chua M, Palangkaraya A & Yong J. 2009. Hospital competition, technical efficiency, and quality. Melbourne Institute Working Paper 16/09.
• Hills D & Scott A. 2009. Focus on doctors enrolled in a specialty training program. MABEL Matters No. 4. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• McGrail M & Scott A. 2009. Focus on general practitioners. MABEL Matters No. 2. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• McIsaac M & Scott A. 2009. Focus on interns and medical officers. MABEL Matters No. 5. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• Palangkaraya A & Yong J. 2009. Hospital markets and the effect of competition on quality. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 17/09.
• Scott A & Jeon S. 2009. Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life. MABEL Matters No. 1. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• Scott A & Sivey P. 2009. Refining the national workforce planning model. National Health Workforce Taskforce.
• Scott A, Sivey P, Massaro V, Joyce C, Healey E, Brooks P & Perry L. 2009. Sonography workforce in Victoria. Department of Human Services, Victoria.
• Shrestha D & Scott A. 2009. Focus on specialists. MABEL Matters No. 3. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
• Sivey P & Gravelle H. 2009. Imperfect quality information in a quality-competitive hospital market. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No.5/09.