Dr Hannah Carter

Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work
Biography
Dr Hannah Carter is a health economist whose work is focussed on embedding economic evaluation within health services research. She has been involved in clinical trials and health services research across a range of clinical areas including cancer, cardiovascular disease, end of life and paediatric conditions. Her current work involves a focus on evaluating integrated and virtual models of care. Hannah's research expertise includes cost-effectiveness analysis; health system modelling; the indirect (productivity) and out of pocket costs of illness; the relationships between health and employment; and the economics of implementation. She has expertise in a number of economic modelling techniques including decision analysis, Markov, discrete event and microsimulation. She is also interested in health services research more broadly, including implementation science methods and the use of discrete choice experiments to better understand preferences for health service delivery.Personal details
Positions
- Senior Research Fellow - Health Economics
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work- Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects - Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Keywords
health economics, cost-effectiveness, health services, employment, productivity, economic evaluation, decision analysis, patient reported outcome measures
Discipline
Applied Economics, Public Health and Health Services
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Sydney)
- Bachelor of Economics (University of Sydney)
Professional memberships and associations
Australian Health Economics Society
Selected publications
- Carter H, Jeffrey G, Ramm G, Gordon L, (2021) Cost-Effectiveness of a Serum Biomarker Test for Risk-Stratified Liver Ultrasound Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Value in Health, 24 (10), pp. 1454-1462.
- Frakking T, Teoh H, Shelton D, Moloney S, Ward D, Annetts K, David M, Levitt D, Chang A, Carty C, Barber M, Carter H, Mickan S, Weir K, Waugh J, (2022) Effect of Care Coordination Using an Allied Health Liaison Officer for Chronic Noncomplex Medical Conditions in Children: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial, JAMA Pediatrics, 176 (3), pp. 244-252.
- Carter H, Lee X, Farrington A, Shield C, Graves N, Cyarto E, Parkinson L, Oprescu F, Meyer C, Rowland J, Dwyer T, Harvey G, (2021) A stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial assessing the implementation, effectiveness and cost-consequences of the EDDIE+ hospital avoidance program in 12 residential aged care homes: study protocol, BMC Geriatrics, 21.
- Carter H, Lee X, Dwyer T, O’Neill B, Jeffrey D, Doran C, Parkinson L, Osborne S, Reid-Searl K, Graves N, (2020) The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a hospital avoidance program in a residential aged care facility: A prospective cohort study and modelled decision analysis, BMC Geriatrics, 20.
- Johnson S, Carter H, Leo P, Hollingworth S, Davis E, Jones T, Conwell L, Harris M, Brown M, Graves N, Duncan E, (2019) Cost-effectiveness analysis of routine screening using massively parallel sequencing for maturity-onset diabetes of the young in a pediatric diabetes cohort: Reduced health system costs and improved patient quality of life, Diabetes Care, 42 (1), pp. 69-76.
- Carter H, Lee X, Gallois C, Winch S, Callaway L, Willmott L, White B, Parker M, Close E, Graves N, (2019) Factors associated with non-beneficial treatments in end of life hospital admissions: a multicentre retrospective cohort study in Australia, BMJ Open, 9 (11), pp. 1-8.
- Carter H, Schofield D, Shrestha R, Veerman L, (2019) The productivity gains associated with a junk food tax and their impact on cost-effectiveness, PLoS One, 14 (7), pp. 1-11.
- Carter H, Knowles D, Moroney T, Holtmann G, Rhahan T, Appleyard M, Steele N, Zanco M, Graves N, (2019) The use of modelling studies to inform planning of health services: case study of rapidly increasing endoscopy services in Australia, BMC Health Services Research, 19 (1), pp. 1-8.
- Carter H, Winch S, Barnett A, Parker M, Gallois C, Willmott L, White B, Patton M, Burridge L, Salkield G, Close E, Callaway L, Graves N, (2017) Incidence, duration and cost of futile treatment in end-of-life hospital admissions to three Australian public-sector tertiary hospitals: a retrospective multicentre cohort study, BMJ Open, 7 (10), pp. 1-7.
- Carter H, Schofield D, Shrestha R, (2016) The productivity costs of premature mortality due to cancer in Australia: Evidence from a microsimulation model, PLoS One, 11 (12), pp. 1-13.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Hannah, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- An Early Detection Program to Prevent Unnecessary Hospital Admissions of Aged Care Residents
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- MRF1177501
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
- aged care; hospitalisation; nursing care; early detection; deterioration
- Title
- The Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform Trial
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1184238
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Measuring National Productivity Impacts of Chronic Ill Health on Patients and Carers and the Potential Benefits of Health and Policy
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1181228
- Start year
- 2020
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Methods for costing the implementation of digital health innovations
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Steven McPhail, Dr Bridget Abell - conomic evaluation of virtual care for improving patient-centred health services and system efficiency
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Steven McPhail - The Role of Next Generation Sequencing in Newborn Screening
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Lyn Griffiths - Digital health solutions for improving ambulatory care utilisation
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Sanjeewa Kularatna, Professor Steven McPhail - Chronic wet cough in children: Economic burden of disease and aetiology
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Julie Marchant, Adjunct Professor Nicholas Graves, Professor Steven McPhail, Adjunct Professor Anne Chang