Health Equity

This SIG focuses on developing evidence to monitor, understand and reduce unfair differences in health and healthcare.

Aim and objectives

Aim To promote the use of research evidence for equity informed policy decisions

Objectives

To share knowledge of data and methods for assessing health disparities and conducting equity informative economic evaluations
To connect researchers and facilitate collaboration in the economics of health equity
To support early career researchers with an interest in this field to develop networks
To share equity focused resources such as training courses, workshops and funding opportunities

Sharing information electronically about papers, methods workshops, conferences.
Hold a meeting at AHES 2022 to establish desired outcomes and activities of the group
Regular Zoom meet ups, frequency TBA (including, work-in-progress presentations, methods sharing and small group networking)
Engage with relevant health policy community consultation processes as a group (optional)
Establish a database of health economists in researching in this field (optional)
Organised session for IHEA (optional)

If you would like to join the SIG, please contact the conveners:

Deakin Health Economics, Deakin University

Centre for Health Economics, Monash University

Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy