Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dennis is a Professor in the Centre for Health Economics, Monash University. He has published extensively on the economics of illicit drugs and alcohol, disability, cancer, the longitudinal measurement and evaluation of health inequalities and has lead a large number of economic evaluations of healthcare interventions including alongside RCTs. He has consistently published in the leading health economics journals, with multiple papers in the Journal of Health Economics (4), Health Economics (6), Social Science & Medicine (5) and also high impact medical journals including JAMA, BMJ, PLOS Medicine, Addiction (2), Diabetologia, Diabetes Care (2), Clinical Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology (2). He specialises in analysing large and complex data sets to improve health policy decisions with a focus on reducing health inequities.
Research interests
Health Inequalities
Health Economics
Applied Econometrics
Economic Evaluations
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Inequalities in Health
- Health Economics
- Econometrics
- risk and uncertainty
- Alcohol
- Cancer
- Drugs - illicit
- Disability
- Cost Effectiveness
- Economic Evaluation
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Stage 2b - Developing A Preference-based Wellbeing Index to Facilitate Resource Prioritisation in National Disability Insurance Scheme: The NDIS Wellbeing Index
Chen, G., Petrie, D., Harris, A., Ratcliffe, J., Llewellyn, G. M., bulkeley, K., Badji, S., Woode, M. E. & Olson, J. A.
16/11/22 → 15/12/23
Project: Research
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EFFECT OF A VAPORISED NICOTINE PRODUCT vs VARENICLINE ON SMOKING CESSATION FOR LOW-SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SMOKERS: A RANDOMISED TRIAL
Courtney, R. J., McRobbie, H. J., Rigotti, N., Bullen, C., Hajek, P., Petrie, D., Brown, J., Doyle, M., Barker, D., Shakeshaft, A., Farrell, M. P. & Weaver, N.
1/07/22 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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VALUE-Ig : eVidence synthesis to inform the optimAL UsE of Immunoglobulin
Petrie, D., McQuilten, Z., Harris, A., Wood, E., Irving, A., Van Der Walt, A., Reddel, S. W., Fanning, L., Spencer, A., Hawkes, E. & Crispin, P.
1/04/22 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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CALIPSO: Duration of Cardiac Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Outcomes Study (CALIPSO): multicentre, adaptive, double-blind, three-arm, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial examining antimicrobial prophylaxis duration in cardiac surgery
Peel, T., Myles, P., McGiffin, D., Smith, J., Forbes, A., Marasco, S., Pilcher, D., Stewardson, A., Petrie, D., Peleg, A., Wisniewski, J., Russo, P. & Forster, S.
Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia)
1/02/22 → 31/05/27
Project: Research
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Centre of Research Excellence in Precision Public Health Approaches to Breast Cancer Screening, Early Detection and Mortality Reduction
Hopper, J., Southey, M., Frazer, H., Emery, J. D., Makalic, E., Reintals, M., Petrie, D., Stone, J. L., Thompson, E. W., Macinnis, R., Bickerstaffe, A., Dite, G., Boyle, D., Jenkins, M. A., Sung, J., Bondell, H., Winship, I. M., Ingman, W., Britt, K. & Lee, D.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/10/21 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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Activating pharmacists to reduce the frequency of medication-related problems (ACTMed): a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial
Spinks, J., Violette, R., Boyle, D. I. R., Petrie, D., Fanning, L., Hall, K. K., Kelly, F., Wheeler, A. J., Ware, R. S., Byrnes, J., Chen, E., Donald, A., Ellis, N., DelDot, M. & Nissen, L., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: The Medical Journal of Australia. 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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A Review of Cancer Related Surrogate Outcomes Used For PBAC Decision Making: The Cancer Surrogate Report for the PBAC
Sia, K-L., Picton, L., Chen, E., Yong, K., Petrie, D., Ghijben, P., Mohanannair Geethadevi, G., Winn, K. M., Crothers, A. & Li, J. J., Jul 2023, Australia: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. 85 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Other
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Does affirmative action reduce disparities in healthcare use by Indigenous peoples? Evidence from Australia's Indigenous Practice Incentives Program
Saxby, K., Byrnes, J., de New, S. C., Nghiem, S. & Petrie, D., Apr 2023, In: Health Economics. 32, 4, p. 853-872 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Household composition and smoking behavior in a prospective longitudinal Australian cohort
Saxby, K., Ireland, A., Ghijben, P., Sweeney, R., Sia, K-L., Chen, E., Farrell, M., McRobbie, H., Courtney, R. & Petrie, D., May 2023, In: Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 25, 5, p. 859-866 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Household donations of time and money in response to a health shock
De Gruyter, E., Petrie, D. & Black, N., Sept 2023, In: Social Science & Medicine. 333, 15 p., 116165.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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