Conference Impact and Evaluation
DHE’s strong presence at the IHEA World Congress had a notable impact, elevating our profile and reputation within both national and international health economics communities. Through active participation, engaging presentations, and meaningful networking, DHE demonstrated its expertise and commitment to advancing health economics research and collaboration on a global stage.
The event was well-attended across diverse sessions, with 15 researchers and 5 PhD students representing DHE and delivering 19 presentations. This strong presence showcased the confidence and expertise of DHE peers, who actively participated and successfully moderated sessions before large audiences. The opening plenary by Indonesia’s Minister of Health provided valuable insights into strategies for strengthening Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Sessions on advanced topics—such as moving beyond cost-utility analysis to include productivity and environmental impacts, and those focused on discrete choice experiments—expanded research perspectives and collaboration opportunities. Overall, the conference amplified DHE’s research profile, facilitated knowledge exchange, and created pathways for future collaborations and impactful dissemination of research outputs.
DHE presentations included the following:
Dr Ha Le: “The long-term impact of ADHD on children’s HRQoL” and “Healthcare costs and productivity losses associated with ADHD”.
Dr Ann Livingstone: Successfully organised a session accepted at IHEA entitled “The Hidden Costs of Caring: Unseen Economic, Health, and Quality of Life Impacts on Informal Carers”. The presentation was 1 of 4 presentations in this session titled “Exploring Variations in Carer Quality of Life and Health Status Across Differing Health Conditions of Care Recipients”.
Dr Vicki Brown: “Preferences and willingness to pay for early childhood healthy lifestyle initiatives: a discrete choice experiment”.
Dr Anita Lal: “Case study of the Equity Impact Calculator for socioeconomic groups in Australia”
A/Prof Jaithri Ananthapavan: “Priority-setting Alcohol Harm Reduction Policies: A Participatory Approach to Assess the Cost-effectiveness of Prioritised Policy Options”.
Sangita Shakya: Healthcare utilisation and cost of coronary heart disease care pathway across the continuum in Western Australia: A linked administrative data analysis
Mary Angeles Rose: “Economic evaluation of a policy to restrict density of licensed premises”
Marufa Sultana: “Comparison of Psychometric Performance of Self-Complete and Proxy Versions of the Bangla EQ-5D-Y-3L and Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Agreement” and “Piloting self-complete Bangla version of EQ-5D-Y-3L for Bangladesh: feasibility, reliability, and validity”
Neha Das: “Estimating the Health and Economic Burden of Stroke Among Informal Caregivers in Australia using Productivity Adjusted Life Year (PALY)”.
Dr Anthony Niu: “Quantifying the Social Capital Burden due to Cardiovascular Disease: Implications for Outcome Measurement”.
Conference Strengths
Special Interest Group sessions facilitated valuable in-person connections with international colleagues and encouraged stronger partnerships, while the well-organised mentoring session delivered meaningful insights into the needs of early career researchers (ECRs). There was a broad selection of engaging sessions, including valuable pre-conference workshops that boosted DHE learning.
DHE presenters received helpful feedback that supported professional development. Participants could acquire new skills in health economics research and refresh existing knowledge or methods.
The excellent location in Bali, venue, and catering, all contributed to a welcoming atmosphere.
Snapshots from Bali: Our Conference Adventure
