Financing aged care in Australia: Mitigating fiscal gaps and maintaining intergenerational equity. Aged care has been identified as a significant contributor to the growing fiscal problems predicted for Australian government finances during the next 10 to 20 years. This project will develop the cutting-edge modelling tools needed to allow Australia to make informed decisions about possible reforms in aged care financing. It will create significant national benefits by allowing detailed assessmen ....Financing aged care in Australia: Mitigating fiscal gaps and maintaining intergenerational equity. Aged care has been identified as a significant contributor to the growing fiscal problems predicted for Australian government finances during the next 10 to 20 years. This project will develop the cutting-edge modelling tools needed to allow Australia to make informed decisions about possible reforms in aged care financing. It will create significant national benefits by allowing detailed assessment of the distributional impact of a wide range of possible reforms, including how the outcomes of any policy change will affect disadvantaged sections of our society, whether different generations will be fairly treated, and the impact by gender.Read moreRead less
Modelling the lifetime social and economic impacts of fragile x syndrome and the benefits of early diagnosis and intervention. This project falls within the National Research Priority, promoting and maintaining good health, through a healthy start to life and strengthening of social and economic outcomes over the course of life. Fragile X is a group of associated genetic disorders affecting individuals across generations. It is the most common identifiable cause of inherited intellectual disabil ....Modelling the lifetime social and economic impacts of fragile x syndrome and the benefits of early diagnosis and intervention. This project falls within the National Research Priority, promoting and maintaining good health, through a healthy start to life and strengthening of social and economic outcomes over the course of life. Fragile X is a group of associated genetic disorders affecting individuals across generations. It is the most common identifiable cause of inherited intellectual disability. About 1 in 4000 males and 1 in 8000 females have Fragile X, but up to 1 in 250 females are carriers. For the first time in Australia, this study will reveal the social and economic impacts on the individual, on their family members who are often the lifelong carers, and on the Australian community, and show how these impacts may be minimised through early intervention.Read moreRead less
Motor vehicle injuries: economic evaluation of a new treatment modality. The management of injured persons following motor vehicle accidents is a serious health issue in Australia, with over 60,000 minor injuries and 20,000 major injuries occurring annually. This project will provide a cost-effectiveness analysis of a new multidisciplinary approach to managing minor injuries by utilising data from the Accident Care Evaluation (ACE) trial of a new clinic being tested for this purpose.
Resolving patients' complaints about hospitals: Responsive regulation by health ombudsmen. Ombudsmen help ensure integrity and accountability in societal institutions. This study of patients' complaints about hospitals to health ombudsmen in two states, and the responses of hospitals, will produce evidence on strategies for making hospitals more responsive to the public and more accountable for the quality of their care. Australia was a world leader in establishing health ombudsmen and this stud ....Resolving patients' complaints about hospitals: Responsive regulation by health ombudsmen. Ombudsmen help ensure integrity and accountability in societal institutions. This study of patients' complaints about hospitals to health ombudsmen in two states, and the responses of hospitals, will produce evidence on strategies for making hospitals more responsive to the public and more accountable for the quality of their care. Australia was a world leader in establishing health ombudsmen and this study will explore their impact upon the hospital system. Evidence-based strategies are needed to improve the accountability of service providers and regulators. Social and economic benefits flow from empowering patients and from improving hospital performance.Read moreRead less
Improving water market outcomes through a better understanding of market behaviour. The issue of water resources and their sustainable use is probably the most important issue facing the rural sector. The water reform process and its aim to secure water for the environment will cause economic and social pain and result in structural change within the irrigation sector. Properly functioning water markets will play an instrumental role in facilitating this process by providing water for the envir ....Improving water market outcomes through a better understanding of market behaviour. The issue of water resources and their sustainable use is probably the most important issue facing the rural sector. The water reform process and its aim to secure water for the environment will cause economic and social pain and result in structural change within the irrigation sector. Properly functioning water markets will play an instrumental role in facilitating this process by providing water for the environment and allowing water to move between competing resources. This study will enable policy makers and water managers to optimise the positive outcome of water markets and increase the likely success of programs to purchase environmental water.Read moreRead less
A Study Of The Economic Impact Of The Northern Territory Fishing Industry
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
Objectives: 1. Investigate the economic impact of fishing on the Northern Territory economy through identification of the multiplier effects associated with the industry's existence
Case Study For Collection Of Economic Data On Commercial Fishing Linked To The National Framework
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$317,622.00
Summary
Fisheries managers, industry and the community have identified that there is a paucity of economic data upon which major fisheries resource management decisions are made. The need for economic data clearly exists. For example: · Government decisions are required on cost recovery, multiple use of marine resources and impacts of coastal developments on fisheries; · Fisheries managers make decisions on adjustment, resource sharing, and management arrangements; · Fishers make decisions ....Fisheries managers, industry and the community have identified that there is a paucity of economic data upon which major fisheries resource management decisions are made. The need for economic data clearly exists. For example: · Government decisions are required on cost recovery, multiple use of marine resources and impacts of coastal developments on fisheries; · Fisheries managers make decisions on adjustment, resource sharing, and management arrangements; · Fishers make decisions on fishing operations, vessel maintenance, replacement and upgrades; and . Processors, boat builders and infrastructure providers make investment decisions.
Each State and Territory in order to meet the objectives of equity, community benefit and efficiency of the use of fisheries resources requires the following: · a financial and economic database of commercial fisheries and processors which is current; · economic indicators for general fisheries management planning; · economic information for structural adjustment of the commercial fishing fleet; and · economic information for resource allocation decision making.
In some jurisdictions the fishing industry, Governments and Fisheries Agencies, along with the community, understand and accept that there are too many commercial primary fishing authorisations available for harvesting Australia’s fisheries resources. Failure to reduce this excess fishing capacity, particularly in Queensland, may lead to deteriorating economics of the industry and unsustainable levels of fishing.
Most States are now beginning to consider/undertake serious adjustment programs. However no methodology has been developed to incorporate financial viability and socio-economic information into the adjustment process. Queensland has just put into place a major policy for the adjustment of the commercial fishing fleet and has set aside $5M for the implementation over three years. However, cost effective implementation which meets fisheries management objectives requires this economic information.
The Queensland Department of Primary Industries is prepared to partly fund a study to gain economic data on their fisheries. QFMA fisheries logbooks, as is the case in all States, do not contain the financial and economic data needed to understand the profitability and behaviour of the fleet. The information has to be collected independently of these logbooks. The project will quantify the economic and financial aspects of the catching and processing sectors of the fishing industry. The information obtained will lead to better decision making by industry and fisheries management. Objectives: 1. Identify the most effective means of determining: the financial performance of the Queensland commercial fishing fleet and processing sector; the state, regional and port economic impacts (output, income and employment) of fishing operations; and economic indicators which can be used for adjustment and management purposes.. 2. Apply the above framework to an economic assessment of Queensland's fisheries. Read moreRead less
A new quality of life instrument with older people for economic evaluation. This project aims to develop and validate a new preference-based quality-of-life instrument with applications in aged-care. The new instrument will be developed with older people receiving aged care services, and will focus upon incorporating their values into the measurement and valuation of quality of life for economic evaluation. The new instrument will have immediate applications in quality assessment and economic ev ....A new quality of life instrument with older people for economic evaluation. This project aims to develop and validate a new preference-based quality-of-life instrument with applications in aged-care. The new instrument will be developed with older people receiving aged care services, and will focus upon incorporating their values into the measurement and valuation of quality of life for economic evaluation. The new instrument will have immediate applications in quality assessment and economic evaluation, improving the quality of life and wellbeing of older Australians, and will assist in determining the relative cost effectiveness of new and existing services.
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The Distributional Impact of Health Outlays: Developing the Research and Modelling Infrastructure for Policy Makers. The Commonwealth recently concluded that the projected increase in health outlays over the next few decades is unaffordable. Policy makers are therefore going to face difficult decisions about health funding, the balance between government and consumer contributions to health costs, and about taxes (which fund public health outlays). They do not currently have adequate modelling t ....The Distributional Impact of Health Outlays: Developing the Research and Modelling Infrastructure for Policy Makers. The Commonwealth recently concluded that the projected increase in health outlays over the next few decades is unaffordable. Policy makers are therefore going to face difficult decisions about health funding, the balance between government and consumer contributions to health costs, and about taxes (which fund public health outlays). They do not currently have adequate modelling tools to help them make sound decisions. This project aims to redress this situation, by constructing a microsimulation model of the health sector, with a capacity to assess the likely distributional impact of possible policy changes and their revenue or expenditure implications.Read moreRead less