Contact

Email

adam.elshaug@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Professor In Health Policy
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Education
Bachelor of Arts
University of South Australia
Masters of Public Health
Adelaide University
Honours Bachelor of Science
Adelaide University
Doctor of Philosophy
Adelaide University
ORCID

0000-0002-4939-5379

Prof. Adam Elshaug

Professor In Health Policy
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
86 Scholarly works
2 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2021

    Journal article

    Assessment of Overuse of Medical Tests and Treatments at US Hospitals Using Medicare Claims
    DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8075
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Utilization Rates of Pancreatectomy, Radical Prostatectomy, and Nephrectomy in New York, Ontario, and New South Wales, 2011 to 2018
    DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5477
  • 2021

    Conference Proceedings

    Abstract PO-094: Socioeconomic status and utilization of cancer surgeries in the United States, Canada, and Australia
    DOI: 10.1158/1557-3265.adi21-po-094
  • 2021

    Journal article

    To Expand the Evidence Base About Harms from Tests and Treatments
    DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-06597-9
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Challenges of a Supplemental Private Option Under National Health Insurance-Observations From Australia
    DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.8435
  • 2020

    Research Contracts

    Simulation model for Cancer Australia
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Development and evaluation of regional health care alliances to improve health system performance in New South Wales – Patient Centred Co-commissioning Groups
Adam Elshaug

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2020
Impact (Award) through translation into health policy, management, or clinical practice Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ)
2019
Visiting Fellow The Brookings Institution
2017
HCF Research Foundation Professorial Fellow HCF Research Foundation
2016
Data Innovation in Health and Medical Research Award (Inaugural); received as team member of the CMCRC HMQ program Research Australia

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2020

    Journal article

    Estimating misclassification error in a binary performance indicator: case study of low value care in Australian hospitals
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010564
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Hospital characteristics associated with low-value care in public hospitals in New South Wales, Australia.
    DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05625-4
  • 2020

    Journal article

    First steps towards price transparency: comparability of online out-of-pocket tools from Australian private health funds.
    DOI: 10.1071/AH19109
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Prevention of non-communicable disease: best buys, wasted buys, and contestable buys.
    DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m141
  • 2020

    Media

    Hospitals have stopped unnecessary elective surgeries – and shouldn’t restart them after the pandemic
  • 2020

    Media

    Pandemic letter from America: how the US handling of COVID-19 provides the starkest warning for us all
  • 2019

    Book Chapter

    Wasted Buys
    DOI: 10.11647/OBP.0195
  • 2019

    Book Chapter

    Non-communicable Disease Prevention
    DOI: 10.11647/obp.0195