Researcher biography
Luke Connelly is Professor of Health Economics at the Centre for the Business and Economics of Health. He also holds a Professorial appointment (part-time) at The University of Bologna, to which he was appointed in 2017 via the Italian "Direct Call" (link) process. In 2019 he was appointed as Honorary Professor at The University of Sydney. His main interests are in health economics and insurance economics and the effects of institutions (including legal constructs) on incentives and behaviour. He has also worked in other fields of applied microeconomics, including education economics and transport economics. His publications include papers in Review of Income and Wealth, Health Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Journal of Law and Medicine, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, European Journal of Health Economics, International Journal of Health Economics and Finance, Social Science and Medicine, Economic Papers, Economic Analysis and Policy, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Labour Economics, Economics and Human Biology as well as in a range of clinical journals, including Lancet.
Luke has served on a number of public committees including the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC), which advises the Australian Minister for Health on the safety, efficacy, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of new and extant listings on Australia's Medicare Benefits Schedule. He has extensive service on other public committees and taskforces as well as extensive teaching and consulting engagements with industry. Over his career he has been a chief investigator on research grants and contracts totalling more than $67m. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of European Journal of Health Economics and the International Journal on Environmental Research and Public Health. He is a member of the International Health Economics Association's Arrow Awards Committee, which awards an annual prize in honour of Nobel Laureate Kenneth Arrow for the best paper in the field. He is currently Guest Editor (with Christophe Courbage) on a Special Issue of the Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance on Insurance and Emerging Health Risks.
His current research interests include health service innovations to improve the health of people with chronic kidney disease(CKD). Ongoing interests include the economics of disability and insurance, compensable injury compensation schemes, and the determinants of health. Luke enjoys and has considerable experience teaching economics and health economics at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. In 2014 he was awarded the School of Economics Distinguished Teaching Award for his teaching on UQ's Master of Health Economics Program. In July 2016 and July 2019 he also taught summer schools in Health Economics and the Economics of Insurance at The University of Lucerne, Switzerland.
Over the past 10 years he has been a chief investigator on grants totalling more than $70m.
Publications
Books
Connelly, Luke B. (2002). Economics and health : 2001 : proceedings of the twenty-third Australian Conference of Health Economists. Kensington, N.S.W.: School of Health Services Management, University of New South Wales.
Connelly, L. B. and Doessel D. P. (2002). Medicare and general practice: an economic analysis. Sydney, NSW Australia: School of Public Health & Community Medicine, University of New South Wales.
Book Chapters
Connelly, Luke B. and Spearing, Natalie (2011). Compensation and health outcomes. Whiplash: Evidence base for clinical practice. (pp. 144-156) edited by Michele Sterling and Justin Kenardy. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: Elsevier Australia.
Connelly, L.B. (2009). Economic Evaluations with Pre-Scored Health Status Instruments. Rehabilitation and Health Assessment: Applying ICF Guidelines. (pp. 163-188) edited by Oakland, T. and Mpofu, E.. New York , U. S. A.: Springer New York.
Connelly, L. B., Woolf, A. and Brooks, P. (2006). Cost-effectiveness of interventions for musculoskeletal conditions. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. (pp. 963-980) edited by D. T. Jamison, J.G. Breman, A.R. Measham, G. Alleyne, M. Claeson, D.B. Evans, P. Jha, a. Mills and P. Musgrove. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
Connelly, Luke B. (2005). Student characteristics and academic success: An econometric study of the performance of "equity groups". Educational Innovation in Economics and Business IX: Breaking Boundaries for Global Learning. (pp. 317-340) edited by R. G. Milter, V. S. Perotti and M. S. R. Segers. The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/1-4020-3171-8_17
Connelly, L. B. (2004). Assertion-reason assessment in formative and summative tests: results from two graduate case studies. Educational Innovation in Economics and Business VIII: Pedagogy, Technology and Innovation. (pp. 359-378) edited by Roger Ottewill, Bruce Macfarlane, Ann Wall, Liz Borredon and Laurent Falque. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.
Miles, K. A. and Connelly, L. B. (2004). Cost-effectiveness studies of PET in oncology. PET and PET-CT in Oncology. (pp. 321-330) edited by P. Oehr, H. J. Biersack and R. E. Coleman. Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-18803-9_32
Journal Articles
Connelly, Luke and Courbage, Christophe (2023). On insurance and health risks. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, 48 (1), 1-4. doi: 10.1057/s41288-022-00279-1
Ritchie, Carrie, Andersen, Tonny Elmose, Ravn, Sophie Lykkegaard, Söderlund, Anne, Sterling, Michele, Carroll, Linda, Connelly, Luke B., Cote, Pierre, Curatolo, Michele, Grant, Genevieve, Jull, Gwendolen, Kasch, Helge, MacDermid, Joy, Malmström, Eva Maj, Rebbeck, Trudy, Treleaven, Julia, Walton, David and Westergren, Hans (2022). A systematic review shows minimal evidence for measurement properties of psychological functioning outcomes in whiplash. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 151, 29-44. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.07.011
Foot, Holly, Scott, Ian, Sturman, Nancy, Whitty, Jennifer A., Rixon, Kylie, Connelly, Luke, Williams, Ian and Freeman, Christopher (2022). Impact of pharmacist and physician collaborations in primary care on reducing readmission to hospital: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 18 (6), 2922-2943. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.07.015
Crawford, Darrell H.G., Mellor, Rebecca, Teo, Andrew, Duenow, Patrick and Connelly, Luke B (2022). Post‐traumatic stress disorder is associated with a higher rate of polypectomy independent of an increased frequency of colonoscopy in Australian veterans – a retrospective review. Internal Medicine Journal. doi: 10.1111/imj.15818
Nikles, Jane, Keijzers, Gerben, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Farrell, Scott F., Perez, Siegfried, Schug, Stephan, Ware, Robert S., McLean, Samuel A., Connelly, Luke B. and Sterling, Michele (2022). Pregabalin vs placebo to prevent chronic pain after whiplash injury in at-risk individuals: Results of a feasibility study for a large randomised controlled trial. Pain, 163 (2), E274-E284. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002362
Connelly, Luke, Fiorentini, Gianluca and Iommi, Marica (2022). Supply-side solutions targeting demand-side characteristics: causal effects of a chronic disease management program on adherence and health outcomes. The European Journal of Health Economics, 23 (7), 1203-1220. doi: 10.1007/s10198-021-01421-x
Rebbeck, Trudy, Evans, Kerrie, Ferreira, Paulo, Beales, Darren, Sterling, Michele, Bennell, Kim L, Cameron, Ian, Nicholas, Michael, Ritchie, Carrie, Jull, Gwen, Treleaven, Julia, Trevena, Lyndal, Refshauge, Kathryn, Connelly, Luke, Foster, Nadine, Black, Deborah, Hodges, Paul, Ferreira, Manuela, Shaw, Tim J and Simic, Milena (2021). Implementation of a novel stratified PAthway of CarE for common musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in primary care: protocol for a multicentre pragmatic randomised controlled trial (the PACE MSK trial). BMJ Open, 11 (12) e057705, e057705. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057705
Zhang, Jianzhen, Wang, Zaimin, Cameron, Anne, Sowa, P. Marcin, Diwan, Vishal, Venuthurupalli, Sree Krishna, Healy, Helen G., Connelly, Luke B. and Hoy, Wendy E. (2021). The CKD.QLD data linkage framework: chronic kidney disease and health services utilisation in Queensland, Australia. F1000Research, 10 1107. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.53782.1
Sowa, P. Marcin, Venuthurupalli, Sree K., Hoy, Wendy E., Zhang, Jianzhen, Cameron, Anne, Healy, Helen G. and Connelly, Luke B. (2021). Identification of factors associated with high-cost use of inpatient care in chronic kidney disease: a registry study. BMJ open, 11 (8) e049755, e049755. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049755
Sterling, Michele, Rebbeck, Trudy, Connelly, Luke B., Leaver, Andrew, Ritchie, Carrie, Bandong, Aila, Mackey, Martin, Cameron, Ian D., Mitchell, Geoffrey, Arora, Mohit and Armfield, Nigel R. (2021). A randomised controlled trial of implementation of a guideline-based clinical pathway of care to improve health outcomes following whiplash injury (Whiplash ImPaCT): Statistical analysis plan. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 25 (4), 471-480. doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2021.05.004
Nguyen, Ha Trong, Le, Huong Thu and Connelly, Luke B. (2021). Weather and children's time allocation. Health Economics, 30 (7) hec.4264, 1559-1579. doi: 10.1002/hec.4264
Freeman, Christopher R., Scott, Ian A., Hemming, Karla, Connelly, Luke B., Kirkpatrick, Carl M., Coombes, Ian, Whitty, Jennifer, Martin, James, Cottrell, Neil, Sturman, Nancy, Russell, Grant M., Williams, Ian, Nicholson, Caroline, Kirsa, Sue and Foot, Holly (2021). Reducing Medical Admissions and Presentations Into Hospital through Optimising Medicines (REMAIN HOME): a stepped wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial. The Medical Journal of Australia, 214 (5), 212-217. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50942
Nguyen, Ha Trong, Le, Huong Thu and Connelly, Luke B (2021). Who's declining the “free lunch”? New evidence from the uptake of public child dental benefits. Health Economics, 30 (2), 270-288. doi: 10.1002/hec.4200
Connelly, Luke B. and Fiorentini, Gianluca (2021). Structural factors and integrated care interventions: is there a role for economists in the policy debate?. European Journal of Health Economics, 22 (8), 1141-1150. doi: 10.1007/s10198-020-01253-1
Connelly, Luke B. and Birch, Stephen (2020). Sustainability of publicly funded health care systems: what does behavioural economics offer?. PharmacoEconomics, 38 (12), 1289-1295. doi: 10.1007/s40273-020-00955-x
Vaikuntam, Bharat Phani, Middleton, James W., McElduff, Patrick, Walsh, John, Pearse, Jim, Connelly, Luke and Sharwood, Lisa N. (2020). Gap in funding for specialist hospitals treating patients with traumatic spinal cord injury under an activity-based funding model in New South Wales, Australia. Australian Health Review, 44 (3), 365-376. doi: 10.1071/AH19083
Lim, Kuan Pin, Marshall, Henry, Tammemägi, Martin, Brims, Fraser, McWilliams, Annette, Stone, Emily, Manser, Renee, Canfell, Karen, Weber, Marianne, Connelly, Luke, Bowman, Rayleen V., Yang, Ian A., Fogarty, Paul, Mayo, John, Yee, John, Myers, Renelle, Atkar-Khattra, Sukhinder, Lam, David C. L., Rosell, Antoni, Berg, Christine D., Fong, Kwun M. and Lam, Stephen (2020). Protocol and rationale for the international lung screening trial. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 17 (4), 503-512. doi: 10.1513/annalsats.201902-102oc
Connelly, Luke and Birch, Stephen (2020). Answers in search of questions: what does the comparison of COVID19 data among regions in Northern Italy tell us?. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 17 (2), 1-3. doi: 10.1017/S1744133120000377
Nguyen, Ha Trong, Connelly, Luke B., Le, Huong Thu, Mitrou, Francis, Taylor, Catherine L. and Zubrick, Stephen R. (2020). Ethnicity differentials in academic achievements: the role of time investments. Journal of Population Economics, 33 (4), 1381-1418. doi: 10.1007/s00148-020-00774-6
Marshall, Henry M., Finn, Nicola, Bowman, Rayleen V., Passmore, Linda H., McCaul, Elizabeth M., Yang, Ian A., Connelly, Luke and Fong, Kwun M. (2019). The cost of screening for lung cancer in Australia. Internal Medicine Journal, 49 (11) imj.14439, 1392-1399. doi: 10.1111/imj.14439
Dang, Tho T. H., Rowell, David, Liddle, Jacki, Coyne, Terry, Silburn, Peter and Connelly, Luke B. (2019). Economic evaluation of deep-brain stimulation for Tourette’s syndrome: an initial exploration. Journal of Neurology, 266 (12), 2997-3008. doi: 10.1007/s00415-019-09521-8
Vaikuntam, Bharat Phani, Middleton, James Walter, McElduff, Patrick, Connelly, Luke, Pearse, Jim, Stanford, Ralph, Walsh, John and Sharwood, Lisa Nicole (2019). Identifying predictors of higher acute care costs for patients with traumatic spinal cord injury and modeling acute care pathway redesign: a record linkage study. Spine, 44 (16), E974-E983. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003021
Sowa, P. Marcin, Purtell, Louise, Hoy, Wendy E., Healy, Helen G., Bonner, Ann and Connelly, Luke B. (2019). Utilization and costs of health care in a kidney supportive care program. Journal of Palliative Care, 35 (3), 082585971986817-184. doi: 10.1177/0825859719868174
Hodges, Paul, Stafford, Ryan, Coughlin, Geoff D., Kasza, Jessica, Ashton-Miller, James, Cameron, Anne P., Connelly, Luke and Hall, Leanne M. (2019). Efficacy of a personalised pelvic floor muscle training programme on urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy (MaTchUP): protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9 (5) e028288, e028288. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028288
Dang, Tho Thi Hai, Rowell, David and Connelly, Luke B (2019). Cost‐effectiveness of deep brain stimulation with movement disorders: A systematic review. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 6 (5) mdc3.12780, 348-358. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12780
Chen, Kenneth, Andersen, Tonny, Carroll, Linda, Connelly, Luke, Côté, Pierre, Curatolo, Michele, Elliott, James, Grant, Genevieve, Jull, Gwendolen, Kasch, Helge, MacDermid, Joy, Malmström, Eva-Maj, Maujean, Annick, McLean, Samuel A., Nielsen, Mandy, Rebbeck, Trudy, Söderlund, Anne, Sterling, Joanna, Treleaven, Julia, Walton, David M., Westergren, Hans and Sterling, Michele (2019). Recommendations for Core Outcome Domain Set for Whiplash Associated Disorders (CATWAD). Clinical Journal of Pain, 35 (9), 1-736. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000735
Nikles, J., Keijzers, G., Mitchell, G., Schug, S., Ware, R., McLean, S. A., Connelly, L., Gibson, S., Farrell, S. F. and Sterling, M. (2018). Pregabalin versus placebo in targeting pro-nociceptive mechanisms to prevent chronic pain after whiplash injury in at-risk individuals - a feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 19 (1) 44, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2450-9
Tuffaha, Haitham W., Mitchell, Andrew, Ward, Robyn L., Connelly, Luke, Butler, James R. G., Norris, Sarah and Scuffham, Paul A. (2018). Cost-effectiveness analysis of germ-line BRCA testing in women with breast cancer and cascade testing in family members of mutation carriers. Genetics in Medicine : Official Journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 20 (9), 985-994. doi: 10.1038/gim.2017.231
Rowell, David, Nghiem, Son and Connelly, Luke B. (2017). Two tests for ex ante moral hazard in a market for automobile insurance. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 84 (4), 1103-1126. doi: 10.1111/jori.12161
Nghiem, Son Hong and Connelly, Luke Brian (2017). Convergence and determinants of health expenditures in OECD countries. Health Economics Review, 7 (1) 29, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s13561-017-0164-4
Connelly, Luke B. (2017). The nature of whiplash in a compensable environment: injury, disability, rehabilitation, and compensation systems. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 47 (7), 503-508. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2017.7533
Nguyen, Ha Trong and Connelly, Luke Brian (2017). Out of sight but not out of mind: home countries' macroeconomic volatilities and immigrants' mental health. Health Economics, 27 (1), 189-208. doi: 10.1002/hec.3532
Nguyen, Ha Trong and Connelly, Luke B. (2017). The dynamics of informal care provision in an Australian household panel survey: previous work characteristics and future care provision. Economic Record, 93 (302), 395-419. doi: 10.1111/1475-4932.12333
Foot, Holly, Freeman, Christopher, Hemming, Karla, Scott, Ian, Coombes, Ian D., Williams, Ian D., Connelly, Luke, Whitty, Jennifer A., Sturman, Nancy, Kirsa, Sue, Nicholson, Caroline, Russell, Grant, Kirkpatrick, Carl and Cottrell, Neil (2017). Reducing medical admissions into hospital through optimising medicines (REMAIN HOME) study: protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Open, 7 (4) e015301, e015301. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015301
Rowell, David, Nghiem, Son Hong and Connelly, Luke B. (2017). Testing for asymmetric information in insurance markets: a test for ex ante moral hazard revisited. Economics Letters, 150, 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.044
Merlo, Gregory, Graves, Nicholas, Brain, David and Connelly, Luke B. (2016). Economic evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in Australia. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 31 (12), 1927-1932. doi: 10.1111/jgh.13402
Coombes, Brooke K., Connelly, Luke, Bisset, Leanne and Vicenzino, Bill (2016). Economic evaluation favours physiotherapy but not corticosteroid injection as a first-line intervention for chronic lateral epicondylalgia: evidence from a randomised clinical trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 50 (22), 1400-1405. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-094729
Nghiem, Son, Commandeur, Jacques J. F. and Connelly, Luke B. (2016). Determinants of road traffic safety: new evidence from Australia using state-space analysis. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 94, 65-72. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.05.012
Rebbeck, Trudy, Leaver, Andrew, Bandong, Aila Nica, Kenardy, Justin, Refshauge, Kathryn, Connelly, Luke, Cameron, Ian, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Willcock, Simon, Ritchie, Carrie, Jagnoor, Jagnoor and Sterling, Michele (2016). Implementation of a guideline-based clinical pathway of care to improve health outcomes following whiplash injury (Whiplash ImPaCT): protocol of a randomised, controlled trial. Journal of Physiotherapy, 62 (2), 111-111. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2016.02.006
Khanam, Rasheda, Nghiem, Son and Connelly, Luke (2016). The effects of parental leave on child health and postnatal care: evidence from Australia. Economic Analysis and Policy, 49, 17-29. doi: 10.1016/j.eap.2015.09.005
Nghiem, Son and Connelly, Luke B. (2015). Benchmarking Road Traffic Safety Across OECD Countries A Distance Function Approach. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 49 (4), 539-559.
Connelly, Luke B. and Le, Ha N. D. (2015). Cost-effectiveness of a bivalent human papillomavirus vaccination program in Japan. Sexual Health, 12 (6), 520-531. doi: 10.1071/SH14241
Nghiem, Hong Son, Nguyen, Ha Trong, Khanam, Rasheda and Connelly, Luke B. (2015). Does school type affect cognitive and non-cognitive development in children? Evidence from Australian primary schools. Labour Economics, 33 (4), 55-65. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2015.02.009
Sterling, Michele, Vicenzino, Bill, Souvlis, Tina and Connelly, Luke B. (2015). Dry-needling and exercise for chronic whiplash-associated disorders: a randomized single-blind placebo-controlled trial. Pain, 156 (4), 635-643. doi: 10.1097/01.j.pain.0000460359.40116.c1
Khanam, Rasheda, Hong Son Nghiem and Connelly, Luke B. (2014). What roles do contemporaneous and cumulative incomes play in the income-child health gradient for young children? Evidence from an Australian Panel. Health Economics, 23 (8), 879-893. doi: 10.1002/hec.2961
Michaleff, Zoe A., Maher, Chris G., Lin, Chung-Wei Christine, Rebbeck, Trudy, Jull, Gwendolen, Latimer, Jane, Connelly, Luke and Sterling, Michele (2014). Comprehensive physiotherapy exercise programme or advice for chronic whiplash (PROMISE): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 384 (9938), 133-141. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60457-8
Kenardy, Justin, Heron-Delaney, Michelle, Bellamy, Nicholas, Sterling, Michele and Connelly, Luke (2014). The University of Queensland study of physical and psychological outcomes for claimants with minor and moderate injuries following a road traffic crash (UQ SuPPORT): design and methods. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 5 (SUPPL), 22612.1-22612.11. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v5.22612
Hajizadeh, Mohammad, Connelly, Luke Brian and Butler, James Robert Gerard (2014). Health policy and equity of health care financing in australia: 1973-2010. Review of Income and Wealth, 60 (2), 298-322. doi: 10.1111/roiw.12103
Ha Trong Nguyen and Connelly, Luke Brian (2014). The effect of unpaid caregiving intensity on labour force participation: results from a multinomial endogenous treatment model. Social Science and Medicine, 100, 115-122. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.10.031
Olivia Wright, Connelly, Luke B., Capra, Sandra and Hendrikz, Joan (2013). Determinants of foodservice satisfaction for patients in geriatrics/rehabilitation and residents in residential aged care. Health Expectations, 16 (3), 251-265. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00711.x
Spearing, Natalie M. and Connelly, Luke B. (2013). Does injury compensation lead to worse health?. Precedent (116), 52-55.
Nghiem, Hong Son, Connelly, Luke B. and Gargett, Susan (2013). Are road traffic crash fatality rates converging among OECD countries?. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 52, 162-170. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.011
Connelly, Luke B. and Butler, James R. G. (2013). Erratum: Insurance rebates, incentives and primary care in Australia. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, 38 (1), 181-181. doi: 10.1057/gpp.2012.50
Spearing, Natalie M., Connelly, Luke B., Nghiem, Hong S. and Pobereskin, Louis (2012). Research on injury compensation and health outcomes: ignoring the problem of reverse causality led to a biased conclusion. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 65 (11), 1219-1226. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.05.012
Connelly, Luke B. and Butler, James R. G. (2012). Insurance rebates, incentives and primary care in Australia. Geneva Papers On Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, 37 (4), 745-762. doi: 10.1057/gpp.2012.40
Spearing, Natalie M., Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte, Pobereskin, Louis H., Rowell, David S. and Connelly, Luke B. (2012). Are people who seek compensation “cured by a verdict”? A longitudinal study of health outcomes with whiplash. Journal of Law and Medicine, 20 (1), 82-92.
Maher, Christopher F. and Connelly, Luke B. (2012). Cost minimization minilaparotomy vs laparoscopic sacral colpopexy: reply. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 207 (2), e11-e12. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.04.004
Rowell, David and Connelly, Luke B. (2012). Riesgo moral: una visión histórica. Mercado Asegurador, 383, 32-32.
Spearing, Natalie Mary, Connelly, Luke B., Gargett, Susan and Sterling, Michele M. (2012). Does injury compensation lead to worse health after whiplash? A systematic review. Pain, 153 (6), 1274-1282. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.03.007
Hajiadeh, Mohammad, Connelly, Luke B., Butler, James R.G. and Khosravi, Aredshir (2012). Unmet need and met unneed in health care utilisation in Iran. Internationl Jounal of Social Economics, 39 (6), 400-422. doi: 10.1108/03068291211224919
Maher, Christopher F. and Connelly, Luke B. (2012). Cost minimization analysis of laparoscopic sacral colpopexy and total vaginal mesh. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 206 (5), 433.e1-433.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.12.012
Rowell, D. and Connelly, L. B. (2012). Uma visão histórica do termo “Risco Moral”. Cadernos de Seguro, Ano XXXII (170), 30-35.
Rowell, David and Connelly, Luke B. (2012). A historical view of the term "Moral Hazard". Insurance Economics Newsletter, 65, 3-5.
Hajizadeh, Mohammad, Connelly, Luke Brian and Butler, James Robert Gerard (2012). Health policy and horizontal inequities of health-care utilization in Australia: 1983-2005. Applied Economics Letters, 19 (18), 1765-1775. doi: 10.1080/13504851.2012.659337
Rowell, David and Connelly, Luke B. (2012). A history of the term "moral hazard". Journal of Risk and Insurance, 79 (4), 1051-1075. doi: 10.1111/J.1539-6975.2011.01448.x
Spearing, Natalie Mary and Connelly, Luke B. (2011). Whiplash and the compensation hypothesis. Spine, 36 (25S), S303-S308. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182388411
Carroll, Linda J., Connelly, Luke B., Natalie Mary Spearing, Cote, Pierre, Buitenhuis, Jan and Kenardy, Justin A. (2011). Complexities in understanding the role of compensation-related factors on recovery from whiplash-associated disorders. Spine, 36 (25 Supp.1), S316-S321. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182388739
Scott, Anthony and Connelly, Luke B. (2011). Financial incentives and the health workforce. Australian Health Review, 35 (3), 273-277. doi: 10.1071/AH10904
Rowell, David, Connelly, Luke, Webber, Jodie, Tippett, Vivienne, Thiele, David and Schuetz, Michael (2011). What are the true costs of major trauma?. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 70 (5), 1086-1095. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ed4d29
Susan Gargett, Connelly, Luke B. and Nghiem, Son (2011). Are we there yet? Australian road safety targets and road traffic crash fatalities. BMC Public Health, 11 (1) 270, 270-1-270-8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-270
Spearing, Natalie M. and Connelly, Luke B. (2011). Response to Cassidy JD, et al.. Injury, 42 (4), 429-430. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.12.021
Spearing, Natalie M. and Connelly, Luke B. (2011). Is compensation "bad for health"? A systematic meta-review. Injury, 42 (1), 15-24. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.12.009
Hajizadeh, Mohammad and Connelly, Luke B. (2010). Equity in health care financing in Iran: The effect of extending health insurance to the uninsured. Oxford Development Studies, 38 (4), 461-476. doi: 10.1080/13600818.2010.524697
Connelly, Luke B., Paulucci, Francesco, Butler, James R. G. and Collins, Paul (2010). Risk equalisation and voluntary health insurance markets: The case of Australia. Health Policy, 98 (1), 3-14. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.06.002
Wright, O.R.L., Capra, S. and Connelly, L. B. (2010). Foodservice satisfaction domains in geriatrics, rehabilitation and aged care. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 14 (9), 775-780. doi: 10.1007/s12603-010-0123-9
Rowell, David and Connelly, Luke (2010). Labour market outcomes for people with a spinal cord injury. Economics and Human Biology, 8 (2), 223-232. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.05.003
Connelly, Luke B and Brown, Henry Shelton, III (2010). Private Health Insurance in Australia: Community rating, but at what price(s)?. Journal of Health Care Finance, 36 (4), 80-92.
Sterling, M., Valentin, S, Vicenzino, B., Souvlis, T. and Connelly, L.B. (2009). Dry needling and exercise for chronic whiplash - a randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 10 (12) 160, xx-xx. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-160
Michaleff, Z. A,, Maher, C. G., Jull, G., Latimer, J., Connelly, L. B., Lin, C. W. C., Rebbeck, T. and Sterling, M. (2009). A randomised clinical trial of a comprehensive exercise program for chronic whiplash: trial protocol. Bmc Musculoskeletal Disorders, 10 (1) 149, online-online. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-149
Coombes, B. K., Bisset, L., Connelly, L. B., Brooks, P. and Vicenzino, B. (2009). Optimising corticosteroid injection for lateral epicondylalgia with the addition of physiotherapy: A protocol for a randomised control trial with placebo comparison. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 10 (76) 76, x-x. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-76
Connelly, Luke B. (2009). Earning and conversion handicaps and the welfare economics of disability. International Journal of Disability Management Research, 3 (2), 61-67. doi: 10.1375/jdmr.3.2.61
Khanam, Rasheda, Nghiem, Hong Son and Connelly, Luke B. (2009). Child health and the income gradient: Evidence from Australia. Journal of Health Economics, 28 (4), 805-817. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.05.001
Connelly, Luke B. (2009). The Economic Characteristics of Registries and Their Policy Implications. JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE, 66 (2), 531-535. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318165c149
Rowell, D. and Connelly, L. B. (2008). Personal assistance, income and employment: The spinal injuries survey instrument (SISI)and its application in a sample of people with quadriplegia. Spinal Cord, 46 (6), 417-424. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102157
Kulasingam, S., Connelly, Luke B., Conway, E., Hocking, J.S., Myers, e., Regan, D.G., Roder, D., Ross, J. and Wain, G. (2007). A cost-effectiveness analysis of adding a human papillomavirus vaccine to the Australian National Cervical Cancer Screening Program. Sexual Health, 4 (3), 165-175. doi: 10.1071/SH07043
Aitken, Leanne M., Davey, Tamzyn M., Ambrose, Jane, Connelly, Luke B., Swanson, Cheryl and Bellamy, Nicholas (2007). Health outcomes of adults 3 months after injury. Injury: International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 38 (1), 19-26. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.05.020
Connelly, Luke (2006). Injury Severity and Compensation. European Journal of Health Economics, 7 (supplement 1 ; S62), 59-59. doi: 10.1007/s10198-006-0364-z
Connelly, L. B. and Brown III, H. S. (2006). Lifetime Subsidies in Australian Private Health Insurance Markets with Community Rating. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, 31 (4), 705-719. doi: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510099
Connelly, LB and Supangan, R (2006). The economic costs of road traffic crashes: Australia, states and territories. Accident Analysis And Prevention, 38 (6), 1087-1093. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.04.015
Wright, O. R. L., Connelly, L. B. and Capra, S. (2006). Consumer evaluation of hospital foodservice quality: an empirical investigation. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 19 (2), 181-194. doi: 10.1108/09526860610651708
Brown, H. Shelton III and Connelly, Luke B. (2005). Lifetime cover in private insurance markets. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 5 (1), 75-88. doi: 10.1007/s10754-005-6602-6
Brown, H. S. and Connelly, L. B. (2005). Market failure in long-term private health insurance markets: a proposed solution. Applied Economics Letters, 12 (5), 281-284. doi: 10.1080/13504850500041944
Connelly, L. B. (2005). Teaching health economics. Australasian Journal of Economics Education, 2 (1 - 2), 104-121.
Connelly, Luke B. (2004). Economics and health promotion. European Journal of Health Economics, 5 (3), 236-242. doi: 10.1007/s10198-004-0229-2
Connelly, L. B., Cameron, C. C., Kendall, E. and Muenchberger, H. (2004). Claims for economic loss: an analysis of insurance claim propensity and claim size for injured road users. Applied Health Economics & Health Policy, 3 (1 Suppl), S20-S20.
Connelly, L. B. and Doessel, D. P. (2004). Medical expenditures and health status in Australia: a story of increasing or decreasing returns?. Australian Economic Review, 37 (1), 12-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2004.00305.x
Connelly, Luke B (2003). Balancing the number and size of sites: an economic approach to the optimal design of cluster samples. Controlled clinical trials, 24 (5), 544-59.
Connelly, L. B. (2003). Balancing the number and size of sites: An economic approach to the optimal design of cluster samples. Controlled Clinical Trials, 24 (5), 544-559. doi: 10.1016/S0197-2456(03)00093-X
Connelly, L. B. (2003). The paternity of the price-quality 'value map'. Applied Economics Letters, 10 (14), 909-912. doi: 10.1080/1350485032000164035
Clarke, PM, Gerdtham, UG and Connelly, LB (2003). A note on the decomposition of the health concentration index. Health Economics, 12 (6), 511-516. doi: 10.1002/hec.767
Connelly, Luke B. (2002). (Review of) The Economics of Mental Health Care: Industry, Government and Community Issues. Economic Analysis and Policy, 32 (3), 263-265.
Connelly, Luke (2002). Welfarist and non-welfarist conceptions of "health promotion”. Discussion papers in economics, public policy and international competitiveness (EPPIC) (Discussion Paper No. 104), 1-32.
Connelly, LB and Pink, A (2002). An economic evaluation of plasma production via erythroplasmapheresis and whole blood collection. Transfusion And Apheresis Science, 27 (2), 101-111. doi: 10.1016/S1473-0502(02)00046-0
Connelly, L. B. and Doessel, D. P. (2000). Medicare, fee-for-service subsidies, and market outcomes: A partial description of Australia's health care financing labyrinth. Journal of Health Care Finance, 27 (2), 66-82.
Connelly, L and Price, J (1996). Preventing the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in Australia: cost-effectiveness of thiamin-supplementation alternatives. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, 20 (2), 181-7.
Connelly, Luke and Price, John (1996). Preventing the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in Australia: Cost-effectiveness of thiamin-supplementation alternatives. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 20 (2), 181-187. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1996.tb01814.x
Connelly, L. B. and Doessel, D. P. (1995). Alternative government policies for general practitioner location: Information, prices and incomes. Prometheus, 13 (2), 205-224. doi: 10.1080/08109029508631980
Conference Papers
Sowa, P. M., Zhang, J., Cameron, A., Healy, H. G., Hoy, W. E. and Connelly, L. B. (2018). Chronic kidney disease: who are the high cost users of hospital care?. 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Sydney, Australia, 8-12 September 2018. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.
Jackson, Claire, Luke, Connelly, Donald, Maria, Vaikuntam, Bharat, Hollingworth, Samantha and Russell, Anthony (2018). Cost saving with a GP-led integrated health service delivery model for complex chronic disease: an optimal Beacon practice. London, United Kingdom: Ubiquity Press. doi: 10.5334/ijic.s1025
Lim, Kuan Pin, Brims, Fraser, Mcwilliams, Annette, Tammemzgi, Martin, Berg, Christine, Marshall, Henry, Stone, Emily, Manser, Renee, Canfell, Karen, Connelly, Luke, Yee, John, Fong, Kwun and Lam, Stephen (2017). Protocol for the international lung screen trial (ILST): A cohort study to define LDCT screening selection criteria and validate the pancan nodule management algorithm. 22nd Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, Sydney, Australia, 23–26 November 2017. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/resp.13206_160
Hoy, W., Healy, H., Bonner, A., Mitchell, G., Connelly, L., Panaretto, K., Endre, Z., Coombes, J., Gobe, G., Fassett, R. and Cameron, A. (2016). The NHMRC Chronic Kidney Disease Centre of Research Excellence (CKD.CRE) 2015-2019: the first year. The 15th Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology (APCN) and 52nd ANZSN ASM, Perth, WA, Australia, 17-21 September 2016. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/nep.12888
Dang, Thi Hai Tho , Rowell, David , Liddle, Jacki , Coyne, Terry , Silburn, Peter and Connelly, Luke (2016). An economic evaluation for deep brain stimulation for patients with Tourette's syndrome: an initial exploration. XXIInd Congress of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Madrid, Spain, 28 September - 1 October 2016. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG. doi: 10.1159/000448961
Merlo, G., Graves, N. and Connelly, L. (2015). Economic evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in Australia. ISPOR 18th Annual European Congress, Milan, Italy, 9-11 November 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.2215
Hoy, W. E., Healy, H. G., Bonner, A., Mitchell, G., Connelly, L., Panaretto, K., Endre, Z., Coombes, J. S., Gobe, G., Fassett, R. G. and Cameron, A. (2015). The Nhmrc Chronic Kidney Disease Centre of Research Excellence (2015-2019). 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, Canberra, ACT Australia, 7-9 September 2015. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/nep.12544
Pereira, M. J., Coombes, B. K., Bisset, L. M., Vicenzino, B. and Connelly, L. (2015). Estimating the Monetary Value of Relief of Tennis Elbow: A Contingent Valuation Study of Willingness-To-Pay. New York, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.2358
Nguyen, Ha Trong and Connelly, Luke (2013). Co-payments in health insurance and their impact in a developing country – evidence from a quasi-natural experiment. 3rd Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, Sydney, Australia, 11-13 April 2012. Melbourne, Australia: Monash University.
Sowa, Przemyslaw M., Butler, Jim R. G., Connelly, Luke B. and Paolucci, Francesco (2013). Health-care accessibility in seven countries in eastern Europe: a multinomial logit study of individual unmet medical needs. Global Health Metrics and Evauation: Data, Debates, Directions, Seattle, WA, United States, 17-19 June 2013. London, United Kingdom: Lancet Publishing Group. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61389-6
Nguyen, Ha Trong and Connelly, Luke B. (2012). Co-payments in health insurance and their impact in a developing country– Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment. 8th Australasian Development Economics Workshop: ADEW 2012, Melbourne, Australia, 7-8 June 2012. Melbourne, Australia: Monash Centre for Development Economics.
Rowell, D., Nghiem, H. S. and Connelly, L. B. (2010). Moral hazard: an empirical examination of the insurance market for road traffic crashes in Australia. The 2nd World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress, Singapore, 25-29 July 2010.
Wright, Olivia, Connelly, Luke and Capra, Sandra (2008). Client preferences for food services in geriatrics, rehabilitation and aged care: Implications for service delivery for an ageing population. Dietitians Association of Australia 26th National Conference, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia, 29-31 May 2008. Asia: Wiley Interscience.
Capra, S., Connelly, L. and Wright, O. (2007). Client preferences for food services in geriatrics, rehabilitation and aged care: implications for service delivery for an ageing population. Medicine Ageing & Nutrition 2007 Conference of Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM), Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ),and the International Academy of Nutrition and Aging (IANA), Adelaide, S.A., 5-8 Sep 2007.
Wright, Olivia, Connelly, Luke and Capra, Sandra (2006). The Beef Tastes Like Some Old Cow, and the Chicken Tastes Like Some Old Fowl: How Important is Food Quality to Residents in Longer-Stay Care?. 24th National Conference of the Dietitians Association of Australia: Food and Beyond: Exploring Fronties in Science and Practice, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 11th -13th May, 2006. Deakin, A.C.T.: Dietitians Association of Australia. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2006.00050.x
Wright, O., Connelly, L. and Capra, S. (2004). Patient satisfaction with acute care hospital foodservices: does age matter? , Program Guide, p.87.. 22nd National Conference of the Dietitians Association, Melbourne , Victoria, 20 – 22 May 2004.
Connelly, L. B. (2002). An economic conception of health promotion. Twenty-Third Australian Conference of Health Economists, Sydney, 2002. NSW: Australian Health Economists Society.
Connelly, Luke B. (2002). Student Characteristics and Academic Success: An economic study of the performance of 'equity groups'. Evaluations and Assessment Conference 2002, QUT, Brisbane, 2002. Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane.
Connelly, L. B. (2002). Commentary The Economic Evaluation of Australian Public Health Programs. 23rd Australian Conference of Health Economists, Sydney, 2001. Canberra: Australian Health Economics Society.
Connelly, L. B. (2002). Sample Size in Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trials: An Economic Contribution to the Literature. 23rd Australian Conference of Health Economists, Sydney, 2001. Canberra: Australian Health Economics Society.
Thesis
Connelly, Luke Brian. (2000). An analysis of fee-for-service medical practice in Australia : results for general practitioner markets. PhD Thesis, School of Economics, The University of Queensland.
Working Papers
Nguyen, H.T., Christian, H., Le, H.T., Connelly, L., Zubrick, S.R. and Mitrou, F. (2022). Causal impact of physical activity on child health and development. LCC Working Paper Series. 2022-13. Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland, Australia.
Nguyen, H., Christian, H., Le, H., Connelly, L., Zubrick, S.R. and Mitrou, F. (2021). The Impact of Weather on Time Allocation to Physical Activity and Sleep of Child-Parent Dyads. LCC. 2021-11. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Nguyen, Ha Trong, Le, Huong Thu and Connelly, Luke B. (2019). Who’s declining the “free lunch”? New evidence from the uptake of public child dental benefits. LCC Working Paper Series. 2019-26. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Nguyen, Ha Trong, Connelly, Luke B., Le, Huong Thu, Mitrou, Francis, Taylor, Catherine L. and Zubrick, Stephen R. (2019). Sources of ethnicity differences in non-cognitive development in children and adolescents. LCC Working Paper Series. 2019-21. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Nguyen, Ha Trong, Le, Huong Thu and Connelly, Luke B. (2019). Weather and Children’s Time Allocation. LCC Working Paper Series. 2019-13. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Nguyen, Ha Trong, Connelly, Luke B., Le, Huong Thu, Mitrou, Francis, Taylor, Catherine L. and Zubrick, Stephen R. (2019). Explaining the evolution of ethnicity differentials in academic achievements: The role of time investments. LCC Working Paper Series. 2019-01. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Sowa, P. Marcin, Butler, James R.G. and Connelly, Luke B. (2014). Unmet medical needs and health care accessibility in seven countries of Eastern Europe. MPRA Paper. 75619. Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health (ACERH), The Australian National University.
Khanam, Rasheda, Nghiem, Hong Son and Connelly, Luke B. (2008). Child health and the income gradient: Evidence from Australia. ACERH Working Paper. 3. Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health (ACERH).
Connelly, Luke B. and Brown, H. Shelton (2008). Lifetime fairness? Taxes, subsidies, age-based penalties, and the price of health insurance in Australia. ACERH Working Paper. 1. Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health (ACERH).
Research Reports
Martin, Bill, Hewitt, Belinda, Baird, Marian, Baxter, Janeen, Heron, Alexandra, Whitehouse, Gillian, Zadoroznyj, Maria, Xiang, Ning, Broom, Dorothy, Connelly, Luke, Jones, Andrew, Kalb, Guyonne, McVicar, Duncan, Strazdins, Lyndall, Walter, Margaret, Western, Mark and Wooden, Mark (2012). Paid parental leave evaluation: Phase 1. Occasional Papers Series; 44 Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
Scott, Anthony and Connelly, Luke B. (2009). Financial Incentives and the health workforce. 6 Canberra: Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health.
Hajizadeh, Mohammad and Connelly, Luke B. (2009). Equity of Health Care Financing in Iran. 5 Canberra: Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health.
Connelly, L. B. (2008). Health-related quality of life, hearing loss and assistive technologies: an overview. Final Report for the Australian Communication Exchange. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Australian Communication Exchange.
NHMRC Guidelines Review Group, Connelly, Luke B. and Frazer, Ian (2005). Screening to prevent cervical cancer: Guidelines for the management of asymptomatic women with screen detected abnormalities. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
Department Technical Reports
Connelly, L. B. (2005). An economic analysis of medical fee relativities under the Queensland Workers Compensation Scheme : Final Report to the Queensland Compensation Board, Brisbane. School of Medicine, University of Queensland.
Connelly, L. B. and Doessel, D. P. (2000). A Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Relative Prices for General Practitioner and Specialist Services in Australia, 1984-1996. Discussion Paper No. 278. Department of Economics, University of Queensland.