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Yuanyuan Gu is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Health Economy at Macquarie University (MUCHE).
His research is in the broad area of health economics, economics of ageing and aged care, choice modelling and econometrics, with a particular interest in preferences, choice, behaviour, and performance in the health and aged care system. His research has been published in leading journals such as Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, Social Science & Medicine, JAMA Network Open, BMJ Global Health, PharmacoEconomics, Quality of Life Research, European Journal of Health Economics, Health Policy, Econometrics Journal, Accounting & Finance, and Ear & Hearing. He has been a Chief Investigator or Associate Investigator on over A$14 million in external funding including a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship.
He is a senior leader within the health policy team and leads the health preference (choice modelling) research stream. He is also a senior advisor for the health technology assessment team and a member of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) evaluation team. He is a director of research overseeing the quality of research and performance metrics at MUCHE. He also co-directs the higher degree research (HDR) program and manages the centre's official Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.
He has taught a number of courses on health economics, econometrics, and choice modelling, with substantial experience in novel teaching techniques such as using videos and interactive online platforms. At Macquarie University, he is one of the key designers and lecturers of the health economics module, a core subject for the recently launched Master of Public Health program. He also provided guest lectures on choice modelling at the Department of Economics.
He is a member of Australian Health Economics Society and International Academy of Health Preference Research, and a founding member of the Chinese health preference research network.
Personal website:
sites.google.com/view/yuanyuangu
External positions
Research Affiliate, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research
Mar 2022 → …
Fellow, Global Labor Organization
Mar 2022 → …
Honorary Fellow, Shanghai Health Development Research Center
Nov 2021 → …
Editorial board member, PharmacoEconomics
Oct 2020 → …
Expert Committee member, Shanghai Municipal Health Technology Assessment Centre
2020 → …
Editorial board member, Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy
Dec 2019 → …
Research Affiliate, Health Econometrics and Data Group, University of York
2018 → …
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Experienced Fellow, University of York
2018 → 2019
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Socioeconomic disadvantage, COVID symptom persistence and health-related quality of life EQ-5D: An analysis for India
Sinha, K., Gutacker, N., Gu, Y., Haagsma, J. A. & Aghdaee, M.
1/08/22 → 1/11/24
Project: Research
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UQ led: SENSEcog aged care: Hearing and vision support to improve quality of life for people living with dementia receiving aged care services
Gu, Y., Dawes, P., Westbrook, J., Martins, R., Martini, A., Keay, L., Leroi, I., Browning, C. J., Heine, C., Sohrabi, H., Harrison, R., Liew, G., Newall, J., Scanlan, E., Bail, K., Ferguson, M., England, T. & Soytemiz, A.
1/07/22 → 31/05/24
Project: Research
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EQ-5D with the hearing “bolt-on” items: developing a new quality of life measure for hearing impairment
Gu, Y., Cutler, H., Parkinson, B., Sinha, K., Dawes, P., Sharma, R., Brinson, M. B., Gonzalo, F., Quadri, H. & Soytemiz, A.
7/02/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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MQRAS 21 R2: Language Inclusion Index (LI-Index): A tool to evaluate inclusion in multilingual Australia
Chik, A., Orlando, M., Burridge, A., Ollerhead, S., Gorfinkel, L. & Gu, Y.
25/01/22 → 24/01/23
Project: Research
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EPSP - Patient Preferences for Knee Replacement Surgery in Australia: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Gu, Y., Cutler, H., Gumbie, M., Sinha, K. & Soytemiz, A.
24/01/22 → 30/11/22
Project: Research
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Amending the Law for Licensing Medical Practitioners of China in 2021: A commentary
Tang, C., Jiang, J., Gu, Y. & Liu, G. G., 1 Jan 2022, In: Health Systems & Reform. 8, 1, p. e2048438-1-e2048438-5 5 p., e2048438.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An economic evaluation of Australia's newborn hearing screening program: A within-study cost-effectiveness analysis
Sharma, R., Gu, Y., Sinha, K., Ching, T. Y. C., Marnane, V., Gold, L., Wake, M., Wang, J. & Parkinson, B., May 2022, In: Ear and Hearing. 43, 3, p. 972-983 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An examination of machine learning to map non-preference based patient reported outcome measures to health state utility values
Aghdaee, M., Parkinson, B., Sinha, K., Gu, Y., Sharma, R., Olin, E. & Cutler, H., Aug 2022, In: Health Economics. 31, 8, p. 1525-1557 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Incorporating productivity loss in health economic evaluations: a review of guidelines and practices worldwide for research agenda in China
Jiang, S., Wang, Y., Si, L., Zang, X., Gu, Y-Y., Jiang, Y., Liu, G. G. & Wu, J., Aug 2022, In: BMJ Global Health. 7, 8, p. 1-14 14 p., e009777.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mapping the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29) to EQ-5D-5L
Aghdaee, M., Gu, Y., Sinha, K., Parkinson, B., Sharma, R. & Cutler, H., 11 May 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: PharmacoEconomics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
Activities
- 2 Editorial work
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PharmacoEconomics (Journal)
Yuanyuan Gu (Member of editorial board)
Oct 2020 → Oct 2022Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
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Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy (Journal)
Yuanyuan Gu (Member of editorial board)
Dec 2019 → Dec 2021Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
Press / Media
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Complexity and competing interests: improving financial decisions when entering aged care
Anam Bilgrami, Henry Cutler, Yuanyuan Gu & Mona Aghdaee
2/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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The silver tsunami: how retirees are planning for their future
13/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research