Dr Charles Okafor
Research Fellow
Centre for Health Services Research
Researcher biography
Dr. Charles Okafor is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland. His work involves the economic evaluation of healthcare technologies, and the application of health economics in public health and health services research. He previously worked in the Pharmaceutical Industry as a Research and Development Manager.
He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree (BPharm) from the University of Nigeria; a Master of Clinical Pharmacy degree (MPharm) from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka; and a PhD in Health Economics from Griffith University.
Charles is a member of the Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi); the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research (ISPOR); and the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE).
Publications
Journal Articles
Chai, Gene G., Tu, Quyen, Cotta, Menino O., Bauer, Michelle J., Balch, Ross, Okafor, Charles, Comans, Tracy, Kruger, Peter, Meyer, Jason, Shekar, Kiran, Brady, Kara, Fourie, Cheryl, Sharp, Natalie, Vlad, Luminita, Whiley, David, Ungerer, Jacobus P. J., McWhinney, Brett C., Farkas, Andras, Paterson, David L., Clark, Julia E., Hajkowicz, Krispin, Raman, Sainath, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lipman, Jeffrey, Forde, Brian M., Harris, Patrick N. A., Schlapbach, Luregn J., Coin, Lachlan, Roberts, Jason A. and Irwin, Adam D. (2024). Achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis. Intensive Care Medicine, 50 (4), 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s00134-024-07353-3
Okafor, Charles E., Keramat, Syed Afroz, Comans, Tracy, Page, Amy T., Potter, Kathleen, Hilmer, Sarah N., Lindley, Richard I., Mangin, Dee, Naganathan, Vasi and Etherton-Beer, Christopher (2024). Cost-consequence analysis of deprescribing to optimize health outcomes for frail older people: a within-trial analysis. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25 (3), 539-544.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.12.016
Okafor, Charles, Byrnes, Joshua, Stewart, Simon, Scuffham, Paul and Afoakwah, Clifford (2023). Cost effectiveness of strategies to manage atrial fibrillation in middle- and high-income countries: a systematic review. PharmacoEconomics, 41 (8), 913-943. doi: 10.1007/s40273-023-01276-5
Okafor, Charles Ebuka, Nghiem, Son and Byrnes, Joshua (2023). One-stage revision versus debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) for acute prosthetic knee infection: an exploratory cohort study. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 143 (9), 1-6. doi: 10.1007/s00402-023-04891-1
Nduka, Ifeoma Jovita, Ejie, Izuchukwu Loveth, Okafor, Charles Ebuka, Eleje, George Uchenna and Ekwunife, Obinna Ikechukwu (2023). Interventions to increase mammography screening uptake among women living in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMJ Open, 13 (2) e066928, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066928
Okafor, Charles E., Nghiem, Son and Byrnes, Joshua (2023). Is 2-Stage Septic Revision Worth the Money? A Cost-Utility Analysis of a 1-Stage Versus 2-Stage Septic Revision of Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty, 38 (2), 347-354. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2022.09.003
Okafor, Charles Ebuka, Nghiem, Son and Byrnes, Joshua (2023). Are joint replacement registries associated with burden of revision changes? A real-world panel data regression analysis. BMJ Open, 13 (1) e063472, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063472
Nduka, Ifeoma Jovita, Ejie, Izuchukwu Loveth, Okafor, Charles Ebuka, Eleje, George Uchenna and Ekwunife, Obinna Ikechukwu (2022). Interventions to increase mammography screening uptake among women living in low-income and middle-income countries: a protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open, 12 (3) e056901, e056901. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056901
Okafor, Charles, Hodgkinson, Brent, Nghiem, Son, Vertullo, Christopher and Byrnes, Joshua (2021). Cost of septic and aseptic revision total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22 (1) 706. doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-04597-8
Okafor, Charles E. and Ekwunife, Obinna I. (2021). Introducing rotavirus vaccine in eight sub-Saharan African countries: a cost–benefit analysis. The Lancet Global Health, 9 (8), e1088-e1100. doi: 10.1016/s2214-109x(21)00220-5
Ekwunife, Obinna Ikechukwu, Ofomata, Chinelo Janefrances, Okafor, Charles Ebuka, Anetoh, Maureen Ugonwa, Kalu, Stephen Okorafor, Ele, Prince Udegbunam and Eleje, George Uchenna (2021). Cost-effectiveness and feasibility of conditional economic incentives and motivational interviewing to improve HIV health outcomes of adolescents living with HIV in Anambra State, Nigeria. BMC Health Services Research, 21 (1) 685. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06718-4
Okafor, Charles Ebuka, Nghiem, Son, Vertullo, Christopher and Byrnes, Joshua (2021). Cost of Revision Total Knee Replacement: A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PharmacoEconomics - Open, 5 (2), 331-337. doi: 10.1007/s41669-020-00242-7
Okafor, Charles E., Ekwunife, Obinna I. and Nduaguba, Sabina O. (2021). Promoting the integrated community case management of pneumonia in children under 5 years in Nigeria through the proprietary and patent medicine vendors: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 19 (1) 12. doi: 10.1186/s12962-021-00265-9
Okafor, Charles Ebuka (2021). Correction to: Introducing Rotavirus Vaccination in Nigeria: Economic Evaluation and Implications. PharmacoEconomics - Open, 5 (3), 559-559. doi: 10.1007/s41669-021-00258-7
Okafor, Charles Ebuka (2021). Introducing rotavirus vaccination in Nigeria: economic evaluation and implications. PharmacoEconomics - Open, 5 (3), 545-557. doi: 10.1007/s41669-020-00251-6
Okafor, Charles E. (2020). Management of Chest Indrawing Pneumonia in Children Under Five Years at the Outpatient Health Facilities in Nigeria: An Economic Evaluation. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 19 (3), 429-437. doi: 10.1007/s40258-020-00627-z
Okafor, Charles E. and Ekwunife, Obinna I. (2017). Cost-effectiveness analysis of diarrhoea management approaches in Nigeria: A decision analytical model. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11 (12), e0006124. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006124
Okafor, C. E., Onunka, O. and Idoko, L. N. (2017). Cost-utility of burns management in Nigeria: a case study of the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu. Annals of burns and fire disasters, 30 (1), 9-12.
Ekwunife, Obinna Ikechukwu, Okafor, Charles E., Ezenduka, Charles C. and Udeogaranya, Patrick O. (2013). Cost-utility analysis of antihypertensive medications in Nigeria: a decision analysis. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 11 (1) 2. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-11-2