Dr Kim-Huong Nguyen
Health Economics, Ageing & Geriatrics
Senior Evaluator
Centre for Health Services Research
Researcher biography
I apply health economic theories and methods to understand the social and economic values of health and social care, to develop policies that improve the values of services (through increasing quality and productivity), and to achieve more equal distribution of service access and utilisation, especially for the disadvantaged groups.
My current research activities cover developing and evaluating policies and interventions targeting older population and people with brain injury and cognitive impairment. Evaluation metrics and methods cover the measurement of health outcomes, resource utilisation, productivity and efficiency, and inequality in the health and social care sectors. I work closely with researchers from multiple backgrounds, from engineers to medical professionals and artists, industry organisations and peak bodies, and advocates and consumers of health and social services.
I became an Atlantic Fellow in Equity in Brain Health in 2020. My host institution is the Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland).
Publications
Book
Comans, Tracy, Nguyen, Kim-Huong and Welch, Alyssa (2020). Learnings from the development of a disease-specific utility instrument for economic evaluation. London, United Kingdom : SAGE Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781529742855
Journal Articles
Saunders, Rosemary, Crookes, Kate, Seaman, Karla, Ang, Seng Giap Marcus, Bulsara, Caroline, Bulsara, Max K., Ewens, Beverley, Gallagher, Olivia, Graham, Renée, Gullick, Karen, Haydon, Sue, Hughes, Jeff, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, O'Connell, Bev, Scaini, Debra and Etherton-Beer, Christopher (2023). Frailty and pain in an acute private hospital: an observational point prevalence study. Scientific reports, 13 (1) 3345. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29933-x
Woods, Leanna, Eden, Rebekah, Canfell, Oliver J., Nguyen, Kim‐Huong, Comans, Tracy and Sullivan, Clair (2023). Show me the money: how do we justify spending health care dollars on digital health?. Medical Journal of Australia, 218 (2), 53-57. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51799
McNamara, Lynda, Scott, Karen, Boyd, Roslyn N, Farmer, Elizabeth, Webb, Annabel, Bosanquet, Margot, Nguyen, Kim and Novak, Iona (2022). Can web-based implementation interventions improve physician early diagnosis of cerebral palsy? Protocol for a 3-arm parallel superiority randomised controlled trial and cost–consequence analysis comparing adaptive and non-adaptive virtual patient instructional designs with control to evaluate effectiveness on physician behaviour, diagnostic skills and patient outcomes. BMJ Open, 12 (11) e063558, 1-18. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063558
Keramat, Syed Afroz, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Perales, Francisco, Seidu, Abdul-Aziz, Mohammed, Aliu, Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku and Comans, Tracy (2022). Estimating the effects of physical violence and serious injury on health-related quality of life: Evidence from 19 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. Quality of Life Research, 31 (11), 3153-3164. doi: 10.1007/s11136-022-03190-3
Saunders, Rosemary, Crookes, Kate, Seaman, Karla, Ang, Seng Giap Marcus, Bulsara, Caroline, Bulsara, Max K, Ewens, Beverley, Gallagher, Olivia, Graham, Renee M, Gullick, Karen, Haydon, Sue, Hughes, Jeff, Atee, Mustafa, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, O'Connell, Bev, Scaini, Debra and Etherton-Beer, Christopher (2022). Effectiveness of nurse-led volunteer support and technology-driven pain assessment in improving the outcomes of hospitalised older adults: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 12 (6) e059388, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059388
Waak, M., Harnischfeger, J., Ferguson, A., Gibbons, K., Nguyen, K. H. and Long, D. (2022). Every child, every day, back to play: the PICUstars protocol - implementation of a nurse-led PICU liberation program. BMC Pediatrics, 22 (1) 279, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03232-2
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Wright, Chad, Simpson, Digby, Woods, Leanna, Comans, Tracy and Sullivan, Clair (2022). Economic evaluation and analyses of hospital-based electronic medical records (EMRs): a scoping review of international literature. npj Digital Medicine, 5 (1) 29, 29. doi: 10.1038/s41746-022-00565-1
Vo, Vinh, Nguyen, K. H., Whitty, J. A. and Comans, Tracy A. (2021). The effect of price changes and teaspoon labelling on intention to purchase sugar-sweetened beverages: a discrete choice experiment. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 20 (2), 199-212. doi: 10.1007/s40258-021-00688-8
Day, Sally D., Nguyen, Kim‐Huong, Comans, Tracy, Clemson, Lindy and Laver, Kate (2021). Professional development training preferences of occupational therapists working with older adults in Australia: a discrete choice experiment. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 68 (4), 327-335. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12731
Saunders, Rosemary, Crookes, Kate, Atee, Mustafa, Bulsara, Caroline, Bulsara, Max K., Etherton-Beer, Christopher, Ewens, Beverley, Gallagher, Olivia, Graham, Renee M., Gullick, Karen, Haydon, Sue, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, O'Connell, Bev, Seaman, Karla and Hughes, Jeff (2021). Prevalence of frailty and pain in hospitalised adult patients in an acute hospital: a protocol for a point prevalence observational study. BMJ Open, 11 (3) e046138, e046138. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046138
Kim, Emmanuel, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Donovan, Tim, Edirippulige, Sisira and Armfield, Nigel R. (2021). A cost-minimisation analysis comparing alternative telemedicine screening approaches for retinopathy of prematurity. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 29 (3), 1357633X20976028-202. doi: 10.1177/1357633X20976028
Nguyen, Kim-Huong and Comans, Tracy (2021). Making the invisible companion of people with dementia visible in economic studies: what can we learn from social science?. Healthcare, 9 (1) 44, 44. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9010044
Wood, Timothy, Angevaare, Milou, Leyenaar, Matthew, Bala, Sharmin, Peel, Nancye, Gray, Len and Nguyen, Kim-Huong (2021). How well does self-reported health predict mortality in an InterRAI context? An exploratory analysis. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22 (10), 2216-2218.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.02.018
Rahja, Miia, Nguyen, Kim‐Huong, Post, Danielle, Parfitt, Gaynor, Corlis, Megan and Comans, Tracy (2020). Some gain for a small investment: an economic evaluation of an exercise program for people living in residential aged care. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 40 (2) ajag.12875, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12875
Comans, Tracy, Nguyen, Kim‐Huong, Stafford‐Bell, Fiona and Agar, Meera (2020). Cost comparison of different models of palliative care delivery. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 40 (1) ajag.12843, 90-93. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12843
Elphinston, Rachel A., Wyder, Marianne, De Andrade, Dominique, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Gude, Alan and Hipper, Linda (2020). Impact of a new specialist alcohol and drug brief intervention service model integrated into the emergency department: An interrupted time series analysis. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33 (1) 1742-6723.13582, 67-73. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13582
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Smith, Anthony C., Armfield, Nigel R., Bensink, Mark and Scuffham, Paul A. (2020). Correction: Cost-effectiveness analysis of a mobile ear screening and surveillance service versus an outreach screening, surveillance and surgical service for indigenous children in Australia. PLoS One, 15 (6) e0234021. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234021
Rahja, Miia, Nguyen, Kim‐Huong, Laver, Kate, Clemson, Lindy, Crotty, Maria and Comans, Tracy (2020). Implementing an evidence‐based dementia care program in the Australian health context: a cost–benefit analysis. Health & Social Care in the Community, 28 (6) hsc.13013, 2013-2024. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13013
Comans, Tracy A., Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Ratcliffe, Julie, Rowen, Donna and Mulhern, Brendan (2020). Valuing the AD-5D dementia utility instrument: an estimation of a general population tariff. PharmacoEconomics, 38 (8), 871-881. doi: 10.1007/s40273-020-00913-7
Windegger, Tanja M., Nghiem, Son, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Fung, Yoke L. and Scuffham, Paul A. (2020). Primary immunodeficiency disease: a cost-utility analysis comparing intravenous vs subcutaneous immunoglobulin replacement therapy in Australia. Blood Transfusion, 18 (2), 96-105. doi: 10.2450/2029.0083-19
Sluggett, Janet K., Chen, Esa Y. H., Ilomäki, Jenni, Corlis, Megan, Van Emden, Jan, Hogan, Michelle, Caporale, Tessa, Keen, Claire, Hopkins, Ria, Ooi, Choon Ean, Hilmer, Sarah N., Hughes, Georgina A., Luu, Andrew, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Comans, Tracy, Edwards, Susan, Quirke, Lyntara, Patching, Allan and Bell, J. Simon (2020). Reducing the Burden of Complex Medication Regimens: SImplification of Medications Prescribed to Long-tErm care Residents (SIMPLER) Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21 (8), 1114-1120.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.02.003
Ratcliffe, Julie, Hutchinson, Claire, Milte, Rachel, Nguyen, Kim‐Huong, Welch, Alyssa, Caporale, Tessa, Corlis, Megan and Comans, Tracy (2019). How do people with dementia and family carers value dementia‐specific quality of life states?: an explorative “Think Aloud” study. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 38 (S2), 75-82. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12646
Welch, Alyssa, Kim-Huong, Nguyen, Quinn, John, Gregory, Caroline, Moyle, Wendy, Ratcliffe, Julie and Comans, Tracy (2019). Confirmatory analysis of a health state classification system for people living with dementia: a qualitative approach. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 24 (4), 135581961985059-265. doi: 10.1177/1355819619850599
Tran, Alice, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Gray, Len and Comans, Tracy (2019). A systematic literature review of efficiency measurement in nursing homes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (12) 2186, 2186. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16122186
Lee, M. J., Sayers, A. E., Drake, T. M., Marriott, P. J., Anderson, I. D., Bach, S. P., Bradburn, M., Hind, D., Verjee, A., Fearnhead, N. S., Abercrombie, John, Acheson, Austin, Alderson, Derek, Anderson, Iain, Davies, Michael, Hamady, Zaed, Hollyman, Marianne, Hare, Sarah, Lee, Ellen, Northover, John, Lewis, Christopher, McFall, Malcolm, Murugananthan, Aravinth, Murray, David, Singh, Pritam, Tierney, Gillian, Walsh, Ciaran, Wild, Jonathan, Wilson, Timothy ... Yeong, T. (2019). National prospective cohort study of the burden of acute small bowel obstruction. BJS Open, 3 (3), 354-366. doi: 10.1002/bjs5.50136
Windegger, Tanja M., Nghiem, Son, Nguyen, Kim‐Huong, Fung, Yoke‐Lin and Scuffham, Paul A. (2019). Cost–utility analysis comparing hospital‐based intravenous immunoglobulin with home‐based subcutaneous immunoglobulin in patients with secondary immunodeficiency. Vox Sanguinis, 114 (3) vox.12760, 237-246. doi: 10.1111/vox.12760
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Seaman, Karla, Saunders, Rosemary, Williams, Elly, Harrup-Gregory, Jane and Comans, Tracy (2019). Benefit–cost analysis of an interprofessional education program within a residential aged care facility in Western Australia. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 33 (6), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2019.1577808
Craswell, Alison, Wallis, Marianne, Coates, Kaye, Marsden, Elizabeth, Taylor, Andrea, Broadbent, Marc, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Johnston-Devin, Colleen, Glenwright, Amanda and Crilly, Julia (2019). Enhanced primary care provided by a nurse practitioner candidate to aged care facility residents: a mixed methods study. Collegian, 27 (3), 281-287. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2019.08.009
Wallis, Marianne, Marsden, Elizabeth, Taylor, Andrea, Craswell, Alison, Broadbent, Marc, Barnett, Adrian, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Johnston, Colleen, Glenwright, Amanda and Crilly, Julia (2018). The Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention model of care: a pragmatic trial. BMC Geriatrics, 18 (1) 297, 297. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0992-z
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Comans, Tracy A. and Green, Colin (2018). Where are we at with model-based economic evaluations of interventions for dementia? A systematic review and quality assessment. International Psychogeriatrics, 30 (11), 1593-1605. doi: 10.1017/s1041610218001291
Comans, Tracy A., Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Mulhern, Brendan, Corlis, Megan, Li, Li, Welch, Alyssa, Kurrle, Susan E., Rowen, Donna, Moyle, Wendy, Kularatna, Sanjeewa and Ratcliffe, Julie (2018). Developing a dementia-specific preference--based quality of life measure (AD-5D) in Australia: a valuation study protocol. BMJ open, 8 (1) e018996, e018996. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018996
Sluggett, Janet K., Chen, Esa Y. H., Ilomäki, Jenni, Corlis, Megan, Hilmer, Sarah N., Van Emden, Jan, Ooi, Choon Ean, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Comans, Tracy, Hogan, Michelle, Caporale, Tessa, Edwards, Susan, Quirke, Lyntara, Patching, Allan and Bell, J. Simon (2018). SImplification of Medications Prescribed to Long-tErm care Residents (SIMPLER): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 19 (1) 37, 37. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2417-2
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Sellars, Marcus, Agar, Meera, Kurrle, Sue, Kelly, Adele and Comans, Tracy (2017). An economic model of advance care planning in Australia: a cost-effective way to respect patient choice. BMC Health Services Research, 17 (1) 797, 797. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2748-4
Li, Li, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Comans, Tracy and Scuffham, Paul (2017). Utility-based instruments for people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Value in Health, 21 (4), 471-481. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2017.09.005
Rowell, David, Nguyen, Kim Huong, Baade, Peter and Janda, Monika (2017). Evaluation of a skin self-examination programme: a four-stage recursive model. Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention, 18 (4), 1063-1067. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.4.1063
Marsden, Elizabeth, Taylor, Andrea, Wallis, Marianne, Craswell, Alison, Broadbent, Marc, Barnett, Adrian, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Crilly, Julia, Johnston, Colleen and Glenwright, Amanda (2017). A structure, process and outcome evaluation of the Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention model of care: a study protocol. BMC Geriatrics, 17 (1) 76. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0462-z
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Mulhern, Brendan, Kularatna, Sanjeewa, Byrnes, Joshua, Moyle, Wendy and Comans, Tracy (2017). Developing a dementia-specific health state classification system for a new preference-based instrument AD-5D. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 15 (1) 21, 21. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0585-0
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Smith, Anthony C., Armfield, Nigel R., Bensink, Mark and Scuffham, Paul A. (2015). Cost-effectiveness analysis of a mobile ear screening and surveillance service versus an outreach screening, surveillance and surgical service for indigenous children in Australia. PLoS One, 10 (9) e0138369, e0138369.1-e0138369.16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138369
Nguyen, Kim-Huong and Gordon, Louisa G. (2015). Cost-effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation versus antidepressant therapy for treatment-resistant depression. Value in Health, 18 (5) 1170, 597-604. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.04.004
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Chaboyer, Wendy and Whitty, Jennifer A. (2015). Pressure injury in Australian public hospitals: a cost-of-illness study. Australian Health Review, 39 (3), 329-336. doi: 10.1071/AH14088
Jimenez-Soto, Eliana, Hodge, Andrew, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Dettrick, Zoe and Lopez, Alan D. (2014). A framework for the economic analysis of data collection methods for vital statistics. PLoS One, 9 (8) e106234, e106234.1-e106234.12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106234
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Hoang, Viet-Ngu and Nguyen, Kim Tuong-Bao (2014). Are empowered women more likely to deliver in facilities? An explorative study using the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011. International Journal of Maternal and Child Health, 2 (2), 74-85. doi: 10.12966/ijmch.05.08.2014
Whitty, Jennifer A., Tallis, Caroline, Nguyen,Kim-Hipmg, Scuffham, Paul A., Crosland, Paul, Hewson, Kaye, Pai Mangalore, Rehka, Black, Marrianne and Holtmann, Gerald (2014). Cost and time savings from a rapid access model of care using transient elastography to screen and triage patients with chronic Hepatitis C infection. Journal of Medical Economics, 17 (2), 159-165. doi: 10.3111/13696998.2013.867271
O'Donnell, C. J. and Nguyen, K. (2013). An econometric approach to estimating support prices and measures of productivity change in public hospitals. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 40 (3), 323-335. doi: 10.1007/s11123-012-0312-0
Minnery, Mark, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana, Firth, Sonja, Kim-Huong Nguyen and Hodge, Andrew (2013). Disparities in child mortality trends in two new states of India. BMC Public Health, 13 (779) 779, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-779
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana, Dayal, Prarthna and Hodge, Andrew (2013). Disparities in child mortality trends: what is the evidence from disadvantaged states in India? the case of Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. International Journal for Equity in Health, 12 (1) 45, 45.1-45.13. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-45
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana, Morgan, Alison, Morgan, Chris and Hodge, Andrew (2013). How does progress towards the MDG 4 affect inequalities between different subpopulations? Evidence from Nepal. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67 (4), 311-319. doi: 10.1136/jech-2012-201503
Kraft, Aleli D., Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana and Hodge, Andrew (2013). Stagnant neonatal mortality and persistent health inequality in middle-income countries: a case study of the Philippines. PLoS ONE, 8 (1) e53696, e53696.1-e53696.12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053696
Bauze, Anna E., Tran, Linda N., Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Firth, Sonja, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana, Dwyer-Lindgren, Laura, Hodge, Andrew and Lopez, Alan D. (2012). Equity and geography: The case of child mortality in Papua New Guinea. PLoS One, 7 (5) e37861, e37861.1-e37861.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037861
Department Technical Report
Thesis
Nguyen, Kim-Huong (2010). Essays on hospital efficiency measurement. PhD Thesis, School of Economics, The University of Queensland.
Data Collections
Comans, Tracy Anne , Nguyen, Kim , Ratcliffe, Julie, Rowan, Donna and Mulhern, Brendan (2020). AD-5D algorithm for generating utility values from the QOL-AD instrument. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.640
Comans, Tracy, Nguyen, Kim-Huong and Welch, Alyssa (2020). AD-5D Algorithm Generation Dataset. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.390
Research Reports
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Morgan, Alison, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana and Morgan, Chris (2011). Nepal equity report: financing equitable progress towards MDGs 4 and 5 in the Asia-Pacific Region. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Population.
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Bauze, Anna Elizabeth, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana and Muhidin, Salahudin (2011). Indonesia equity report: financing equitable progress towards MDGs 4 and 5 in the Asia-Pacific Region. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Population.
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Bauze, Anna Elizabeth, Nguyen, Bao-Kim, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana and Minakshi, Charkraborty (2011). Jharkhand equity report: financing equitable progress towards MDGs 4 and 5 in the Asia-Pacific Region. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Population.
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Bauze, Anna Elizabeth, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana, Charkraborty, Minakshi and Nabar ,Veena (2011). Madhya Pradesh equity report: financing equitable progress towards MDGs 4 and 5 in the Asia-Pacific Region. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Population.
Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Bauze, Anna Elizabeth, Nguyen, Bao-Kim, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana, Charkraborty, Minakshi and Nabar, Veena (2011). Orissa equity report: financing equitable progress towards MDGs 4 and 5 in the Asia-Pacific Region. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Population.
Tran, Linda N., Bauze, Anna, Nguyen, Kim H., Firth, Sonja and Jimenez-Soto, Eliana (2011). Under-five mortality analysis for Papua New Guinea. Investment Case MDGs 4 and 5
Kraft, Aleli D., Mariano, Paul, Kault, Samuel, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana and Nguyen, Kim-Huong (2011). The Philippines equity report: financing equitable progress towards MDGs 4 and 5 in the Asia-Pacific region. Millennium Development Goals
Nguyen, Kim, Bauze, Anna, Nguyen, Bao-Kim, Jimenez-Soto, Eliana and Charkraborty, Minashi (2011). Chhattisgarh equity report: Financing equitable progress towards MDGs 4 and 5 in the Asia-Pacific region. Millennium Development Goals St Lucia QLD, Australia: School of Population Health, University of Queensland.
O'Donnell, C. J., Rao, D. S. P. and Nguyen, K. (2011). Efficiency analysis of public hospital acute admitted services: variable selection and cleaning. UniQuest Project No: C00009 St Lucia, QLD, Australia: UniQuest.
O’Donnell, C. J., Rao, D. S. P., Nguyen, K. and Peyrache, A. (2011). Efficiency analysis of public hospital acute admitted services: project plan (final). UniQuest Project No: C00009 St Lucia, QLD, Australia: UniQuest.
O'Donnell, Chris and Nguyen, Kim (2011). Review of efficiency measurement methodologies to inform hospital resource allocation decisions in NSW: a rapid review. Ultimo, NSW, Australia: Sax Institute.