John Robert Moss
M.Soc.Sci.(Birm), B.Ec., M.B.,B.S. (Adel), F.C.H.S.E., F.P.H.A.A.
Associate Professor, Head of Discipline

Location:
Room 915, Level 9, 10 Pulteney St

Email:
john.moss@adelaide.edu.au

Phone:
+61 8 8303 4620

Coordinator of Master of Public Health core course and Bachelor of Health Sciences elective course in Public Health Theory and Practice.

Disciplinary orientation:
Health economics and health services (delivery) research, with an emphasis on their public health applications

Areas of Interest:

• Economic appraisal of public health services
• Pharmacoeconomics
• Health Technology Assessment
• Efficiency and equity in health services
• Public health within the Australian health system
• Transition between hospital and community care

Settings for this research include primary health care, general medical practice, rural and remote localities, and the transition from hospital to community care.

Due to its very nature, most of John's research is conducted as a member of multidisciplinary teams.

Current research:

Economic evaluation of submissions by pharmaceutical manufacturers for the listing of drugs on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. With J Hiller and T Merlin.

Effective strategies to reduce the costs of overweight and obesity to South Australia. With C Gericke.

Refining the indications for the use of medical technologies. With A. Elshaug, J Hiller and T Merlin.

Discharge planning for elderly patients in acute hospitals. With K Grimmer and J Falco

Priority setting in the prevention and management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. With AJ Crockett and JM Cranston

Economic evaluation of the Quality Use of Medicines for Australian veterans. With R Donato, A Gilbert, E Roughead.