Marion Haas Mph, PhD

Marion is Professor of Health Economics at CHERE. Formerly a physiotherapist, she has a Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Epidemiology. A leading health services researcher in Australia for many years, Marion has extensive policy and research based experience of health services funding and financing in Australia. Her research interests are in the application of economic analysis to policy and practice; planning and evaluating health services; incorporating health economics into health services research, including clinical trials; the application of discrete choice methods to consumer preferences in health; and understanding the impact of health policy on access to, utilisation and costs of health care services. She is currently a chief investigator on a number of major grants, including the APHCRI funded Centre of Research Excellence in the finance and economics of primary care. She is Chair of the Human Research Ethics Committee at UTS. Marion is a founding member and Vice President of the Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand.

Publications:
1. Haas, M.R. & Viney, R.C. 2012, 'Health insurance' in Sheridan, H. (ed), The law handbook: your practical guide to the law in NSW 12th edition, Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Ltd, Prymont, NSW, pp. 908-914. 2. Haas, M.R., Tschaut, N. & Viney, R.C. 2009, 'Health insurance' in Fallon, M. (ed), The law handbook: Your practical guide to the law in New South Wales 11th edition, Redfern Legal Centre, Redfern, pp. 843-849. 3. Haas, M.R., Lancsar, E. & Viney, R.C. 2004, 'Health insurance' in Barry, R. (ed), The Law Handbook: your practical guide to the law in NSW, Redfern Legal Centre Publishing, Sydney, pp. 835-839.