Richard De Abreu Lourenço PhD

Richard is employed as a Research Fellow with the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation. He is currently working as the Project Officer/Coordinator for the Cancer Research Economics Support Team (CREST) and as part of the team on the CRE for the REFINE primary care project. Richard is a very experienced health economist who has spent the last 12 years working in the field of market access and reimbursement for pharmaceuticals and medical devices in Australia. Most recently, this included seven years with Covance, a clinical research organisation, as a Director of Health Economics.

Publications:
1. De Abreu Lourenco, R., Kenny, P.M. & Hall, J.P. 2014, 'Factors linked to patient GP payments: results of a survey of Australian patients', 2014 PHC Research Conference, Canberra. 2. Kenny, P.M., Haas, M.R., Goodall, S., Wong, C. & De Abreu Lourenco, R. 2014, 'Patient preferences in General Practice: Important factors for choosing a GP', 2014 PHC Research Conference, Canberra.