Personal profile
Research Biography
Following academic positions in health economics research groups at Brunel University (1995 to 2001) and the University of Sheffield (2001 to 2007), I held a balanced teaching and research academic role at the University of Adelaide from 2007 to 2019. Since 2019 I have held the positions of Research Professor and a Deputy Director of the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI) at Flinders University.
My Deputy Director role focuses on supporting FHMRI researchers undertaking public health and health services research, including a large cohort of FHMRI researchers based in the Northern Territory.
In my Research Professor role, I lead a research group of eight health economists and health services researchers, with a focus on the use of health economics to improve health service delivery and organisation.
Research Interests
Recent NHMRC and MRFF funding has supported deep engagement with local health services in SA, including an ‘embedded economist’ project involving the conduct of a wide range of economic evaluations to inform decision-making on interventions to prevent hospital acquired complications, and a range of ED, outpatient and out-of-hospital services, including virtual ED care. The learnings from this research have been synthesised in a submitted manuscript titled "Local level economic evaluation: What is it? What is its value and Is it sustainable?”.
A focus of my methods research is how to optimise the use of the data available to conduct local level economic evaluations, including the use of decision analytic models, counterfactual modelling and expert elicitation to address risk of bias and heterogeneity. The use of data extracted from electronic medical records offers significant opportunities in this area.
Another key area of research interest is the estimation of opportunity costs as the foundation for cost-effectiveness thresholds and decision-making. This work is being led by my colleague Dr Laura Edney, alongside an international network of researchers working on this topic.
Supervised Students Successes
- Feb 2014 Taryn Bessen - Dean's commendation
- Jul 2013 Victoria Wade - Dean's commendation
- May 2012 Hao-Min Cheng - Dean's commendation
Completed Supervisions
- Health economics (5)
- Health economics (4)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Economic Evaluation of Health Care Technologies: A Comparison of Alternative Decision Modelling Techniques, Brunel University
1 Oct 1997 → 1 Mar 2001
Award Date: 1 Jun 2001
Master, Health Economics, University of York
1 Sept 1994 → 31 Aug 1995
Award Date: 1 Sept 1995
External positions
President, Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand
10 Dec 2014 → 10 Dec 2018
Member, Economic Sub-Committee, Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee
1 Oct 2009 → 1 Oct 2022
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Public health
Supervisory Interests
- Primary health care
- Health technology assessment
- Hospitals
- Health economics
- Health economic evaluation
- Patient reported outcomes measures
- Decision analytic modelling
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Estimating the Reference Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio for the Australian Health System
Edney, L. C., Haji Ali Afzali, H., Cheng, T. C. & Karnon, J., 1 Feb 2018, In: Pharmacoeconomics. 36, 2, p. 239-252 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Screening for important unwarranted variation in clinical practice: a triple-test of processes of care, costs and patient outcomes
Partington, A., Chew, D., Ben-Tovim, D., Horsfall, M., Hakendorf, P. & Karnon, J., 2017, In: Australian Health Review. 41, 1, p. 104-110 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
22 Citations (Scopus) -
A comparison of propensity score-based approaches to health service evaluation: a case study of a preoperative physician-led clinic for high-risk surgical patients
Pham, C. T., Gibb, C. L., Mittinty, M. N., Fitridge, R. A., Marshall, V. R. & Karnon, J. D., 1 Oct 2016, In: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 22, 5, p. 761-770 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Economic Evaluation of Government-Funded COVID-19 Testing in Australia
Karnon, J., Haji Ali Afzali, H. & Bonevski, B., Sept 2022, In: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 20, 5, p. 681-691 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modeling Using Discrete Event Simulation: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force–4
Karnon, J., Stahl, J., Brennan, A., Caro, J. J., Mar, J. & Möller, J., 18 Sept 2012, In: Medical Decision Making. 32, 5, p. 701-711 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access197 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 3 Invited talk
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An ED presentation is not an ED presentation is not an ED presentation: A ‘parsimonious’ simulation model to estimate spillover effects of interventions in systems
Karnon, J. (Speaker), Partington, A. (Speaker) & Pincombe, A. (Speaker)
15 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Applied Health Economics: Adding value to local health services
Reeves, P. (Invited speaker), Karnon, J. (Invited speaker) & Partington, A. (Invited speaker)
9 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Facilitating Local Economic Assessments: A participatory approach to implementing interventions to improve care within complex systems
Partington, A. (Invited speaker) & Karnon, J. (Invited speaker)
2 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk