Luke Connelly
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Professor
Luke Connelly
Email: : l.connelly@uq.edu.au
Phone: : +61 7 334 64573
Positions
Affiliate of Centre for the Business and Economics of Health : Centre for the Business and Economics of Health : Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Affiliate of Centre for Innovation in Pain and Health Research (CIPHeR) : Centre for Innovation in Pain and Health Research : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Professor - CBEH : School of Business : Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Overview
Background
Luke Connelly is Professor of Health Economics at the Centre for the Business and Economics of Health. He also holds a Professorial appointment (part-time) at The University of Bologna, to which he was appointed in 2017 via the Italian “Direct Call” (link) process. In 2019 he was appointed as Honorary Professor at The University of Sydney. His main interests are in health economics and insurance economics and the effects of institutions (including legal constructs) on incentives and behaviour. He has also worked in other fields of applied microeconomics, including education economics and transport economics. His publications include papers in Review of Income and Wealth, Health Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Journal of Law and Medicine, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, European Journal of Health Economics, International Journal of Health Economics and Finance, Social Science and Medicine, Economic Papers, Economic Analysis and Policy, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Labour Economics, Economics and Human Biology as well as in a range of clinical journals, including Lancet.
Luke has served on a number of public committees including the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC), which advises the Australian Minister for Health on the safety, efficacy, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of new and extant listings on Australia's Medicare Benefits Schedule. He has extensive service on other public committees and taskforces as well as extensive teaching and consulting engagements with industry. Over his career he has been a chief investigator on research grants and contracts totalling more than $67m. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of European Journal of Health Economics and the International Journal on Environmental Research and Public Health. He is a member of the International Health Economics Association's Arrow Awards Committee, which awards an annual prize in honour of Nobel Laureate Kenneth Arrow for the best paper in the field. He is currently Guest Editor (with Christophe Courbage) on a Special Issue of the Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance on Insurance and Emerging Health Risks.
His current research interests include health service innovations to improve the health of people with chronic kidney disease(CKD). Ongoing interests include the economics of disability and insurance, compensable injury compensation schemes, and the determinants of health. Luke enjoys and has considerable experience teaching economics and health economics at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. In 2014 he was awarded the School of Economics Distinguished Teaching Award for his teaching on UQ's Master of Health Economics Program. In July 2016 and July 2019 he also taught summer schools in Health Economics and the Economics of Insurance at The University of Lucerne, Switzerland.
Over the past 10 years he has been a chief investigator on grants totalling more than $70m.
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Availability
Professor Luke Connelly is: : Available for supervision : Media expert
Fields of research
Applied economics Clinical sciences Health Sciences
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
Search Professor Luke Connelly’s works on UQ eSpace
All (179) Book (5) Journal Article (131) Other Outputs (15) Conference Publication (20) Book Chapter (8)
2025
Book Chapter
A social cure for loneliness
La Rue, Crystal J., Haslam, Catherine, Cruwys, Tegan, Haslam, S. Alexander, Jetten, Jolanda, Wergin, V. Vanessa, Steffens, Niklas K., Hides, Leanne, Connelly, Luke, Jean Spinks and Dobbins, Chelsea (2025). A social cure for loneliness. The Handbook of Loneliness. (pp. 511-529) edited by Todd Nelson. Cham, Switerland: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-02959-1_31
2025
Journal Article
Health related quality of life in the UK Biobank Experience of Pain follow-up study: a comparison with general population norms
Armfield, N. R., Farrell, S. F., Gabbe, B. J., Elphinston, R. A., Kosgallana, S., Connelly, L. B. and Sterling, M. (2025). Health related quality of life in the UK Biobank Experience of Pain follow-up study: a comparison with general population norms. American Journal of Epidemiology, 194 (10), 2954-2967. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaf113
2025
Journal Article
The economics of saturation in qualitative analysis
Connelly, Luke B. (2025). The economics of saturation in qualitative analysis. Quality & Quantity. doi: 10.1007/s11135-025-02337-x
The economics of saturation in qualitative analysis
2025
Journal Article
Change in dental visits among eligible children under the impact of the child dental benefits schedule in Australia
Nguyen, Lan, Connelly, Luke B., Birch, Stephen and Nguyen, Ha Trong (2025). Change in dental visits among eligible children under the impact of the child dental benefits schedule in Australia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 53 (4), 362-372. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.13036
2025
Journal Article
Trends in physical and mental health needs across generations in Australia
Lenzen, Sabrina, Connelly, Luke, Whittaker, William and Birch, Stephen (2025). Trends in physical and mental health needs across generations in Australia. The European Journal of Health Economics, 1-22. doi: 10.1007/s10198-025-01791-6
Trends in physical and mental health needs across generations in Australia
2025
Journal Article
Generational differences in age-specific dementia prevalence rates
Dou, Xiaoxue, Lenzen, Sabrina, Connelly, Luke B. and Lin, Ruozhou (2025). Generational differences in age-specific dementia prevalence rates. JAMA Network Open, 8 (6) e2513384, 1-12. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.13384
Generational differences in age-specific dementia prevalence rates
2025
Journal Article
The impact of individuals’ preventive behaviours on health and healthcare utilisation
Dhingra, Aarushi, Fiorentini, Gianluca and Connelly, Luke (2025). The impact of individuals’ preventive behaviours on health and healthcare utilisation. Economics and Human Biology, 57 101486, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2025.101486
The impact of individuals’ preventive behaviours on health and healthcare utilisation
2025
Journal Article
Equity in use and financing of assisted reproductive technologies: Does income matter?
Dhingra, Aarushi, Gannon, Brenda, Connelly, Luke and Mishra, Gita (2025). Equity in use and financing of assisted reproductive technologies: Does income matter?. Economics and Human Biology, 57 101491, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2025.101491
Equity in use and financing of assisted reproductive technologies: Does income matter?
2025
Journal Article
Compliance with clinical guidelines: the role of incentives and competition between practitioners
Fiorentini, Gianluca and Connelly, Luke B. (2025). Compliance with clinical guidelines: the role of incentives and competition between practitioners. European Journal of Health Economics, 26 (8), 1487-1502. doi: 10.1007/s10198-025-01784-5
Compliance with clinical guidelines: the role of incentives and competition between practitioners
2025
Journal Article
Economic Optimization Through Adherence to Best Practice Guidelines: A Decision Analysis of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Care Pathways in Australia
Vaikuntam, Bharat Phani, Sharwood, Lisa N., Connelly, Luke B. and Middleton, James W. (2025). Economic Optimization Through Adherence to Best Practice Guidelines: A Decision Analysis of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Care Pathways in Australia. Journal of Neurotrauma, 42 (23-24) neu.2023.0674, 2228-2241. doi: 10.1089/neu.2023.0674
2025
Other Outputs
Change in dental visits among eligible children under the impact of the child dental benefits schedule in Australia
Nguyen, Lan, Connelly, Luke B., Birch, Stephen and Nguyen, Ha Trong (2025). Change in dental visits among eligible children under the impact of the child dental benefits schedule in Australia. LCC Working Paper Series. 2025-06. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Australia. doi: 10.14264/9bb2f5e
2025
Journal Article
A mixed‐methods study of staff perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of patient‐reported routine outcome measures and feedback in alcohol and other drug treatment
Pocuca, Nina, Campbell, Gabrielle, Barnett, Anthony, Beck, Alison K., Ellem, Rhiannon, Quinn, Catherine A., Kelly, Peter J., Larance, Briony, Baker, Amanda L., Connor, Jason P., Marsden, John, Chan, Gary C. K., Connelly, Luke, Lenzen, Sabrina, Farrell, Michael, Stirling, Robert, Hudson, Suzie and Hides, Leanne (2025). A mixed‐methods study of staff perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of patient‐reported routine outcome measures and feedback in alcohol and other drug treatment. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (3), 759-771. doi: 10.1111/dar.14007
2025
Journal Article
Routine outcome monitoring and feedback in alcohol and other drug treatment: a qualitative study of client perspectives on implementation
Pocuca, Nina, Tisdale, Calvert, Campbell, Gabrielle, Beck, Alison K., Ellem, Rhiannon, Quinn, Catherine A., Kelly, Peter J., Larance, Briony, Baker, Amanda L., Connor, Jason P., Marsden, John, Chan, Gary C. K., Connelly, Luke, Lenzen, Sabrina, Farrell, Michael and Hides, Leanne (2025). Routine outcome monitoring and feedback in alcohol and other drug treatment: a qualitative study of client perspectives on implementation. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (1), 226-238. doi: 10.1111/dar.13962
2024
Journal Article
Origins and developmental paths of medical conditions from mid-childhood to mid-adolescence in Australia: Early-life adverse conditions and their lasting effects
Nguyen, Lan, Connelly, Luke B., Birch, Stephen and Nguyen, Ha Trong (2024). Origins and developmental paths of medical conditions from mid-childhood to mid-adolescence in Australia: Early-life adverse conditions and their lasting effects. SSM - Population Health, 28 101717, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101717
2024
Journal Article
Genetic kidney disease has higher than other aetiologies likelihood and cost of inpatient admissions
Sowa, P. Marcin, Mallett, Andrew J. and Connelly, Luke B. (2024). Genetic kidney disease has higher than other aetiologies likelihood and cost of inpatient admissions. Genetics in Medicine Open, 2 101876, 101876. doi: 10.1016/j.gimo.2024.101876
Genetic kidney disease has higher than other aetiologies likelihood and cost of inpatient admissions
2024
Other Outputs
Identifying the effects of health insurance coverage on health care use when coverage is misreported and endogenous
Nguyen, Ha Trong, Le, Huong Thu, Blyth, Christopher, Connelly, Luke and Mitrou, Francis (2024). Identifying the effects of health insurance coverage on health care use when coverage is misreported and endogenous. LCC Working Paper Series. 2024-13. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/3df2ee2
2024
Journal Article
The effect of gun buy‐back law reform on homicides and suicides in Australia
Duenow, Patrick and Connelly, Luke B. (2024). The effect of gun buy‐back law reform on homicides and suicides in Australia. Health Economics, 33 (2), 248-279. doi: 10.1002/hec.4769
The effect of gun buy‐back law reform on homicides and suicides in Australia
2023
Journal Article
Accuracy of self‐reported private health insurance coverage
Nguyen, Ha Trong, Le, Huong Thu, Connelly, Luke and Mitrou, Francis (2023). Accuracy of self‐reported private health insurance coverage. Health Economics, 32 (12), 2709-2729. doi: 10.1002/hec.4748
Accuracy of self‐reported private health insurance coverage
2023
Journal Article
Implementation of a risk-stratified, guideline-based clinical pathway of care to improve health outcomes following whiplash injury (Whiplash ImPaCT): a multicentre, randomized, controlled trial
Rebbeck, Trudy, Bandong, Aila Nica, Leaver, Andrew, Ritchie, Carrie, Armfield, Nigel, Arora, Mohit, Cameron, Ian D., Connelly, Luke B., Daniell, Roy, Gillett, Mark, Ingram, Rodney, Jagnoor, Jagnoor, Kenardy, Justin, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Refshauge, Kathryn, Scotti Requena, Simone, Robins, Sarah and Sterling, Michele (2023). Implementation of a risk-stratified, guideline-based clinical pathway of care to improve health outcomes following whiplash injury (Whiplash ImPaCT): a multicentre, randomized, controlled trial. Pain, 164 (10), 2216-2227. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002940
2023
Journal Article
The impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep of child-parent dyads
Nguyen, Ha Trong, Christian, Hayley, Le, Huong Thu, Connelly, Luke, Zubrick, Stephen R. and Mitrou, Francis (2023). The impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep of child-parent dyads. Science of the Total Environment, 880 163249, 163249. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163249
The impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep of child-parent dyads
Funding
Current funding
- 2025 - 2027
Birthing in our Community: sustainability and replicability of a 'gold standard' model of maternal infant health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and infants (MRFF led by IUIH)
Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
Open grant - 2024 - 2029
Implementation, Effectiveness and Sustainability of a Co-designed Value-based Brief Intervention Model of Healthcare in Alcohol and Other Drug Services
NHMRC Partnership Projects
Open grant - 2024 - 2028
QuikFix Good Night Out Program: A new social network targeted approach to reducing alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and related harm in young university students
NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles
Open grant - 2023 - 2029
PRioRTI: PReventing chronic pain after whiplash Road Traffic Injury
NHMRC MRFF CTA - Clinical Trials Activity
Open grant - 2022 - 2027
Centre of Research Excellence in Urban Indigenous Health
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
Open grant - 2022 - 2027
Centre of Research Excellence in Alcohol and Other Drug sector capacity building for outcome focused, evidence based and cost effective care (CRE in AOD -CB)
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
Open grant - 2022 - 2026
Centre of Research Excellence - Better Health Outcomes for Compensable Injury
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
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Past funding
- 2022 - 2023
A comparison of the number of Gastrointestinal Investigations in Contemporary Australian Defence Force personnel with and without Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation
Open grant - 2022 - 2025
Incorporating the gains from healthy ageing in health system planning
ARC Discovery Projects
Open grant - 2020 - 2023
Child Dental Benefit Policies and the Health of Australian Children
ARC Discovery Projects
Open grant - 2018 - 2022
Implementation of a novel clinical pathway of care for common musculoskeletal disorders in primary care (NHMRC Project Grant led by the University of Sydney)
University of Sydney
Open grant - 2017 - 2021
CRE in recovery following road traffic injuries
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
Open grant - 2017 - 2019
Implementation of a Guideline-Based Clinical Pathway of Care to Improve Health Outcomes Following Whiplash Injury
NHMRC Partnership Projects
Open grant - 2016 - 2017
Health economics advice provided for Endobarrier Project
Metro South Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2016 - 2019
Reducing medication misadventure and unplanned hospital admissions: A model of General Practitioner and Pharmacist collaboration in primary care
HCF Research Foundation
Open grant - 2014 - 2017
Centre for Research Excellence in Recovery Following Road Traffic Injuries (NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence administered by Griffith University)
Griffith University
Open grant - 2014 - 2020
Chronic Kidney Disease Centre of Research Excellence
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
Open grant - 2014 - 2017
Recover Injury Research Centre core funding
Motor Accident Insurance Commission
Open grant - 2014 - 2017
Implementation of a Guideline-Based Clinical Pathway of Care to Improve Health Outcomes Following Whiplash Injury (NHMRC Partnership Project Grant administered by Griffith University)
Griffith University
Open grant - 2014 - 2015
The impact on hospital utilisation and costs of proactive planning for conservative treatment without dialysis in selected patients with advanced kidney disease
Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation
Open grant - 2014
Implementation of a guideline-based clinical pathway of care to improve health outcomes following whiplash injury
NHMRC Partnership Projects
Open grant - 2012 - 2013
PPL Phase 2 Parents Survey
UniQuest Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2010 - 2018
NHMRC CRE: Improving quality and safety of health care delivery at the interface between primary and acute care sectors
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
Open grant - 2010 - 2013
Paid Parental Leave Scheme Evaluation
Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Open grant - 2009 - 2013
A randomised controlled trial of a promising new treatment for chronic whiplash
Motor Accident Insurance Commission
Open grant - 2009 - 2013
Combined dry needling, advice and graded exercise: a randomized controlled trial in chronic whiplash
Motor Accident Insurance Commission
Open grant - 2009 - 2012
A randomised controlled trial of a promising new treatment for chronic whiplash (NHMRC Project administered by Uni Sydney)
University of Sydney
Open grant - 2009 - 2012
Combined dry-needling, advice and graded exercise: a randomized controlled trial in chronic whiplash
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2008 - 2009
Systematic Review
Motor Accident Insurance Commission
Open grant - 2008 - 2016
Motor vehicle injuries: economic evaluation of a new treatment modality (ARC Linkage Project led by the Australian National University)
Australian National University
Open grant - 2007 - 2012
CCRE in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health
NHMRC Centres of Clinical Research Excellence
Open grant - 2006 - 2017
CONROD core funding
Motor Accident Insurance Commission
Open grant - 2005 - 2009
Prediction Of Outcome Following Whiplash Injury: A Multicentre International Prospective Study
ARC Linkage Projects
Open grant - 2005 - 2012
ACERH Innovative Analyses of Health Insurance, Ageing and the Economic Burden of Illness and Injury (NHMRC Project Grant lead by ANU)
Australian National University
Open grant - 2005 - 2008
Effective management of acute whiplash injuries requires a pragmatic approach: An RCT with stratified treatments
NHMRC Project Grant
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Supervision
Availability
Professor Luke Connelly is: : Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Investing in health as a pathway to improved economic performance
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jonas Fooken - Doctor Philosophy
##### Effects of government decisions on access to healthcare.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sabrina Lenzen - Doctor Philosophy
##### Incorporating the Gains from Healthy Ageing in Health System Planning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Elcin Tuzel, Dr Sabrina Lenzen
Completed supervision
- 2025
Doctor Philosophy
##### Essays on the Economics of Mental Health
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor KK Tang - 2025
Doctor Philosophy
##### Three Essays on the Economics of Child Health and Development
Principal Advisor - 2020
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor - 2012
Doctor Philosophy
##### Moral Hazard: Empirical Evidence in the Australian Market for Comprehensive Automobile Insurance
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Son Hong Nghiem - 2012
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Hodges - 2011
Doctor Philosophy
##### Equity of Health Care: Empirical Studies in Iran and Australia
Principal Advisor - 2006
Doctor Philosophy
##### CLIENT PREFERENCES FOR FOOD SERVICES IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC CARE: IMPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY FOR AN AGEING POPULATION
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Sandra Capra - 2025
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gita Mishra, Professor Brenda Gannon - 2021
Doctor Philosophy
##### Asymmetric Information, Fraud, and Switching Costs in Healthcare Insurance Markets
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Kelvin Tan
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- Car accidents - insurance
- Crashes
- Disability
- Economics - health
- Health care system economics
- Health economics
- Health insurance
- Insurance and health economics
- Road accidents
- Road crashes
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