Stated preference methods for health economic research

Health economists use discrete choice experiments and a range of other stated preference techniques to explore preferences and choice behaviour relevant to health. These techniques offer insights into preferences for healthcare, goods and services that affect health, health policies, quality of life, and healthcare workforce job choices. This PhD offers the opportunity to explore advancements in stated preference methods, such as examining equity impacts of an intervention or policy, how to account for participants’ emotional states, and approaches to enable participation by marginalised groups, or other topics that can be developed in partnership with the candidate. The successful candidate will be able to embed their research in existing preferences studies looking at workplace mental health and health service design. They will work under the supervision of Dr Jemimah Ride and Dr Thao Thai, who lead the stated preference program in the Monash University Health Economics Group, with a top-up scholarship available.