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Professor
Adam Elshaug
Adam Elshaug, 2023
Born1974 (age 50–51)
Mount Gambier, South Australia
CitizenshipAustralian
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of South Australia
University of Adelaide
Academic work
DisciplineHealth services, Policy research

Overview

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Adam Elshaug (born 1974) is an Australian academic professor and Chair in Health Policy at the University of Melbourne.[1] Born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, Elshaug earned his BA in Psychology and Sociology from the University of South Australia. He further attended the University of Adelaide, and obtained his BSc.(Hons) in Physiology and a Master of Public Health. He then earned his PhD in Health Economics and Policy also from the University of Adelaide in 2007.[2]

Career

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In 2010, Elshaug was selected as the Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.[3]

Elshaug returned to Australia in 2013 and became the Head of the Value in Health Care Division (Lab) and Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy, and was awarded the HCF Research Foundation Principal Research Fellowship, at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney.[1][4] In 2016, he was appointed Professor and became co-director of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney.[5]

In 2019-20, Elshaug was a Visiting Fellow at the Economics Studies’ Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy at The Brookings Institution in Washington DC.[1] Since 2014, he has been a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Lown Institute in Massachusetts, serving as an economic and policy advisor to Cancer Australia.[1]

In September 2020, Elshaug joined The University of Melbourne as Professor and Chair in Health Policy and Director of the Centre for Health Policy in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (MSPGH), also holding a joint Chair appointment in the Melbourne Medical School.[1] He remains an Honorary Professor at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Sydney.[1]

Research and advocacy

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Elshaug's research is focused on improving safety and efficiency within health systems, with an emphasis on measuring and mitigating waste, including low-value care, to optimise value in health care utilising administrative health data.[6] His applied policy approach involves collaborating with policy stakeholders to develop and implement reforms aimed at reducing waste and enhancing safety and value in healthcare.[6] This includes crafting and assessing alternative payment models.[6]

Elshaug's policy roles include being a member of Australia's Strengthening Medicare Taskforce and Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Advisory Committee.[7]

Elshaug has been actively enaged in advocacy for reducing low-value care appearing before the Australian Senate Select Committee on Health and participated in various media outlets, which addressed low-value health care in Australia.[8][9][10][11]

Awards and honours

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In 2020, Elshaug received the Health Services Research Association of Australia & New Zealand (HSRAANZ)’s Health Services and Policy Research Impact Award, recognising notable contributions to health services research and policy application in Australia.[4] In 2016, he was part of a team that received Research Australia’s Data Innovation in Health and Medical Research Award.[12] In 2022, Elshaug was a finalist in the Health Services Research Award category at Research Australia’s Health and Medical Research Awards.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Professor Adam Elshaug". Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. April 4, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  2. ^ Yong, Jongsay; Elshaug, Adam G; Mendez, Susan J; Prang, Khic-Houy; Scott, Anthony (January 1, 2024). "Prof Adam Elshaug : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne". Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  3. ^ "Adam Elshaug". Commonwealth Fund. February 23, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "HSRAANZ 2020 Impact Award - Professor Adam Elshaug". HSRAANZ. 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  5. ^ "Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics". The University of Sydney. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Adam Elshaug". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  7. ^ "Strengthening Medicare Taskforce". Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  8. ^ Hill, Kate (2015-09-28). "Wasted". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved January 20, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  9. ^ "Health Treatments Should Be Tested: Experts". The University of Adelaide. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  10. ^ Gawande, Atul (2015-05-04). "America's Epidemic of Unnecessary Care". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  11. ^ "ABC - Radio interview - Associate Professor Adam Elshaug speaks about Choosing Wisely". Choosing wisely. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  12. ^ University of Melbourne. "Find an Expert - Adam Elshuag". findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  13. ^ "2022 Health & Medical Research Awards finalists". RESEARCH AUSTRALIA. 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
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