PhD top-up scholarship - Quality and outcomes of elective care in the Australian health system

This PhD top-up scholarship supports research on an NHMRC funded project that aims to comprehensively investigate the quality and outcomes of elective care in the Australian health system. The research uses patient-level linked population-wide data from Australia, focusing on elective procedures across public and private hospitals. The study seeks to achieve a multifaceted understanding of the frequency of elective care and evaluate short-term and long-term markers of quality such as length of stay, re-admissions, and complication rates. The research also aims to develop better methods to routinely benchmark outcomes of elective care using data routinely collected by hospitals. The project is supervised by Associate Professor Isuru Ranasinghe and Clinical supervisor Associate Professor Alka Kothari. The proposed research uses existing, nationally linked administrative data from all hospitals in Australia.