Dr Marcin Sowa
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Centre for the Business and Economics of Health
About
I’m an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at The University of Queensland’s Centre for the Business and Economics of Health. I hold the position of Associate Director of Health Economics at KPMG Australia. After receiving my PhD in Health Economics in 2014, I held a Senior Research Fellow position at CBEH for 5 years. During this time, I led projects on health sector reform, hospital performance, models of care, the economics of chronic disease and the impact of existing and proposed policies, such as a sugar tax. I have strong experience in the delivery of partnership-driven research through effective collaboration with community organisations, research institutes and government bodies.
Research interests
Health services and health outcomes: determining the effectiveness of existing and proposed interventions and models of care on health outcomes and efficiency of the system.
Health technology assessment: comprehensive assessment of the safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of new health interventions.
Private health insurance industry: performance of private health insurers and the impact on customer behaviour.
Books
Martin, Aleysha (author/creator), Laakso, E-Liisa (author), Green, Theresa L. (author), Sowa, P. Marcin (contributor) and McCarthy, Alexandra L. (contributor) (2024). Implementation manual: transdisciplinary approaches in healthcare. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/1749adb
Sowa, Przemyslaw Marcin (2016). Governance of hospitals in central and eastern Europe. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-766-6
Journal Articles
Martin, Aleysha K., Griffin, Alison, McCarthy, Alexandra L., Green, Theresa L., Sowa, P. Marcin and Laakso, E-Liisa (2024). Does an allied health transdisciplinary stroke assessment save time, improve quality of care, and save costs? Results of a pre-/post- clinical study. European Stroke Journal 23969873241258000, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/23969873241258000
Wong, Alvin, Huang, Yingxiao, Banks, Merrilyn D., Sowa, P. Marcin and Bauer, Judy D. (2024). A Cost–Consequence Analysis of Nutritional Interventions Used in Hospital Settings for Older Adults with or at Risk of Malnutrition. Healthcare, 12 (10) ARTN 1041, 1041. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12101041
Wong, Alvin, Huang, Yingxiao, Sowa, Przemyslaw M., Banks, Merrilyn D. and Bauer, Judith D. (2023). An umbrella review and meta-analysis of interventions, excluding enteral and parenteral nutrition, initiated in the hospital for adults with or at risk of malnutrition. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 118 (3), 672-696. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.07.003
Stormon, Nicole and Sowa, Marcin (2023). Child dental benefits schedule subsidised existing utilisation of dental care over addressing unmet needs. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023 5764573, 1-10. doi: 10.1155/2023/5764573
Ahmed, Fahad, Tscharke, Benjamin, O’Brien, Jake W., Hall, Wayne D., Cabot, Peter J., Sowa, P. Marcin, Samanipour, Saer and Thomas, Kevin V. (2023). National wastewater reconnaissance of analgesic consumption in Australia. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (4), 1712-1720. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06691
Martin, Aleysha K., Green, Theresa L., McCarthy, Alexandra L., Sowa, P. Marcin and Laakso, E-Liisa (2022). Transdisciplinary allied health assessment for patients with stroke: a pre-/post- mixed methods study protocol. BMC Health Services Research, 22 (1) 1578, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08926-y
Sowa, P. Marcin and Birch, Stephen (2022). The effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax: moving beyond dental health outcomes and service utilisation. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 18 (2) PII S1744133122000147, 1-15. doi: 10.1017/s1744133122000147
Sowa, P. Marcin, Fooken, Jonas, McGowan, Kelly and Birch, Stephen (2022). Disposable and reusable instruments in dental health practice: a comparison of cost factors in a public provider organization in Queensland, Australia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51 (5), 794-803. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12764
Martin, Aleysha K., Green, Theresa L., McCarthy, Alexandra L., Sowa, P. Marcin and Laakso, E-Liisa (2022). Co-production of a transdisciplinary assessment by researchers and healthcare professionals: a case study. Public Health Research and Practice, 32 (2) e3222217. doi: 10.17061/PHRP3222217
Wong, Alvin, Huang, Yingxiao, Sowa, Przemyslaw M., Banks, Merrilyn D. and Bauer, Judith D. (2022). Effectiveness of dietary counselling with or without nutritional supplementation in hospitalised patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition ‐ a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 46 (7), 1502-1521. doi: 10.1002/jpen.2395
Martin, Aleysha K, Green, Theresa L, McCarthy, Alexandra L, Sowa, P Marcin and Laakso, E-Liisa (2022). Healthcare teams: Terminology, confusion, and ramifications. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 15, 765-772. doi: 10.2147/jmdh.s342197
Martin, A.K., Green, T. L., McCarthy, A. L., Sowa, P. M. and Laakso, E-L. (2022). Allied health transdisciplinary models of care in hospital settings: A scoping review. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2022.2038552
Zhang, Jianzhen, Wang, Zaimin, Cameron, Anne, Sowa, P. Marcin, Diwan, Vishal, Venuthurupalli, Sree Krishna, Healy, Helen G., Connelly, Luke B. and Hoy, Wendy E. (2021). The CKD.QLD data linkage framework: chronic kidney disease and health services utilisation in Queensland, Australia. F1000Research, 10 1107, 1107. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.53782.1
Sowa, P. Marcin, Venuthurupalli, Sree K., Hoy, Wendy E., Zhang, Jianzhen, Cameron, Anne, Healy, Helen G. and Connelly, Luke B. (2021). Identification of factors associated with high-cost use of inpatient care in chronic kidney disease: a registry study. BMJ open, 11 (8) e049755, e049755. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049755
McGowan, Kelly, Phillips, Tania, Gielis, Ellen, Dover, Thomas, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Mutch, Allyson, Sexton, Christopher, Sowa, P Marcin and Ivanovski, Saso (2020). Developing a prototype for integrated dental and diabetes care: understanding needs and priorities. Australian Dental Journal, 66 (1) adj.12804, 41-48. doi: 10.1111/adj.12804
Wong, Alvin, Goh, Qiu Le, Goh, Soon Noi, Sowa, Przemyslaw M., Banks, Merrilyn D. and Bauer, Judith D. (2020). Medical nutrition reimbursement in Singapore: who are the patients receiving MediFund assistance? An audit of clinical outcomes and Issues Pertaining to Reimbursement in a Public Hospital in Singapore. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 45 (7) jpen.2043, 1532-1541. doi: 10.1002/jpen.2043
Wong, Alvin, Huang, Yingxiao, Sowa, Przemyslaw M, Banks, Merrilyn D and Bauer, Judith D (2020). Adult malnutrition, nutritional interventions and outcomes in Singapore: a scoping review of local studies for the past 20 years. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 30 (3) ARTN 2010105820964829, 201010582096482-241. doi: 10.1177/2010105820964829
Stormon, N., Sowa, P.M., Anderson, J. and Ford, P.J. (2020). Facilitating access to dental care for people experiencing homelessness. JDR Clinical and Translational Research, 6 (4), 238008442095235-429. doi: 10.1177/2380084420952350
Wong, A., Goh, S.N., Sowa, P.M. and Bauer, J.D. (2020). A narrative review of healthcare financing and reimbursement of nutritional support for patients in Singapore. Health Policy, 124 (10), 1146-1154. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.06.008
Wong, Alvin, Sowa, P. Marcin, Banks, Merrilyn D. and Bauer, Judith D. (2019). Home enteral nutrition in Singapore's long-term care homes—incidence, prevalence, cost, and staffing. Nutrients, 11 (10) 2492, 2492. doi: 10.3390/nu11102492
Humphreys, Susan, von Ungern-Sternberg, Britta Sylvia, Skowno, Justin, Williams, Tara, Taylor, Julia, Taverner, Fiona, Gibbons, Kristen, Burgoyne, Laura, Sommerfield, David, Stephens, Philip, Hallett, Ben, Vijayasekaran, Shyan, Slee, Nicola, Burns, Hannah, Sowa, Marcin, Davidson, Andrew and Schibler, Andreas (2019). High-flow oxygen for children's airway surgery: randomised controlled trial protocol (HAMSTER). BMJ Open, 9 (10) e031873, 1-6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031873
Sowa, P. Marcin, Purtell, Louise, Hoy, Wendy E., Healy, Helen G., Bonner, Ann and Connelly, Luke B. (2019). Utilization and costs of health care in a kidney supportive care program. Journal of Palliative Care, 35 (3), 082585971986817-184. doi: 10.1177/0825859719868174
Sowa, P. Marcin, Keller, Elena, Stormon, Nicole, Lalloo, Ratilal and Ford, Pauline J. (2019). The impact of a sugar-sweetened beverages tax on oral health and costs of dental care in Australia. European Journal of Public Health, 29 (1), 173-177. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cky087
Purtell, Louise, Sowa, P. Marcin, Berquier, Ilse, Scuderi, Carla, Douglas, Carol, Taylor, Bernadette, Kramer, Katrina, Hoy, Wendy, Healy, Helen and Bonner, Ann (2018). The Kidney Supportive Care programme: characteristics of patients referred to a new model of care. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 351 (e1) bmjspcare-2018-001630, bmjspcare-2018. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001630
Sowa, P. Marcin, Kault, Sam, Byrnes, Joshua, Ng, Shu-Kay, Comans, Tracy and Scuffham, Paul A. (2017). Private health insurance incentives in Australia: in search of cost-effective adjustments. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 16 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s40258-017-0338-6
Sowa, P. Marcin, Downes, Martin J. and Gordon, Louisa G. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry plus antiresorptive treatment in Australian women with breast cancer who receive aromatase inhibitors. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, 35 (2), 199-208. doi: 10.1007/s00774-016-0742-2
Paolucci, Francesco, Sowa, Przemyslaw M., Garcia-Goni, Manuel and Ergas, Henry (2015). Mandatory aged care insurance: a case for Australia. Ageing and Society, 35 (2), 231-245. doi: 10.1017/S0144686X13000767
Sowa, Przemyslaw M. (2013). Understanding health and social care. International Journal of Integrated Care, 13 (2), 1-2. doi: 10.5334/ijic.1172
Paolucci, Francesco and Sowa, Przemyslaw M. (2011). Incentives and Choice in Healthcare. Economic Record, 87 (276), 174-176. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2010.00715.x
Conference Papers
Martin, Aleysha, Green, Theresa, McCarthy, Alexandra, Sowa, Marcin and Laakso, Liisa (2023). Transdisciplinary stroke assessment: improving allied health clinician compliance with national stroke guidelines. Stroke 2023 – The Combined Stroke Society of Australasia and Smart Strokes Nursing and Allied Health Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-25 August 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/17474930231188838
Sowa, Przemyslaw M., Butler, Jim R. G., Connelly, Luke B. and Paolucci, Francesco (2013). Health-care accessibility in seven countries in eastern Europe: a multinomial logit study of individual unmet medical needs. Global Health Metrics and Evauation: Data, Debates, Directions, Seattle, WA, United States, 17-19 June 2013. London, United Kingdom: Lancet Publishing Group. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61389-6
Working Paper
Sowa, P. Marcin, Butler, James R.G. and Connelly, Luke B. (2014). Unmet medical needs and health care accessibility in seven countries of Eastern Europe. MPRA Paper. 75619. Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health (ACERH), The Australian National University.