About
I am an Honorary Research Fellow in the Centre for the Business and Economics of Health at The University of Queensland. I previously held a Research Fellow position at the Centre, until my retirement in 2021. My research supports the healthcare industry to complete economic evaluation of interventions, with a particular focus on movement and neurological disorders such as Tourette’s syndrome and Parkinson’s disease. This ensures healthcare interventions are cost-effective and are appropriately resourced when expanded from an initial trial.
Research interests
Health services and health outcomes: determining the effectiveness of existing and proposed interventions on health outcomes.
Insurance economics: evaluating the health and economic impact of public and private insurance models.
Contact
To discuss opportunities to collaborate please email cbeh@uq.edu.au.
Journal Articles
Caruana, Erin L., Rowell, David, Kuys, Suzanne S. and Brauer, Sandra G. (2022). Additional saturday occupational therapy for adults receiving inpatient physiotherapy rehabilitation: a prospective cohort study. BMC Health Services Research, 22 (1) 617, 617. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07727-7
Sakzewski, Leanne, Reedman, Sarah, McLeod, Kate, Thorley, Megan, Burgess, Andrea, Trost, Stewart, Ahmadi, Matthew, Rowell, David, Chatfield, Mark, Bleyenheuft, Yannick and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2021). Preschool HABIT-ILE: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to determine efficacy of intensive rehabilitation compared with usual care to improve motor skills of children, aged 2–5 years, with bilateral cerebral palsy. BMJ Open, 11 (3) e041542, 1-11. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041542
Hains, Toni, Rowell, David and Strand, Haakan (2020). The non-medical surgical assistant and inequity in the Australian healthcare system. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 37 (4) 2020.374.278, 59-67. doi: 10.37464/2020.374.278
Hains, Toni, Rowell, David and Strand, Haakan (2020). The legitimacy of the nurse practitioner as a non-medical surgical assistant: Historical evidence from Australia. Collegian, 27 (6), 654-660. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2020.06.005
Hains, Toni, Rowell, David and Strand, Haakan (2020). Effectiveness of the non‐medical surgical assistant measured by patient outcome assessment. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 27 (1) e12822, e12822. doi: 10.1111/ijn.12822
Sakzewski, Leanne, Bleyenheuft, Yannick, Boyd, Roslyn N., Novak, Iona, Elliott, Catherine, Reedman, Sarah, Morgan, Cathy, Pannek, Kerstin, Fripp, Jurgen, Golland, Prue, Rowell, David, Chatfield, Mark and Ware, Robert Stuart (2019). Protocol for a multisite randomised trial of Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Training Including Lower Extremity training for children with bilateral cerebral palsy: HABIT-ILE Australia. BMJ Open, 9 (9) e032194, e032194. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032194
Dang, Tho T. H., Rowell, David, Liddle, Jacki, Coyne, Terry, Silburn, Peter and Connelly, Luke B. (2019). Economic evaluation of deep-brain stimulation for Tourette’s syndrome: an initial exploration. Journal of Neurology, 266 (12), 2997-3008. doi: 10.1007/s00415-019-09521-8
Dang, Tho Thi Hai, Rowell, David and Connelly, Luke B (2019). Cost‐effectiveness of deep brain stimulation with movement disorders: A systematic review. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, 6 (5) mdc3.12780, 348-358. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12780
Rowell, David, Nghiem, Son and Connelly, Luke B. (2017). Two tests for ex ante moral hazard in a market for automobile insurance. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 84 (4), 1103-1126. doi: 10.1111/jori.12161
Rowell, David, Nghiem, Son, Ramagopalan, Sreeram and Meier, Ute-Christiane (2017). Seasonal temperature is associated with Parkinson’s disease prescriptions: an ecological study. International Journal of Biometeorology.
Rowell, David, Nghiem, Son, Ramagopalan, Sreeram and Meier, Ute-Christiane (2017). Seasonal temperature is associated with Parkinson’s disease prescriptions: an ecological study. International Journal of Biometeorology, 61 (12), 2205-2211. doi: 10.1007/s00484-017-1427-9
Rowell, David, Nguyen, Kim Huong, Baade, Peter and Janda, Monika (2017). Evaluation of a skin self-examination programme: a four-stage recursive model. Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention, 18 (4), 1063-1067. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.4.1063
Rowell, David, Nghiem, Son Hong and Connelly, Luke B. (2017). Testing for asymmetric information in insurance markets: a test for ex ante moral hazard revisited. Economics Letters, 150, 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.044
Deeb, Wissam, Giordano, James J., Rossi, Peter J., Mogilner, Alon T., Gunduz, Aysegul, Judy, Jack W., Klassen, Bryan T., Butson, Christopher R., Horne, Craig Van, Deny, Damiaan, Dougherty, Darin D., Rowell, David, Gerhardt, Greg A., Smith, Gwenn S., Ponce, Francisco A., Walker, Harrison C., Bronte-Stewart, Helen M., Mayberg, Helen S., Chizeck, Howard J., Langevin, Jean-Philippe, Volkmann, Jens, Ostrem, Jill L., Shute, Jonathan B., Jimenez-Shahed, Joohi, Foote, Kelly D., Shukla, Aparna Wagle, Rossi, Marvin A., Oh, Michael, Pourfar, Michael ... Okun, Michael S. (2016). Proceedings of the fourth annual deep brain stimulation think tank: a review of emerging issues and technologies. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 10 (NOV2016) 38, 38. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2016.00038
Rowell, David, Gordon, Louisa G., Olsen, Catherine M. and Whiteman, David C. (2016). A comparison of the direct medical costs for individuals with or without basal or squamous cell skin cancer: a study from Australia. SAGE Open Medicine, 4, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/2050312116646030
Gordon, Louisa G. and Rowell, David (2015). Health system costs of skin cancer and cost-effectiveness of skin cancer prevention and screening: a systematic review. European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 24 (2), 141-149. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000056
Rowell, David, Gordon, Louisa G., Olsen, Catherine M. and Whiteman, David C. (2015). A reconstruction of a medical history from administrative data: with an application to the cost of skin cancer. Health Economics Review, 5 (4) 4, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s13561-015-0042-x
Rowell, David and Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte (2014). Could a Pigouvian subsidy mitigate poker machine externalities, in Australia?. Economic Papers, 33 (4), 327-338. doi: 10.1111/1759-3441.12090
Rowell, David and Gordon, Louisa (2013). Testing for vitamin D and other trends in the clinical management of osteoporosis. Archives of Osteoporosis, 8 (1-2) 161. doi: 10.1007/s11657-013-0161-0
Spearing, Natalie M., Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte, Pobereskin, Louis H., Rowell, David S. and Connelly, Luke B. (2012). Are people who seek compensation “cured by a verdict”? A longitudinal study of health outcomes with whiplash. Journal of Law and Medicine, 20 (1), 82-92.
Rowell, David and Connelly, Luke B. (2012). Riesgo moral: una visión histórica. Mercado Asegurador, 383, 32-32.
Rowell, D. and Connelly, L. B. (2012). Uma visão histórica do termo “Risco Moral”. Cadernos de Seguro, Ano XXXII (170), 30-35.
Rowell, David and Connelly, Luke B. (2012). A historical view of the term "Moral Hazard". Insurance Economics Newsletter, 65, 3-5.
Rowell, David and Connelly, Luke B. (2012). A history of the term "moral hazard". Journal of Risk and Insurance, 79 (4), 1051-1075. doi: 10.1111/J.1539-6975.2011.01448.x
Rowell, David and Jackson, Terri (2011). Additional costs of inpatient malnutrition, Victoria, Australia 2003-2004. European Journal of Health Economics, 12 (4), 353-361. doi: 10.1007/s10198-010-0245-3
Jackson, Terri, Nghiem, Hong Son, Rowell, David, Jorm, Christine and Wakefield, John (2011). Marginal costs of hospital-acquired conditions: Information for priority-setting for patient safety programmes and research. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 16 (3), 141-146. doi: 10.1258/jhsrp.2010.010050
Rowell, David, Connelly, Luke, Webber, Jodie, Tippett, Vivienne, Thiele, David and Schuetz, Michael (2011). What are the true costs of major trauma?. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 70 (5), 1086-1095. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ed4d29
Rowell, D., Nghiem, H. S., Jorm, C. and Jackson, T. J. (2010). How different are complications that affect the older adult inpatient?. Quality and Safety in Health Care, 19 (6), e34-1-e34-5. doi: 10.1136/qshc.2009.032235
Rowell, David and Connelly, Luke (2010). Labour market outcomes for people with a spinal cord injury. Economics and Human Biology, 8 (2), 223-232. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.05.003
Rowell, D. and Connelly, L. B. (2008). Personal assistance, income and employment: The spinal injuries survey instrument (SISI)and its application in a sample of people with quadriplegia. Spinal Cord, 46 (6), 417-424. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102157
Beard, J., Rowell, D., Scott, D., van Beurden, E., Barnett, L., Hughes, K. and Newman, B. (2006). Economic analysis of a community-based falls prevention program. Public Health, 120 (8), 742-751. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.04.011
Rowell, David, Scott, Don, Barnett, Lisa, Beard, John, Sloan, Keith and van Beurden, Eric (2004). Measuring the economic impact of falls prevention interventions. Australasian Journal of Business and Social Inquiry, 2 (2), 1-10.
Conference Papers
Dang, Thi Hai Tho , Rowell, David , Liddle, Jacki , Coyne, Terry , Silburn, Peter and Connelly, Luke (2016). An economic evaluation for deep brain stimulation for patients with Tourette's syndrome: an initial exploration. XXIInd Congress of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Madrid, Spain, 28 September - 1 October 2016. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG. doi: 10.1159/000448961
Rowell, D., Nghiem, H. S., Subramanian, H. and Silburn, P. (2015). Do seasons affect Parkinson's disease: empirical examination from Australia. World Congress of Neurology, Santiago, Chile, 31 Oct - 5 Nov 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.283
Rowell, D., Nghiem, H. S. and Connelly, L. B. (2010). Moral hazard: an empirical examination of the insurance market for road traffic crashes in Australia. The 2nd World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress, Singapore, 25-29 July 2010.
Theses
David Rowell (2011). Moral Hazard: Empirical Evidence in the Australian Market for Automobile Insurance. PhD Thesis, Schoool of Economics, The University of Queensland.
Rowell, David (2006). An economic evaluation of the adult lifestyle support package. Master's Thesis, School of Economics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/218499