Professor Kathy Eagar is Director of the Centre for Health Service Development (CHSD). She has over twenty five years experience in the health and community care systems, during which she had divided her time equally between being a clinician, a senior manager and a health academic. She has authored over 250 articles, papers and reports on management, quality, outcomes, information systems and funding of the Australia and New Zealand health and community care systems. Professor Eagar leads a research team of 40 researchers covering 18 disciplines. They have a national reputation reflecting a track record of policy-relevant health services research & development & the translation of research findings into policy & practice. Their research interests lie in health service delivery, organisation & performance, care coordination & integration, health outcomes, health policy & management, health & community care financing and casemix classifications across settings. For further information refer to Professor Eagar's faculty page.
Articles
Effective Caring: a synthesis of the international evidence on carer needs and interventions (with A. Owen, K. Williams, A. Westera, N. Marosszeky, R. England, and D. Morris), Centre for Health Service Development - CHSD (2007)
This report on Effective Caring aims to identify the needs of carers including the factors...
Options for the future of Veterans' Home Care (VHC) (with J. Green, A. Owen, T. Robinson, P. Siminski, C. Rostron, T. Stevermuer, P. Grootemaat, and N. Marosszeky), Centre for Health Service Development - CHSD (2007)
This is the final report of an independent review for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs...
Rehabilitation Services in Tasmania: current situation and future plans (with P. Milne), Centre for Health Service Development - CHSD (2007)
The review has identified that there is a significant shortage of rehabilitation services in Tasmania....
The NSW SAFTE Care Program - evaluation of a pilot program to prevent unnecessary hospital attendances by older people (with A. Westera, Tara Stevermuer, P. Samsa, K. Quinsey, A. Owen, and N. Marosszeky), Centre for Health Service Development - CHSD (2007)
The NSW SAFTE Care Program is a pilot program, which targets older people living in...
Towards a measure of function for home and community care services in Australia: Part 1 - Development of a standard national approach (with A. Owen, N. Marosszeky, and R. Poulos), Centre for Health Service Development - CHSD (2006)
The aim of the project was to recommend, for national use, validated and reliable instruments...
Presentations
Utilizing a national benchmarking database for rehabilitation services to explore injury rehabilitation in Australia (with C. Poulos and F. simmonds), Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre - AROC (2008)
Utilizing a national benchmarking database for rehabilitation services to explore injury rehabilitation in Australia: 1....
Other
Centre for Heath Service Development Annual Report 2005, Centre for Health Service Development - CHSD (2005)
Carer Eligibility and Needs Assessment for the National Respite for Carers Program: Consultation Paper (with A. Owen, N. Marosszeky, L. Ramsay, and M. Rix), Centre for Health Service Development - CHSD (2005)
The Illawarra Midwifery Group Practice Program - the evaluation of a pilot program to introduce a safe and continuous model of care (with K. Williams and A. Lainchbury), Centre for Health Service Development - CHSD (2005)
Strategies for Gain - the evidence on strategies to improve the health and wellbeing of Victorian children (with C. Brewer, J. Collins, D. Fildes, C. Findlay, J. Green, L. Harrison, N. Harwood, N. Marosszeky, M. Masso, S. Matete, D. Morris, J. Peat, M. Rix, B. Shorten, P. Siminski, K. Williams, and H. Yeatman), Centre for Health Service Development - CHSD (2005)
Victorian children enjoy, by both national and international standards, a high level of health and...