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Overview

Gavin Mooney was affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. The primary fields of study spanned Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, Infectious Diseases, and Economics and Econometrics. Their research covered a range of topics such as Public Health Policies and Education, Innovations in Medical Education, Ethics in Medical Practice, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Historical Economic and Social Studies, Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes, as well as Health and Conflict Studies.

The frequent publication venues for Mooney's work included:

  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • The Economic History Review
  • EDULEARN proceedings
  • The Lancet
  • New England Journal of Medicine

Mooney collaborated regularly with several coauthors throughout their career, including:

  • Anushka Aqil
  • Keilah Jacques
  • Krystal Lee
  • Alexandre White
  • Mannat Malik

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Mooney included:

  • "A Menace to the Public Health" - Contact Tracing and the Limits of Persuasion, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • The Dangers of Ignoring History Lessons During a Pandemic, 2021, Annals of Internal Medicine

Other notable papers published in the recent period but not authored by Mooney included:

  • Reckoning with Histories of Medical Racism and Violence in the USA, 2020, The Lancet
  • Engaging in Anti-Oppressive Public Health Teaching: Challenges and Recommendations, 2021, Pedagogy in Health Promotion
  • Scarlet Fever and Nineteenth-Century Mortality Trends: A Reply to Romola Davenport, 2020, The Economic History Review

The research emphasized historical and social dimensions of health, particularly examining public health policies, ethical considerations, and educational innovations. Mooney's work also intersected with epidemiological studies, including tuberculosis research and infectious disease dynamics.

Best Publications

  • The economics of health care: an introductory text.

    Alistair McGuire;John Henderson;Gavin Mooney

  • Equity in health care: confronting the confusion.

    Mooney Gh

  • Economics, medicine, and health care

    Gavin H. Mooney

  • Changing remuneration systems: effects on activity in general practice.

    A Krasnik;P P Groenewegen;P A Pedersen;P von Scholten

  • Institutional racism in Australian healthcare: a plea for decency.

    Barbara R Henry;Shane Houston;Gavin H Mooney

  • The Challenges of Medical Practice Variations

    Tavs Folmer Andersen;Gavin H. Mooney

  • Utilisation as a measure of equity: weighing heat?

    Gavin Mooney;Jane Hall;Cam Donaldson;Karen Gerard

  • Involving the general public in priority setting: experiences from Australia.

    V Wiseman;G Mooney;G Berry;K.C Tang

  • Agency in health care: getting beyond first principles.

    Gavin Mooney;Mandy Ryan

  • Key issues in health economics

    Gavin H. Mooney

  • The Economics of Health Equity

    Di McIntyre;Gavin H. Mooney

  • Vertical equity: weighting outcomes? or establishing procedures?

    Gavin Mooney;Gavin Mooney;Stephen Jan;Stephen Jan

  • The use of conjoint analysis to elicit community preferences in public health research: a case study of hospital services in South Australia.

    Stephen Jan;Gavin Mooney;Mandy Ryan;Kay Bruggemann

  • Evidence-based medicine : in its place

    Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen;Gavin Mooney

  • Burden of disease and priority setting.

    Gavin Mooney;Virginia Wiseman

  • Needs assessment, priority setting, and contracts for health care: an economic view.

    C Donaldson;G Mooney

  • And now for vertical equity? Some concerns arising from Aboriginal health in Australia

    Gavin Mooney

  • The valuation of human life

    Gavin H. Mooney

  • Why weren't we told? A personal search for the truth about our history

    Gavin Mooney

  • Equity in the Finance and Delivery of Health Care, An International Perspective.

    Gavin Mooney

  • Economics, Medicine and Health Care.

    Martin Buxton;Gavin Mooney

  • Just Health Care.

    Gavin Mooney

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Jan
Stephen Jan George Institute for Global Health
Alistair McGuire
Alistair McGuire London School of Economics and Political Science
Virginia Wiseman
Virginia Wiseman London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Di McIntyre
Di McIntyre University of Cape Town
Jane Hall
Jane Hall University of Technology Sydney
Lucy Gilson
Lucy Gilson University of Cape Town
Karen Gerard
Karen Gerard University of Southampton
Alan Maynard
Alan Maynard University of York
Dorothy Broom
Dorothy Broom Australian National University
Vicente Navarro
Vicente Navarro Johns Hopkins University

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