Ms Jean Spinks - Researcher Profile

Biography

Jean works in the Faculty of Business & Economics at Monash University as a Research Fellow.

Qualifications

MASTER HEALTH SCIENCE (PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE)

Institution: Latrobe University

Year awarded: 2005

MASTER PUBLIC HEALTH

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2002

BACHELOR OF PHARMACY

Institution: Sydney University

Year awarded: 1995

Publications

Journal Articles

Manderson, L.H., Oldenburg, B.F., Lin, V., Hollingsworth, B.P., De Courten, M.F., Canaway, R.E., Spinks, J.M., 2012, Care seeking, complementary therapy and herbal medicine use among people with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease CAMELOT Phase II: surveying for diversity, Australian Journal of Herbal Medicine [P], vol 24, issue 2, National Herbalists Association of Australia, Australia, pp. 46-55.

Spinks, J.M., Hollingsworth, B.P., 2012, Policy implications of complementary and alternative medicine use in Australia: Data from the National Health Survey, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine [P], vol 18, issue 4, Mary Ann Liebert Inc Publishers, New Rochelle USA, pp. 371-378.

Spinks, J., Richardson, J., 2011, Paying the right price for pharmaceuticals: A case study of why the comparator matters, Australian Health Review [P], vol 35, issue 3, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 267-272.

Spinks, J.M., Hollingsworth, B.P., 2009, Are the economics of complementary and alternative medicine different to conventional medicine?, Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research [P], vol 9, issue 1, Expert Reviews Ltd, UK, pp. 1-4.

Spinks, J.M., Hollingsworth, B.P., 2009, Cross-country comparisons of technical efficiency of health production: A demonstration of pitfalls, Applied Economics [P], vol 41, issue 4, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 417-427.

Owen, A.J., Spinks, J.M., Meehan, A.D., Robb, T., Hardy, M., Kwasha, D., Wlodarczyk, J.H., Reid, C.M., 2008, A new model to evaluate the long-term cost effectiveness of orphan and highly specialised drugs following listing on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: the Bosentan Patient Registry, Journal of Medical Economics, vol 11, issue 2, Informa Healthcare, United Kingdom, pp. 235-243.