Economic and social contribution of Menzies School of Health Research to the NT, Australia and the Asia Pacific
Details:
Title
Economic and social contribution of Menzies School of Health Research to the NT, Australia and the Asia Pacific,
Creator
Deloitte Access Economics,
Commissioned by
Menzies School of Health,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
Date
2012-02-03,
Location
Barton,
Abstract
The purpose of this assessment is to analyse and document the economic and social contribution of Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) to the Northern Territory (NT), Australia and the Asia Pacific using a quantitative approach. This assessment, therefore, considers the impact of Menzies activities on: • economic activity, including employment impacts; • knowledge and skills; • health benefits, or policy and program improvements; and • commercialisation of research. -- page i,
Notes
Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),
Table of contents
Glossary page i -- Executive summary page i -- 1 Introduction page 1 -- 1.1 Aims and deliverables page 1 --
1.2 Structure of the report page 1 -- 1.3 History of Menzies School of Health Research page 1 -- 1.4 Indigenous health outcomes in Australia page 2 -- 1.5 NT economy page 5 -- 1.6 Current role and activities of the Menzies page 6 -- 2 Costs page 9 -- 2.1 Capital costs page 9 -- 3 Quantifiable impacts page 10 --
3.1 Economic activity page 10 -- 3.2 Other socio-economic benefits page 16 -- 4 Qualitative impacts page 40 -- 5 Overall impacts page 44 -- 5.1 Methodology page 44 -- 5.2 CBA findings page 44 -- 5.3 Sensitivity analysis page 46 -- Conclusions page 49 -- Appendix A : Consultation methodology and stakeholders page 50 -- Appendix B : References page 52 -- Limitation of our work page 57 -- Charts Chart 3.1 : Funding sources page 11 -- Chart 3.2 : Menzies FTEs by location page 15 -- Chart 3.3 : Research higher degree student completions at Menzies, 2002 to 2010 page 17 -- Chart 3.4 : Number of publications by Menzies staff page 19 -- Chart 3.5 : Reduction in malaria deaths in the Asia Pacific resulting from the change in treatment regime page 25 -- Chart 3.6 : Reduction in Pv malaria cases in the Asia Pacific resulting from the change in treatment regime page 26 --
Chart 3.7 : Quantified benefit of Menzies malaria research page 28 -- Chart 3.8 : Reduction in new cases of rheumatic heart disease in the NT resulting from the change in treatment regime page 32 -- Chart 3.9 : Reduction in prevalence of dental caries in children under the age of 5 resulting from the change in treatment regime page 34 -- Chart 3.10 : Revenue stream from sales of L-Arginine page 39 -- Chart 5.1 : Benefit and cost streams from Menzies activities for the NT, 2002 to 2030 page 45 -- Chart 5.2 : Sensitivity analysis of the economic contribution to the NT page 47 -- Chart 5.3 : Sensitivity analysis of the economic contribution to Australia page 48 -- Chart 5.4 : Sensitivity analysis of the economic contribution to the Asia Pacific page 48 -- Tables Table 2.1 : Menzies expenditure ($'000), 2002 to 2010 page 9 -- Table 2.2 : Menzies capital expenditure ($'000), 2002 to 2010 page 9 -- Table 3.1 : Direct economic contribution of Menzies to the NT ($,000), 2002 to 2010 page 12 -- Table 3.2 : Direct economic contribution of Menzies to Australia ($,000), 2002 to 2010 page 12 -- Table 3.3 : Indirect economic contribution of Menzies to the NT ($,000), 2002 to 2010 page 14 -- Table 3.4 : Indirect economic contribution of Menzies to Australia ($,000), 2002 to 2010 page 14 -- Table 3.5 : Direct effect to employment in NT of expenditure by Menzies, 2002 to 2010 page 16 -- Table 3.6 : Indirect employment contribution in NT of expenditure by Menzies, 2002 to 2010 page 16 -- Table 3.7 : Net Present Value (NPV) methodological note page 18 -- Table 3.8 : Australian melioidosis cases and fatalities from 1989 to 2009 page 29 -- Table 5.1 : Net benefits and B/C ratio for Menzies activities and research for Menzies
expenditure for the period 2002 to 2010 page 45 -- Table 5.2 : Ranges and distributions applied to the estimates for sensitivity analysis page 46 -- Figures Figure 3.1 : Composition of the economic contribution of Menzies page 11,
Language
English,
Subject
Medicine,
Research,
Economic aspects,
Menzies School of Health Research,