ISPOR NZ Webinar - Marie-Anne Boujaoude

Making Equity Count: Measuring and Applying Health Inequality Aversion in Practice

Thursday 28 May 2026, 11am

We are delighted to welcome Marie-Anne Boujaoude from the University of Melbourne to present our next ISPOR NZ webinar on health inequality aversion in decision-making.

The webinar will be held on Microsoft Teams at 11am on Thursday 28 May 2026.

To register, please complete the registration form.

Abstract

This talk “Making Equity Count: Measuring and Applying Health Inequality Aversion in Practice” will explore recent advances in measuring and applying health inequality aversion in the evidence supporting health decision-making.

It will highlight key methodological considerations, including how estimates depend on underlying levels of inequality, the implications of using different health metrics, and the challenges of transferring aversion parameters across population groups. The talk will also demonstrate how these estimates can be translated into equity weights and applied in practice, using an example relevant to New Zealand.

Speaker

Marie-Anne Boujaoude is a Research Fellow at Melbourne Health Economics, the University of Melbourne, specialising in equity-informed health technology assessment. Her research focuses on developing and applying methods to incorporate distributional impacts and societal preferences into economic evaluation to support more equitable health decision-making. Marie-Anne co-leads the Equity in Asia-Pacific HTA (EquitAP-HTA) consortium, bringing together researchers and policymakers across Australia and internationally to advance the field and facilitate collaborations.