Economic Evaluation of Implementing Best Practice for Peripheral Intravenous Cannula Use in Australian Emergency Departments

Each year, more than 1 billion adults attend emergency departments internationally, and in Australia this exceeds 6.6 million. Up to half of these patients have a peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) inserted during their visit equating to over 3 million PIVCs inserted in Australian EDs annually. Research suggests that between 32 and 52% of PIVCs inserted in the ED remain unused and are inserted “just in case”. This project is a part of the project: "Just Say No to the Just in Case Cannula: An Implementation Science Trial with Roadmap for National Roll Out" funded the Medical Research Future Funding, NHMRC. The PhD will focus on establishing the economic evidence of cannula used and economic evaluation of implementing the best practice for peripheral intravenous cannula use in Australia. The main analysis would be within trial economic evaluation and further analysis with modelled based economic evaluation will be considered. The PhD will comprise different studies including systematic review, cost analysis and economic evaluation. The student will access to high quality support and will work with both academic researchers, clinicians and health care providers.