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Korda, Dr Rosemary BAppSci Lincoln Institute, MAppSci LaTrobe, GradDipPopHealth, PhD ANU Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow & Coordinator, MPH Course 'Fundamentals of Epidemiology’ Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia T: +61 2 6125 5583 F: +61 2 6125 0740 Email

Research Interests

• Income inequality and health
• Inequalities in health care use and in health care-related outcomes
• Understanding factors related to private health insurance
• Projecting the impacts of hepatitis B in Australia
• Obesity and hospitalisation

Selected Recent Publications

Korda RJ, Clements MS, Kelman C. Socioeconomic inequalities in the distribution of coronary procedures in patients with ischaemic heart disease. (conference abstract) Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14 (3):79.

Korda RJ, Butler JR, Clements MS, Kunitz SJ. Differential impacts of health care in Australia: trend analysis of socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable mortality. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2007; 36(1):157-65.

Strazdins L, Clements M, Korda RJ, Broom DH, D'Souza RM. Unsociable work? Nonstandard work schedules, family relationships and child wellbeing. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 2006; 68(2):394-410.

Korda RJ, Butler JRG. Effect of healthcare on mortality: Trends in avoidable mortality in Australia and comparisons with Western Europe. Public Health, 2006; 20(2): 95-105.

Korda RJ, Butler JR. Trends in pneumonia rates explained by changes in coding practices. Internal Medicine Journal, 2005; 35(2): 138-139.

Butler JRG, Pianko S, Korda RJ, Nguyen S, Gow P, Roberts SK, Strasser SI, Sievert W. The direct cost of managing patients with chronic hepatitis B infection in Australia. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2004; 38(10): S187-S192.

Korda RJ, Butler JRG. The impact of health care on mortality: Time trends in avoidable mortality in Australia 1968-2001. Working Paper Number 49, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, August 2004 ( download ).

Strazdins L, Korda RJ, Lim LL-Y, Broom DH, D'Souza RM. Around-the-clock: parent work schedules and children's well-being in a 24-h economy. Social Science and Medicine, 2004; 59 (7):1517-1527.

Korda RJ, Strazdins L, Broom DH, Lim L L-Y. Health of the Australian workforce: 1998-2001. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2002;.26 (4): 325-331.