Kathy Eagar

Kathy Eagar
AM
Other namesKathleen Margaret Eagar
EducationUniversity of Wollongong
EmployerUniversity of Wollongong
Known forHealth Services
TitleProfessor

Kathleen Margaret Eagar AM, known as Kathy Eagar, is an Australian clinician and health services academic, who was awarded an Order of Australia[1] in 2024 for services to health services. She was professor of health services research at the University of Wollongong until 2023.

Education and career

Eagar received her degree at the University of Wollongong, where she was a professor at the Australian Health Services Research Institute from 1998 to 2023.[2]

She has published numerous publications on palliative and end of life care, policy and research around better health care,[3] chronic diseases and aged care.[2][4]

Eagar has commented that the main audience to which health services research should be focused would ideally be politicians and consumers.[5]

Publications

Eagar written over 500 publications,[6] with over 4,000 citations, as at July 2024 and an H-index of 35. Select publications include:

  • Eagar Kathy, Watters Prue, Currow David C., Aoun Samar M., Yates Patsy (2010) The Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) – measuring the quality and outcomes of palliative care on a routine basis. Australian Health Review 34, 186–192.[7]
  • Green, J.P. and Eagar, K. (2010), The health of people in Australian immigration detention centres. Medical Journal of Australia, 192: 65–70.[8]
  • Eagar, K.; Gordon, R.; Hodkinson, A.; Green, J.; Eagar, L.; Erven, J.; Eckstein, G.; Spooner, G.; Kennedy, C.; Owen, A.; Cromwell, D.; Leotta, T.; and Rigley, A., "The Australian National Sub-Acute and Non-Acute Patient Classification (AN-SNAP): Report of the National Sub-Acute and Non-Acute Casemix Classification Study" (1997). Centre for Health Service Development - CHSD. Paper 7. http://ro.uow.edu.au/chsd/7[9]

Awards

References

  1. ^ White, Jen; David, Dione. "Meet the Illawarra's King's Birthday honourees". Region Illawarra. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  2. ^ a b "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  3. ^ "2015: Health care visionary acknowledged with top award - University of Wollongong – UOW". www.uow.edu.au. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  4. ^ Eagar, Kathy (2020). Health planning: Australian perspectives. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003115878. ISBN 978-1-003-11587-8.
  5. ^ "Profiling an award-winning health services researcher and her vision for better health care". Croakey Health Media. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  6. ^ "Kathy Eagar". The Conversation. 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  7. ^ "CSIRO PUBLISHING | Australian Health Review". www.publish.csiro.au. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  8. ^ Green, Janette P; Eagar, Kathy (2010). "The health of people in Australian immigration detention centres". Medical Journal of Australia. 192 (2): 65–70. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03419.x. ISSN 0025-729X. PMID 20078404.
  9. ^ "Casemix classification".
  10. ^ Newsroom (2024-06-09). "King's Birthday honours 2024: meet the Illawarra recipients". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 2024-07-12. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ Green, Sarah (2015-11-02). "Professor Kathy Eagar - winner of the 2015 HSRAANZ Professional Award". HSRAANZ. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
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