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Placing people at the heart of health policy

Amplifying patients’ voices in funding decisions for medicines and medical devices, services and procedures.

About our research
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Our focus

PACE (Patient Centred Evaluation of Medical Devices) is a four-part program designed to create fairer and more inclusive assessment of medicines, medical devices, medical services, and procedures.

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Co-design with consumers to authentically empower the consumer perspective

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Dedicated consumer evidence base using revealed and stated preference evidence

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Methodological guidance to combine qualitative and quantitative evidence

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New avenues for consumer collaboration using citizen juries and living labs

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Get involved

By participating you can support our work: join one of our research studies, or attend a workshop or event.

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31 March 2026

PACE and the Evolution of Health Technology Assessment in Australia

PACE investigators will participate in a Centre for Health Economics workshop on the Evolution of Health Technology Assessment in Australia.

16 March 2026

PACE is hiring!

We will soon be advertising for project manager and qualitative and quantitative research fellows. Follow our LinkedIn page for updates!

9 March 2026

PACE at Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi)

PACE investigators will present research on Pharmac and PBAC decision-making at the 2026 HTAi Annual Meeting.

9 March 2026

PACE at EUHEA 2026

PACE Investigators will present research on Pharmac and PBAC decision-making at the 2026 European Health Economics Association (EUHEA) Conference.

20 February 2026

Opening the black-box of HTA decision-making

PACE investigators have analysed more than 20 years of PBAC decisions (2005-2023) to understand what matters most when recommendations are made to fund (or not to fund) medicines in Australia.

21 January 2026

PACE funded to amplify the patient voice

PACE has been funded by the Medical Research Future Fund under a five-year grant for Incorporating Patient Data in Health Technology Decision Making.

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