ACT Community Living Project Inc (CLP) is a not-for-profit organisation seeking quality life choices for people with disability, including a choice of accommodation that suits their individual needs as well as social inclusion opportunities within the wider community. CLP conducted a survey in...

This study compares work-life labour income of Indigenous and average Australians and assesses potential impact of bridging mortality gaps on their work-life earning gaps using a life-table model which took account of the survival, employment and income trajectories from 25 to 64 years....

This paper describes the design of a dynamic microsimulation model being built as part of the DYNOPTA (Dynamic Analyses to Optimize Ageing) Project. The model aims to establish a demographic modelling infrastructure to simulate the health outcomes of Australia's baby boomer and aged cohorts and...

In the development of a dynamic microsimulation model, validation lends credibility to the model, making it more likely to be accepted by policy makers. In the validation of multi-module models such as the Australian Population and Policy Simulation model (APPSIM) currently under development at...

Health of the ageing population has the potential to place considerable pressure on future government spending. In the Australian context, this concern has been expressed in several government reports over the last decade. In response to such fiscal concerns, a dynamic microsimulation model,...

Older Australians have more health conditions, have more hospital separations and stay longer in hospital than younger age groups (AIHW 2009). A common perception however is that many older patients are “bed-blockers”, unnecessarily occupying hospital beds as they wait for alternative care...