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Paulos Teckle

pteckle@bccrc.ca

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Department:	Cancer Control Research (@ the BCCRC since 2006)
Research Role:	Research Scientist
Education:	PhD (Health Economics / Health Services Research), University of Aberdeen, UK, 2006
Birthplace:	Asmara, Eritrea
Phone:	6758000x7062
Fax:	604-675-8180

Research Interests:

Health economics, applied econometrics, health services research

Measurement of health-related quality of life in cancer patients

Determinants of health and health inequalities

Since he joined the Centre for Health Economics in Cancer, Dr. Teckle has been working as a co-investigator in three projects: 'Health-related quality of life in cancer patients'; 'Long-term income and employment outcomes in cancer-survivors', and 'Phase-specific and lifetime costs of cancer in British Columbia and Ontario'. The objective of the first project is to evaluate the reliability and validity of cancer-specific measures of health related-quality of life in patients with cancer in BC. The objective of the second project is to estimate the effect of socio-demographic and clinical factors on cancer survivors income, and their ability to participate in the labor force using cross-sectional and longitudinal models; and the objective of the last project is to estimate costs for eighteen most common types of cancer in British Columbia. Over the course of his academic career, Dr. Teckle has published a number of scientific papers(attached below). Research areas:

Health related quality of life in cancer patients
Long term income and employment among childhood, adolescent and adult cancer survivors
Phase-specific and lifetime costs of cancer in British Columbia and Ontario
The social value of a Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY): equity weights for QALYs
Effect of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke on health
Equity of primary and secondary care, utilization of care
Urban-rural differences in health and health care

Research interests

Economics of cancer, health economics, applied econometrics, health services research
Measurement of health-related quality of life in cancer patients
Determinants of income and employment in cancer survivors
Determinants of health and health inequalities
Methodology: Quantitative methods, cross-sectional research, panel/longitudinal research, multivariate analysis, secondary data analysis, survey/questionnaire

Projects worked in the past - Whilst at the Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Dr Teckle was part of a research team which was commissioned by the Scottish Executive Health Department - UK in 2006 to improve and refine the Arbuthnott Formula used in Scotland to distribute central resources to National Health Services Boards. The study included a number of important developments in the statistical approaches used in resource allocation and modeled geographic differences in the costs of delivering health services in Scotland. See Report http://www.nrac.scot.nhs.uk/docs/consultation/Technical%20Report%20E%20-%20Review%20of%20Excess%20Costs.pdf