Professor Paul Hansen, Our people, Department of Economics, University of Otago, New Zealand

Hansen2018 BCom PGDipCom (Otago) MEc (ANU) PhD (Otago)

Tel +64 3 479 8547
Email paul.hansen@otago.ac.nz
Room 624, 6th Floor, Otago Business School

Paul works mainly in areas related to priority-setting and resource allocation, especially in the health sector.

The co-inventor of 1000minds software (see below), Paul is interested in working with other researchers and students to apply 1000minds to a wide variety of decision-making problems.

Paul also helped start GoSkills.com, a global online-learning platform.

Paul’s teaching includes microeconomics and health economics.

Paul's CV

Paul Hansen's CV (PDF)

1000minds software

Paul and his colleagues at 1000minds believe that with better understanding and decision-making, the world will be a better place. That’s why they help organisations, individuals and groups to discover what matters to people, and to make decisions consistently, fairly and transparently.

1000minds is a web application for Multi-Criteria Decision-Making and discovering people’s preferences via Conjoint Analysis (or Discrete Choice Experiments, DCEs).

As well as corporate and government clients, 1000minds is used for research and teaching at 400+ universities and other organisations worldwide. More than 1000 research projects, including 100s of peer-reviewed publications and post-graduate degrees, have been completed or are underway.

Visit the 1000minds website to learn more, including to create a trial account and for potential research projects and also teaching resources.

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Paul’s public profile

Selected publications

Ten of Paul’s Best (according to him :) )

“Rapid development of a tool for prioritizing Covid-19 patients for intensive care” (with M Roy, T Sullivan, F Ombler, M Kiore, A Carr, A Stapleton), Critical Care Explorations, 3, e0368 (2021).

“A new tool for creating personal and social EQ-5D-5L value sets, including valuing ‘dead’” (with T Sullivan, F Ombler, S Derrett, N Devlin), Social Science & Medicine, 246, 112707 (2020).

“How significant are ‘high’ correlations between EQ-5D value sets?” (with F Ombler, M Albert), Medical Decision Making, 38, 635-45 (2018).

“Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis” (with E Tacconelli et al and the WHO Pathogens Priority List working group), The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18, 318-27 (2018).

“Which health technologies should be funded? A prioritization framework based explicitly on value for money” (with O Golan), Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 1, 44 (2012).

“A new method for scoring multi-attribute value models using pairwise rankings of alternatives” (with F Ombler), Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 15, 87-107 (2008).

"Logical inconsistencies in survey respondents' health state valuations - a methodological challenge for estimating social tariffs” (with N Devlin, P Kind, A Williams), Health Economics, 12, 529-44 (2003).

“Another graphical proof of Arrow's Impossibility Theorem”, Journal of Economic Education, 33, 217-35 (PDF) (2002).

“The determinants of health care expenditure: a cointegration approach” (with A King), Journal of Health Economics, 15, 127-37 (1996).

“Inference on productivity differentials in multi-sector models of economic growth” (with R Alexander, D Owen), Journal of Development Economics, 51, 315-25 (1996).

Teaching responsibilities

Paul’s courses include:

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Publications

Francis, C., Hansen, P., Guðlaugsson, B., Ingram, D. M., & Thomson, R. C. (2022). Weighting key performance indicators of smart local energy systems: A discrete choice experiment. Energies, 15, 9305. doi: 10.3390/en15249305

McGillivray, M., Feeny, S., Hansen, P., Knowles, S., & Ombler, F. (2022). What are valid weights for the Human Development Index? A discrete choice experiment for the United Kingdom. Social Indicators Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11205-022-03039-9

Babashahi, S., Hansen, P., & Peeters, R. (2022). External validity of multi-criteria preference data obtained from non-random sampling: Measuring cohesiveness within and between groups. Annals of Operations Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10479-022-05026-2

Jain, V., Atun, R., Hansen, P., & Lorgelly, P. (2022). Which countries need COVID-19 vaccines the most? Development of a prioritisation tool. BMC Public Health, 22, 1518. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13948-6

Bissell, L. A., Furst, D., Johnson, S., Hansen, P., Recalde, E., Khanna, D., … on behalf of Linear Criss. (2022). The development of the linear criss: A clinical and patient meaningful anchor to the ACR-CRISS in scleroderma. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 81(Suppl. 1), (pp. 728). doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.1896

Hansen, P., & King, A. (Eds.). (2004). Keeping economics real: New Zealand economic issues. Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education New Zealand, 214p.

Edited Book - Research

Hansen, P., & Devlin, N. (2019). Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) in healthcare decision-making. In J. H. Hamilton (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.98

Chapter in Book - Research

Devlin, N., & Hansen, P. (2004). Who shall live and who shall die? Rationing health care in New Zealand. In P. Hansen & A. King (Eds.), Keeping economics real: New Zealand economic issues. (pp. 15-19). Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education New Zealand.

Chapter in Book - Research

Hansen, P. (2004). Borrowing to learn, or learning to borrow? Student fees and the Student Loans Scheme. In P. Hansen & A. King (Eds.), Keeping economics real: New Zealand economic issues. (pp. 4-8). Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education New Zealand.

Chapter in Book - Research

Hansen, P. (2004). Will New Zealand be held to account some day soon? In P. Hansen & A. King (Eds.), Keeping economics real: New Zealand economic issues. (pp. 186-189). Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education New Zealand.

Chapter in Book - Research

Hansen, P., & Graham, A. (2004). Human organ transplants, for love or money? In P. Hansen & A. King (Eds.), Keeping economics real: New Zealand economic issues. (pp. 20-24). Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education New Zealand.

Chapter in Book - Research

Brooks, R., Coons, S. J., De Cock, P., Devlin, N., De Weert, W., Hansen, P., … Marra, C. (2003). EQ-5D in selected countries around the World. In R. Brooks, R. Rabin & F. de Charro (Eds.), The measurement and valuation of health status using the EQ-5D: A European perspective: Evidence from the EuroQol BIOMED Research Programme. (pp. 207-227). Kluwer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-0233-1_13

Chapter in Book - Research

Alexander, W. R. J., & Hansen, P. (2001). Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. In F. Columbus (Ed.), Politics and Economics of Africa. (pp. 107-125). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Chapter in Book - Research

Journal - Research Article

Haugen, I. K., Felson, D., Abishek, A., Berenbaum, F., Edwards, J. J., Beaumont, G. H., … Hansen, P., … Kloppenburg, M. (2022). Development of radiographic classification criteria for hand osteoarthritis: A methodological report (Phase 2). RMD Open, 8, e002024. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002024

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Romão, J., Seal, P. P., Hansen, P., Joseph, S., & Piramanayagam, S. (2022). Stakeholder-based conjoint analysis for branding wellness tourism in Kerala, India. Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 6, 91-111. doi: 10.1007/s41685-021-00218-3

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Wesselbaum, D., & Hansen, P. (2022). Lockdown design: Which features of lockdowns are most important to COVID-19 experts? Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2048675

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Wilkins, C., Rychert, M., Queirolo, R., Lenton, S. R., Kilmer, B., Fischer, B., … Hansen, P., & Ombler, F. (2022). Assessing options for cannabis law reform: A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) with stakeholders in New Zealand. International Journal of Drug Policy, 105, 103712. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103712

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Babashahi, S., Hansen, P., & Sullivan, T. (2021). Creating a priority list of non-communicable diseases to support health research funding decision-making. Health Policy, 125, 221-228. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.12.003

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Roy, M., Hansen, P., Sullivan, T., Ombler, F., Klore, M., Stapleton, A., & Carr, C. (2021). Rapid development of a tool for prioritizing patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 for intensive care. Critical Care Explorations, 3(3), e0368. doi: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000368

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Sullivan, T., Turner, R. M., Derrett, S., & Hansen, P. (2021). New Zealand population norms for the EQ-5D-5L constructed from the personal value sets of participants in a national survey. Value in Health, 24(9), 1308-1318. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.04.1280

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Baggott, C., Hansen, P., Hancox, R. J., Hardy, J. K., Sparks, J., Holliday, M., Weatherall, M., Beasley, R., … Fingleton, J., on behalf of the PRACTICAL discrete choice experiment study team. (2020). What matters most to patients when choosing treatment for mild-moderate asthma? Results from a discrete choice experiment. Thorax, 75, 842-848. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-214343

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Chua, J., Briggs, A. M., Hansen, P., Chapple, C., & Abbott, J. H. (2020). Choosing interventions for hip or knee osteoarthritis: What matters to stakeholders? A mixed-methods study. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 2, 100062. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100062

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Chua, J., Hansen, P., Briggs, A. M., Wilson, R., Gwynne-Jones, D., & Abbott, J. H. (2020). Stakeholders’ preferences for osteoarthritis interventions in health services: A cross-sectional study using multi-criteria decision analysis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 2, 100110. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100110

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De Nardo, P., Gentilotti, E., Mazzaferri, F., Cremonini, E., Hansen, P., Goossens, H., … the members of the COVID-19 MCDA Group. (2020). Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to prioritize hospital admission of patients affected by COVID-19 in low-resource settings with hospital-bed shortage. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 98, 494-500. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.082

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Sullivan, T., Hansen, P., Ombler, F., Derrett, S., & Devlin, N. (2020). A new tool for creating personal and social EQ-5D-5L value sets, including valuing 'dead'. Social Science & Medicine, 246, 112707. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112707

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Abbott, J. H., Wilson, R., Pinto, D., Chapple, C. M., Wright, A. A., for the MOA Trial Team, including Robertson, M. C., Baxter, G. D., Theis, J.-C., Hansen, P., McKenzie, J. E., McNamara, D., Kidd, M., & Higgs, C. (2019). Incremental clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of providing supervised physiotherapy in addition to usual medical care in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: 2-year results of the MOA randomised controlled trial. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 27, 424-434. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.12.004

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Feeny, S., Hansen, P., Knowles, S., McGillivray, M., & Ombler, F. (2019). Donor motives, public preferences and the allocation of UK foreign aid: A discrete choice experiment approach. Review of World Economics, 155, 511-537. doi: 10.1007/s10290-019-00351-4

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Pinto, D., Bockenholt, U., Lee, J., Chang, R. W., Sharma, L., Finn, D. J., … Hansen, P. (2019). Preferences for physical activity: A conjoint analysis involving people with chronic knee pain. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 27, 240-247. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.10.002

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Rijnberg, V., Hansen, P., Ekeroma, A., & Stanton, J.-A. L. (2019). Is cervical cancer screening cost-effective for Samoa? A cost-utility analysis based on a cohort Markov model. Pacific Journal of Reproductive Health, 1(8), 423-439. doi: 10.18313/pjrh.2019.903

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Ombler, F., Albert, M., & Hansen, P. (2018). How significant are "high" correlations between EQ-5D value sets? Medical Decision Making, 38(6), 635-645. doi: 10.1177/0272989x18778295

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Tacconelli, E., Carrara, E., Savoldi, A., Harbarth, S., Mendelsen, M., Monnet, D. L., … Hansen, P., … and the WHO Pathogens Priority List Working Group (2018). Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: The WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18(3), 318-327. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30753-3

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Abbott, J. H., Usiskin, I. M., Wilson, R., Hansen, P., & Losina, E. (2017). The quality-of-life burden of knee osteoarthritis in New Zealand adults: A model-based evaluation. PLoS ONE, 12(10), e0185676. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185676

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Cunningham, H., Knowles, S., & Hansen, P. (2017). Bilateral foreign aid: How important is aid effectiveness to people for choosing countries to support? Applied Economics Letters, 24(5), 306-310. doi: 10.1080/13504851.2016.1184372

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Pinto, D., Danilovich, M. K., Hansen, P., Finn, D. J., Chang, R. W., Holl, J. L., … Bockenholt, U. (2017). Qualitative development of a discrete choice experiment for physical activity interventions to improve knee osteoarthritis. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 98(6), 1210-1216. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.11.024

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Rider, L. G., Ruperto, N., Pistorio, A., Erman, B., Bayat, N., Lachenbruch, P. A., … Hansen, P., … and the Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation. (2017). 2016 ACR-EULAR adult dermatomyositis and polymyositis and juvenile dermatomyositis response criteria: Methodological aspects. Rheumatology, 56(11), 1884-1893. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex226

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Sullivan, T., & Hansen, P. (2017). Determining criteria and weights for prioritizing health technologies based on the preferences of the general population: A New Zealand pilot study. Value in Health, 20(4), 679-686. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.12.008

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Whiting, R. H., Hansen, P., & Sen, A. (2017). A tool for measuring SMEs' reputation, engagement and goodwill: A New Zealand exploratory study. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 18(1), 170-188. doi: 10.1108/JIC-02-2016-0028

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Martelli, N., Hansen, P., van den Brink, H., Boudard, A., Cordonnier, A.-L., Devaux, C., … Borget, I. (2016). Combining multi-criteria decision analysis and mini-health technology assessment: A funding decision-support tool for medical devices in a university hospital setting. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 59, 201-208. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2015.12.002

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Wijland, R., Hansen, P., & Gardezi, F. (2016). Mobile nudging: Youth engagement with banking apps. Journal of Financial Services Marketing, 21(1), 51-63. doi: 10.1057/fsm.2016.1

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Paradkar, A., Knight, J., & Hansen, P. (2015). Innovation in start-ups: Ideas filling the void or ideas devoid of resources and capabilities? Technovation, 41-42, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.technovation.2015.03.004

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Hansen, P., Kergozou, N., Knowles, S., & Thorsnes, P. (2014). Developing countries in need: Which characteristics appeal most to people when donating money? Journal of Development Studies, 50(11), 1494-1509. doi: 10.1080/00220388.2014.925542

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Langley, J. D., Lilley, R., Wilson, S., Derrett, S., Samaranayaka, A., Davie, G., … Wyeth, E. H., Hansen, P., & Hokowhitu, B. (2014). Factors associated with non-participation in one or two follow-up phases in a cohort study of injured adults. Injury Prevention, 19, 428-433. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040685

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Wilson, R., Derrett, S., Hansen, P., & Langley, J. D. (2014). Costs of injury in New Zealand: Accident Compensation Corporation spending, personal spending and quality-adjusted life years lost. Injury Prevention, 19(2), 124-129. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040252

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Wilson, R., Hansen, P., Langley, J., & Derrett, S. (2014). A comparison of injured patient and general population valuations of EQ-5D health states for New Zealand. Health & Quality of Life Outcomes, 12, 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-12-21

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Dobson, F., Hinman, R. S., Roos, E. M., Abbott, J. H., Stratford, P., Davis, A. M., … Hansen, P., & Bennell, K. L. (2013). OARSI recommended performance-based tests to assess physical function in people diagnosed with hip or knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 21(8), 1042-1052. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2013.05.002

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Pinto, D., Robertson, M. C., Abbott, J. H., Hansen, P., Campbell, A. J., on behalf of the MOA Trial Team. (2013). Manual therapy, exercise therapy, or both, in addition to usual care, for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. 2: Economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 21(10), 1504-1513. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2013.06.014

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Byrne, T. J., Amer, P. R., Fennessy, P. F., Hansen, P., & Wickham, B. W. (2012). A preference-based approach to deriving breeding objectives: Applied to sheep breeding. Animal, 6(5), 778-788. doi: 10.1017/S1751731111002060

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Golan, O., & Hansen, P. (2012). Which health technologies should be funded? A prioritization framework based explicitly on value for money. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 1, 44. doi: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-44

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Hansen, P., Hendry, A., Naden, R., Ombler, F., & Stewart, R. (2012). A new process for creating points systems for prioritising patients for elective health services. Clinical Governance, 17(3), 200-209. doi: 10.1108/14777271211251318

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Pinto, D., Robertson, M. C., Hansen, P., & Abbott, J. H. (2012). Cost-effectiveness of nonpharmacologic, nonsurgical interventions for hip and/or knee osteoarthritis: Systematic review. Value in Health, 15(1), 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2011.09.003

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Wilson, R., Derrett, S., Hansen, P., & Langley, J. (2012). Retrospective evaluation versus population norms for the measurement of baseline health status. Health & Quality of Life Outcomes, 10, 68. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-68

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