Dr Kim Edmunds
Senior Research Fellow
School of Business
Affiliate of Centre for the Business and Economics of Health
Centre for the Business and Economics of Health
+61 7 336 56859
Journal Articles
Teppala, Srinivas, Scuffham, Paul, Edmunds, Kim, Roberts, Matthew J., Smith, David P., Fairbairn, David, Horvath, Lisa G. and Tuffaha, Haitham (2025). The cost-utility of targeted germline BRCA testing in localised prostate cancer followed by cascade testing first-degree relatives with pathogenic variants. Genetics in Medicine, 27 (8) 101463, 101463. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2025.101463
Edmunds, Kim, Wang, Yufan, Sara, Sally, Riley, Bernie, Heneka, Nicole and Tuffaha, Haitham (2025). Prostate cancer specialist nursing program: A social return on investment analysis value for money of the prostate cancer specialist nursing program. Psycho-Oncology, 34 (5) e70181, 1-14. doi: 10.1002/pon.70181
Teppala, Srinivas, Scuffham, Paul, Edmunds, Kim, Roberts, Matthew J., Fairbairn, David, Smith, David P., Horvath, Lisa and Tuffaha, Haitham (2024). The cost-effectiveness of germline BRCA testing in metastatic prostate cancer followed by cascade testing of first-degree relatives of mutation carriers. Value in Health, 27 (11), 1515-1527. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2024.06.019
Tuffaha, Haitham, Edmunds, Kim, Fairbairn, David, Roberts, Matthew J., Chambers, Suzanne, Smith, David P, Horvath, Lisa, Arora, Shiksha and Scuffham, Paul (2024). Guidelines for genetic testing in prostate cancer: a scoping review. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 27 (4), 594-603. doi: 10.1038/s41391-023-00676-0
Deeming, Simon, Edmunds, Kim, Knight, Alice, Searles, Andrew, Shakeshaft, Anthony P. and Doran, Christopher M. (2022). A benefit-cost analysis of BackTrack, a multi-component, community-based intervention for high-risk young people in a rural Australian setting. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (16) 10273, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610273
Edmunds, Kim, Scuffham, Paul, Newton, Robert U., Galvão, Daniel A. and Tuffaha, Haitham (2022). Exercise in preventing falls for men with prostate cancer: a modelled cost-utility analysis. Supportive Care in Cancer, 30 (6), 5037-5046. doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-06900-2
Edmunds, Kim, Scuffham, Paul, Reeves, Penny, Galvão, Daniel A., Taaffe, Dennis R., Newton, Robert U., Spry, Nigel, Joseph, David and Tuffaha, Haitham (2021). Demonstrating the value of early economic evaluation alongside clinical trials: Exercise medicine for men with metastatic prostate cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care, 30 (5) e13479, e13479. doi: 10.1111/ecc.13479
Edmunds, Kim, Wall, Laura, Brown, Scott, Searles, Andrew, Shakeshaft, Anthony P. and Doran, Christopher M. (2021). Exploring community-based options for reducing youth crime. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (10) 5097, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105097
Reeves, Penny, Edmunds, Kim, Szewczyk, Zoe, Grady, Alice, Yoong, Sze Lin, Wolfenden, Luke, Wyse, Rebecca, Finch, Meghan, Stacey, Fiona, Wiggers, John and Searles, Andrew (2021). Economic evaluation of a web-based menu planning intervention to improve childcare service adherence with dietary guidelines. Implementation Science, 16 (1) 1. doi: 10.1186/s13012-020-01068-x
Edmunds, Kim, Tuffaha, Haitham, Scuffham, Paul, Galvão, Daniel A. and Newton, Robert U. (2020). The role of exercise in the management of adverse effects of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: a rapid review. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28 (12), 5661-5671. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05637-0
Edmunds, Kim, Reeves, Penny, Scuffham, Paul, Galvao, Daniel A., Newton, Robert U., Jones, Mark, Spry, Nigel, Taaffe, Dennis R., Joseph, David, Chambers, Suzanne K. and Tuffaha, Haitham (2020). Cost-effectiveness analysis of supervised exercise training in men with prostate cancer previously treated with radiation therapy and androgen-deprivation therapy. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 18 (5), 727-737. doi: 10.1007/s40258-020-00564-x
Edmunds, Kim, Tuffaha, Haitham, Galvão, Daniel A., Scuffham, Paul and Newton, Robert U. (2020). Incidence of the adverse effects of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: a systematic literature review. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28 (5), 2079-2093. doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-05255-5
Reeves, P., Edmunds, K., Searles, A. and Wiggers, J. (2019). Economic evaluations of public health implementation-interventions: a systematic review and guideline for practice. Public Health, 169, 101-113. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.01.012
Kable, Ashley, Fullerton, Anne, Fraser, Samantha, Palazzi, Kerrin, Hullick, Carolyn, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Pond, Dimity, Searles, Andrew, Edmunds, Kim and Attia, John (2019). Comparison of Potentially Inappropriate Medications for People with Dementia at Admission and Discharge during An Unplanned Admission to Hospital: Results from the SMS Dementia Study. Healthcare, 7 (1) 8, 8. doi: 10.3390/healthcare7010008
Reeves, Penny, Edmunds, Kim, Levi, Christopher, Lin, Longting, Cheng, Xin, Aviv, Richard, Kleinig, Tim, Butcher, Kenneth, Zhang, Jingfen, Parsons, Mark and Bivard, Andrew (2018). Cost-effectiveness of targeted thrombolytic therapy for stroke patients using multi-modal CT compared to usual practice. PloS One, 13 (10) e0206203, e0206203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206203
Edmunds, Kim, Ling, Rod, Shakeshaft, Anthony, Doran, Chris and Searles, Andrew (2018). Systematic review of economic evaluations of interventions for high risk young people. BMC Health Services Research, 18 (1) 660, 660. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3450-x
Edmunds, Kim, Searles, Andrew, Neville, Johanna, Ling, Rod, McCalman, Janya and Mein, Jacki (2016). Apunipima baby basket program: a retrospective cost study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16 (1) 337. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1133-3
Searles, Andrew, Doran, Chris, Attia, John, Knight, Darryl, Wiggers, John, Deeming, Simon, Mattes, Joerg, Webb, Brad, Hannan, Steve, Ling, Rod, Edmunds, Kim, Reeves, Penny and Nilsson, Michael (2016). An approach to measuring and encouraging research translation and research impact. Health Research Policy and Systems, 14 (1) 60. doi: 10.1186/s12961-016-0131-2
Conference Papers
Edmunds, Kim, Wang, Yufan, Mizrahi, David, McCarthy, Sandie and Tuffaha, Haitham (2025). COSA Exercise Guidelines: What is the value of implementation?. ISPOR 2025 Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 13 - 16 May 2025. New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2025.04.453
Edmunds, Kim, Wang, Yufan, Mizrahi, David, McCarthy, Sandie and Tuffaha, Haitham (2025). COSA Exercise Guidelines: what is the value of implementation?. ISPOR 2025 Conference, Montreal, Canada, 13-16 May 2025.
Edmunds, Kim (2025). Prostate Cancer Specialist Nursing Program: A Social Return on Investment. ISPOR 2025 Conference, Montreal, QC Canada, 13 - 16 May 2025. New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2025.04.349
Edmunds, Kim, Wang, Yufan, Sara, Sally, Riley, Bernie, Heneka, Nicole and Tuffaha, Haitham (2025). Prostate cancer specialist nursing program: a social return on investment analysis of the prostate cancer specialist nursing program. ISPOR 2025 Conference, Montreal, Canada, 13-16 May 2025.
Edmunds, Kim, Wang, Yufan, Sara, Sally, Riley, Bernie, Heneka, Nicole and Tuffaha, Haitham (2025). Prostate cancer specialist nursing program: a social return on investment analysis of the prostate cancer specialist nursing program.. 13th Health Services Research Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 4-6 December 2025.
Teppala, S., Scuffham, P., Edmunds, K., Roberts, M., Fairbairn, D., Smith, D., Horvath, L. and Tuffaha, H. (2024). The cost-effectiveness of germline BRCA testing in prostate cancer followed by cascade testing of first-degree relatives of mutation carriers. ISPOR Europe 2024: Generating Evidence Toward Health and Well-Being, Barcelona, Spain, 17-20 November 2024. New York, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2024.10.610
Teppala, Srinivas, Scuffham, Paul, Edmunds, Kim, Roberts, Matthew, Fairbairn, David, Smith, David, Horvath, Lisa and Tuffaha, Haitham (2024). The cost-effectiveness of targeted germline BRCA testing in localised prostate cancer followed by cascade testing of first-degree relatives of mutation carriers. COSA's 51st Annual Scientific Meeting Bridging gaps, building progress, breaking down disparities, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 13–15 November 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Edmunds, Kim, Arora, Shiksha, Roberts, Matthew, Fairbairn, David, Scuffham, Paul, Smith, David, Chambers, Suzanne, Horvath, Lisa and Tuffaha, Haitham (2022). Genetic testing in prostate cancer: a scoping literature review. COSA's 49th Annual Scientific Meeting Equitable cancer care for all: Gender, identity, culture, geography, and disease should not matter, Online, 2–4 November 2022. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
Edmunds, Kim, Scuffham, Paul, Newton, Rob U., Galvao, Daniel A. and Tuffaha, Haitham (2020). Exercise in preventing falls and fractures for men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy: a modelled cost-utility analysis. COSA Annual Scientific Meeting 2020, Virtual meeting, 11-13 November 2020. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13497
Edmunds, Kim, Tuffaha, Haitham, Reeves, Penny, Galvao, Daniel A., Newton, Robert U., Taaffe, Dennis R., Spry, Nigel and Scuffham, Paul (2019). Cost-effectiveness of exercise for prostate cancer patients with bone metastases – an exploratory study. Health services research association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ), Auckland, New Zealand, 4-6 December 2019.
Edmunds, Kim, Reeves, Penny, Tuffaha, Haitham, Galvao, Daniel A., Newton, Rob, Spry, Nigel, Denham, James, Taaffe, Dennis R., Joseph, David, Lamb, David S., Chambers, Suzanne K. and Scuffham, Paul (2019). Cost-effective analysis of supervised exercise training in men with prostate cancer previously treated with androgen deprivation therapy and radiation. COSA 46th Annual Scientific Meeting 2019, Adelaide, SA Australia, 12-14 November 2019. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13262
Edmunds, Kim (2019). A pilot RCT of a supervised exercise intervention for prostate cancer patients with bone metastases: approaches to cost-effectiveness analysis. 2019 Implementation Forum "Changing the face of prostate cancer survivorship in Australia", Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 20 July 2019.
Edmunds, Kim, Reeves, Penny, Tuffaha, Haitham, Galvao, Daniel, Newton, Rob, Spry, Nigel, Denham, James, Taaffe, Dennis R., Joseph, David, Lamb, David S., Chambers, Suzanne K. and Scuffham, Paul (2019). Cost-effective analysis of supervised exercise training in men with prostate cancer previously treated with androgen deprivation therapy and radiation. COSA's 46th Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological cancer; Age and gender in cancer practice; Digital health in cancer, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 12–14 November 2019. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13262
Edmunds, K. (2018). Cost-effectiveness of supervised exercise for prostate cancer survivors from the RADAR trial. Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, Vienna, Austria, 28-30 June 2018.
Edmunds, K., Reeves, P., Galvao, D.A. and Newton, R.U. (2018). Cost-effectiveness of supervised exercise for prostate cancer survivors with bone metastases. Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, Vienna, Austria, 28-30 June 2018. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4193-2
Edmunds, Kim (2017). The value of a cost-benefit analysis in empowering BackTrack staff to conduct program evaluation. 6th Annual NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation co-hosted by the Lowitja Institute and NHMRC, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 14-15 November 2017.
Edmunds, Kim (2016). Apunipima baby basket cost study. 2016 Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 8-10 November 2016.
Edmunds, K., Doran, C. and Cormie, P. (2016). The adverse effects of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: At what cost and is exercise the panacea?
. Multinational Association Supportive Care in Cancer Annual Meeting, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 23-25 June 2016. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
Research Reports
Povey, J., Venables, J., Garvey, G., Clague, D., O’Donnell, A., Rhodes, M., Jeong, J., Kennedy, E., Edmunds, K., Chinaka, C., Garvey, D., Johnstone, M., Carr, K., Marrington, S., Blackman, N., Carson, C., Condon, P., Djuricic, G., Kevill, B., Knight-Arandale, H-M., McDonnell, J., McSpadden, D., Monssen, T., Tuhoro, H., Sky, E., Parsell, C., Butler, C. and Nuttall, G. (2025). The evaluation of the extended post care support program: final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Povey J., Johnstone, M., Venables, J., Garvey, G., Clague, D., O'Donnell, A., Rhodes, M., Jeong, J., Kennedy, E., Carr, K., Edmunds, K., Garvey, D., Marrington, S., Blackman, N., Carson, C., Kolesnikova, I., Eastwell, L., Condon, P., Djuricic, G., Kevill, B., Knight-Arandale, H-M., McDonnell, J., McSpadden, D., Monssen, T., Tuhoro, H., Sky, E., Parsell, C., Butler, C. and Nuttall, G. (2025). The evaluation of the Extended Post Care Support (EPCS) program: interim report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Edmunds, K., Hettiarachchi, R., Teppala, S., Shiksha, A., Madeline, O. and Tuffaha, H. (2023). (November 2023), MSAC Application No. 1713 – Cardiac MRI in the diagnosis of myocarditis, Department Contracted Assessment Report (DCAR). Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
Edmunds, Kim and Tuffaha, Haitham (2022). Validation of Strokenomics Budget Impact Model for Stryker stent-based mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.