Sarah M McGhee

Contact
Department of Community Medicine
5/F William MW Mong Block
Faculty of Medicine Building
The University of Hong Kong
21 Sassoon Road
Pokfulam
Tel: 2819 9193
Fax: 2855 9528
Email: smmcghee@hkucc.hku.hk

Qualifications:
MFPHM UK (Hon), PhD Glasgow, Health economics certificate (Commendation) Aberdeen, BA OU, BSc Hons 2(1) Glasgow

Research Areas:

• cost of air pollution-related ill health
• cost of tobacco-related ill health
• cost-effectiveness of organised screening for cervical cancer
• impact of smoke-free policies on catering business and tourism
• audit of TB services
• management of hypertension by GPs
• development of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) for Hong Kong
• Selected Publications

Selected Publications

1. SM McGhee, AJ Hedley, LM Ho. Passive smoking at work: costs to employers and employees. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2002 (in press)
2. SM McGhee, GM Leung, AJ Hedley. Efficiency is dependent on the control of supply. HKMJ 2001;7:169-73.
3. SM McGhee, P Adab, AJ Hedley, TH Lam, LM Ho, R Fielding, CM Wong. Passive smoking at work: the short-term cost. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2000, 54: 673-6.
4. C Brudevold, SM McGhee, LM Ho. Contract medicine arrangements in Hong Kong. Social Science and Medicine 2000, 51: 1221-29
5. SM McGhee, AJ Hedley, RM Hardie. Services for the treatment of patients with tuberculosis in Hong Kong. March 2000. University of Hong Kong, Department of Community Medicine, Health Services Research Group: Hong Kong.
6. SM McGhee, J Bacon-Shone, SK Ma, J Hung, AJ Hedley. Household Survey Report: Special Report No. 3
7. Improving Hong Kong's Health Care System: Why and for Whom (the Harvard Report). April 1999. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government.
8. LM Ho, SM McGhee, AJ Hedley, JCY Leong. The application of a computerised problem-oriented medical record system and its impact on patient care. International Journal of Medical Informatics 1999, 55: 47-59
9. SM McGhee, AJ Hedley. The economics of shared-care packages. Pharmacoeconomics 1996;10:197-204.
10. SM McGhee, GT McInnes, AJ Hedley, TS Murray, JL Reid. Coordinating and standardising long-term care: West of Scotland Shared-Care Scheme for Hypertension. British Journal of General Practice 1994; 44: 441-5.
11. RP Knill-Jones, SM McGhee, FC Macdonald. An economic evaluation of enteric-coated and standard formulations of naproxen from a gastro-intestinal perspective. British Journal of Medical Economics 1994; 7: 185-96.