Mike Paulden, University of Alberta

Research

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Efficiency Health Outcomes Optimization Public Health Vaccination Programs

Latest papers

Development of the Medical Device Economic Evaluation Methodological Quality (DEEM-Q) Assessment Checklist.
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2026 · senior author
The Inequality-Adjusted Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio.
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2026 · senior author
Author Reply.
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2026

All 64 publications

Latest funding

Advancing Knowledge on the Implementation of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Screening Programs in Trauma Care Settings in Alberta, Canada
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$99,952
Optimizing adult vaccination outcomes under public health budgetary constraints
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$139,850
Development of an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot supporting coaching and optimal service for individuals with Neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$967,734

All 4 grants and awards

64 publications.

01

Development of the Medical Device Economic Evaluation Methodological Quality (DEEM-Q) Assessment Checklist.

Akpinar I, Round J, Paulden M

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2026.03.002 PMID: 41862129

02

The Inequality-Adjusted Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio.

Cookson R, Kaur G, Skarda I, Venkatesh S, Doran T, Robson M, Norheim OF, O'Donnell O, Paulden M

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2026.03.2236 PMID: 41967576

03

Author Reply.

Alizadehsadrdaneshpour M, Smith J, Paulden M, Nauenberg E

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2026.04.016 PMID: 42217789

04

A Modern Approach for Constructing Decision Analytic Models in Microsoft Excel.

Paulden M

PharmacoEconomics2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s40273-025-01582-0 PMID: 41849113

05

Did You Know That Confounding Could Bias Results Obtained within an Economic Evaluation?

LaRue S, Paulden M, Talbot D, Guertin JR

Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making2026

DOI: 10.1177/0272989x261474826 PMID: 42698227

06

A Method for Comparing Health Inequality Impact Magnitudes, with an Illustration for Hypothetical Treatments of 1336 Diseases.

Cookson R, Kaur G, Skarda I, Venkatesh S, Doran T, Norheim OF, Paulden M, O'Donnell O

PharmacoEconomics2026

DOI: 10.1007/s40273-025-01583-z PMID: 41533281

07

Politicised Changes to the NICE Threshold Risk Making Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Performative, Not Informative.

Vallejo-Torres L, Edney LC, Espinosa O, Karnon J, Longo F, Paulden M, Howdon D, Vanness DJ

Applied health economics and health policy2026

DOI: 10.1007/s40258-025-01026-y PMID: 41513890

08

Return-on-Investment in Health Economic Evaluation: An Exploratory Analysis.

Alizadehsadrdaneshpour M, Smith J, Paulden M, Nauenberg E

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2025.10.016 PMID: 41260297

09

Economic Consequences of Increasing the NICE Cost-Effectiveness Threshold.

Paulden M

PharmacoEconomics2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s40273-025-01579-9 PMID: 41396544

10

Aligning Indigenous and Western Concepts of Health Resource Decision Making in a Western Canadian First Nations Context.

Neill A, Montesanti S, Bill L, Verstraeten BSE, Bell RC, Oster RT, Ohinmaa A, Paulden M

Applied health economics and health policy2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s40258-025-01004-4 PMID: 40975841

Advancing Knowledge on the Implementation of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Screening Programs in Trauma Care Settings in Alberta, Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Montesanti, Stephanie R; Bradley, Nori

Keywords: Alberta; Healthcare Innovation; Hospital Trauma Care Patients; Intimate Partner Violence (Ipv); Patient Experience; Quality Improvement; Screening Programs For Ipv; Trauma Centres; Upstream Prevention Of Ipv

$99,952

Optimizing adult vaccination outcomes under public health budgetary constraints

Nominated PICIHR2020Catalyst Gr: Impacts of financial/organizational restructuring of public health

Principal investigators: Paulden, Mike; MacDonald, Shannon E; Montesanti, Stephanie R

Keywords: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Efficiency; Health Outcomes; Optimization; Public Health; Vaccination Programs

$139,850

Development of an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot supporting coaching and optimal service for individuals with Neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Bolduc, François; Irish, Debbie; Majnemer, Annette; Nicholas, David B; Zaiane, Osmar R

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Challenging Behaviour; Chatbot; Database; Neurodevelopment Disorders

$967,734

Epidemiology of Rare Cancers in Canada: Developing a framework for surveillance, cost analysis and etiologic research.

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Operating Grant: Secondary Data Analysis for Cancer Prevention and Control

Principal investigators: Davis, Faith G

Keywords: Cancer Surveillance; Cost Analysis; Epidemiology Methods; Etiologic Research; Rare Cancers

$75,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Medicine
Pediatrics
Department of Surgery
Community Health Sciences
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Toronto General Research Institute
Department of Medicine
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Josephine Wong

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Nawaid Usmani

Electrical and Computer Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Dear Professor Paulden, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Development of the Medical Device Economic Evaluation Methodological Quality (DEEM-Q) Assessment Checklist." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Optimizing adult vaccination outcomes under public health budgetary constraints" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Mike Paulden

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Development of the Medical Device Economic Evaluation Methodological Quality (DEEM-Q) Assessment Checklist.

The Inequality-Adjusted Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio.

Author Reply.

A Modern Approach for Constructing Decision Analytic Models in Microsoft Excel.

Did You Know That Confounding Could Bias Results Obtained within an Economic Evaluation?

A Method for Comparing Health Inequality Impact Magnitudes, with an Illustration for Hypothetical Treatments of 1336 Diseases.

Politicised Changes to the NICE Threshold Risk Making Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Performative, Not Informative.

Return-on-Investment in Health Economic Evaluation: An Exploratory Analysis.

Economic Consequences of Increasing the NICE Cost-Effectiveness Threshold.

Aligning Indigenous and Western Concepts of Health Resource Decision Making in a Western Canadian First&#xa0;Nations Context.

Advancing Knowledge on the Implementation of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Screening Programs in Trauma Care Settings in Alberta, Canada

Optimizing adult vaccination outcomes under public health budgetary constraints

Development of an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot supporting coaching and optimal service for individuals with Neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families

Epidemiology of Rare Cancers in Canada: Developing a framework for surveillance, cost analysis and etiologic research.

Frequent collaborators

Christopher McCabe

Carlo Ammendolia

Michel Lacerte

Eldon Spackman

Shawn Marshall

Murray Krahn

Petros Pechlivanoglou

Andrew Greenshaw

Devidas Menon

Lea Bill

Ellen Rafferty

Padmaja Subbarao

Muriel Brackstone

Stephanie Montesanti

Roman Pabayo

Denis Talbot

Feng Xie

Michael Zappitelli

Padmaja Subbarao

Malcolm Sears

Josephine Wong

Nawaid Usmani

Aligning Indigenous and Western Concepts of Health Resource Decision Making in a Western Canadian First Nations Context.