QUT - Academic profiles - Dr Paul Kuwornu

Personal details

Positions

Senior Research Fellow - Health Economics
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work

Keywords

Health Economic Modelling, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Causal Inference, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Data Science

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paul.kuwornu@qut.edu.au

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Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Community Health Sciences (University of Manitoba)

Publications

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2025

Kuwornu, J. P., Afoakwah, C., Koomson, I., Tyack, Z., Brain, D., Naicker, S., Xia, Q. & McPhail, S. M. (2025). Improving our understanding of the longitudinal relationship between health-related quality of life and multimorbidity: The role of personality traits. Social Science and Medicine, Article 117820, 368. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255891
Afoakwah, C., Kuwornu, P., Koomson, I., Brain, D., Xia, Q., McPhail, S. & Vallmuur, K. (2025). Recovery trajectories after a serious injury or illness: a longitudinal evaluation of health-related quality of life in an Australian cohort. Quality of Life Research. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255908

2024

Kuwornu, J. P., Maldonado, F., Groot, G., Cooper, E. J., Penz, E., Sommer, L., Reid, A. & Marciniuk, D. D. (2024). An economic evaluation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clinical pathway in Saskatchewan, Canada: Data-driven techniques to identify cost-effectiveness among patient subgroups. PLoS ONE, Article e0301334, 19(4). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255782
Kuwornu, J. P., Maldonado, F., Groot, G., Penz, E., Cooper, E. J., Reid, A. & Marciniuk, D. D. (2024). Real-World Cost-Consequence Analysis of an Integrated Chronic Disease Management Program in Saskatchewan, Canada. Health Services Insights, 17, 1–14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255795

2023

Kuwornu, J. P., Maldonado, F., Cooper, E. J., Groot, G., Penz, E., Reid, A., Sommer, L. & Marciniuk, D. D. (2023). Impacts of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Care Pathway on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: A Matched Multiple Control Cohort Study in Saskatchewan, Canada. Value in Health, 26(9), 1334–1344. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245610

2022

Kuwornu, J. P., Amoyaw, J., Manyanga, T., Cooper, E. J., Donkoh, E. & Nkrumah, A. (2022). Measuring the Overall Burden of Early Childhood Malnutrition in Ghana: A Comparison of Estimates From Multiple Data Sources. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(7), 1035–1046. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245609
Naylor, K. L., Kim, S. J., Kuwornu, J. P., Dixon, S. N., Garg, A. X., McCallum, M. K. & Knoll, G. A. (2022). Pre-transplant maintenance dialysis duration and outcomes after kidney transplantation: A multicenter population-based cohort study. Clinical Transplantation, Article e14553, 36(3). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245608

2019

Chanchlani, R., Nash, D. M., McArthur, E., Zappitelli, M., Archer, V., Kuwornu, J. P., Garg, A. X., Greenberg, J. H., Goldstein, S. L., Thabane, L. & Wald, R. (2019). Secular trends in incidence, modality, and mortality with dialysis receiving AKI in children in ontario a population-based cohort study. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 14(9), 1288–1296. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245607
Bathini, L., Jandoc, R., Kuwornu, P., McArthur, E., Weir, M. A., Sood, M. M., Battistella, M., Muanda, F. T., Liu, A., Jain, A. K. & Garg, A. X. (2019). Clinical outcomes of failing to dose-reduce cephalosporin antibiotics in older adults with CKD. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 14(2), 197–205. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245606

2018

Chimunda, T., Silver, S. A., Kuwornu, J. P., Li, L., Nash, D. M., Dixon, S. N., Adhikari, N. K. J., Acedillo, R. R., Harel, Z., Kitchlu, A., Garg, A. X., Bell, C. M., Mood, M., Kim, J. S. & Wald, R. (2018). Hospital case volume and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury treated with dialysis. Journal of Critical Care, 48, 276–282. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245592
Massicotte-Azarniouch, D., Kuwornu, J. P., McCallum, M. K., Bansal, N., Lam, N., Molnar, A. O., Pun, P., Zimmerman, D., Garg, A. X. & Sood, M. M. (2018). The Association of Kidney Function and Albuminuria With the Risk and Outcomes of Syncope: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 34(12), 1631–1640. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245604
de Chickera, S. N., Bota, S. E., Kuwornu, J. P., Wijeysundera, H. C., Molnar, A. O., Lam, N. N., Silver, S. A., Clark, E. G. & Sood, M. M. (2018). Albuminuria, reduced kidney function, and the risk of ST-and non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. Journal of the American Heart Association, Article e009995, 7(20). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245605
Massicotte-Azarniouch, D., Kuwornu, J. P., Carrero, J. J., Lam, N. N., Molnar, A. O., Zimmerman, D., McCallum, M. K., Garg, A. X. & Sood, M. M. (2018). Incident Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Congestive Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction, End-Stage Kidney Disease, and Mortality Among Patients With a Decreased Estimated GFR. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 71(2), 191–199. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245601
Fleet, J. L., Dixon, S. N., Kuwornu, P. J., Dev, V. K., Montero-Odasso, M., Burneo, J. & Garg, A. X. (2018). Gabapentin dose and the 30-day risk of altered mental status in older adults: A retrospective population-based study. PLoS ONE, Article e0193134, 13(3). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245602
Lam, N. N., Lentine, K. L., Klarenbach, S., Sood, M. M., Kuwornu, P. J., Naylor, K. L., Knoll, G. A., Kim, S. J., Young, A. & Garg, A. X. (2018). Validation of Living Donor Nephrectomy Codes. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 5, 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245603

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Dr Paul Kuwornu