Expertise

Health microeconomics, environmental economics, cost-benefit analysis, health preferences

Biography

A CIRANO Researcher since 2019, Thomas G. Poder is Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine at Université Laval. He is a regular researcher at the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval and co-responsible for the Ecohealth group of the Quebec SRAP Support Unit.

Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from Clermont Auvergne University, his research interests are focused on measuring quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). He also specializes in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Health Preference Research (HPR). 

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CIRANO Publications by Thomas G. Poder

As an author

CIRANO Projects

Increasing access to primary care by combining artificial intelligence with teleconsultation: what are the preferences of the population?

Thomas G. Poder, Maude Laberge

Health

Cost-benefit analysis of green infrastructure in the context of climate change: what are the effects on health in Quebec?

Thomas G. Poder, Françoise Bichai, Sandrine Lacroix

Health

Estimating the costs of poverty in Quebec

Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Thomas G. Poder, Olivier Jacques, Thierry Gagné, Jaunathan Bilodeau, Moustapha Touré, Gabriel Gosselin, Marion Perrot

Health

What method(s) should be used to elicit health utilities and conduct health economic evaluations that best reflect the preferences of Quebecers?

Quelles méthodes pour éliciter les utilités en santé et refléter au mieux les préférences des Québécois ? - Publié le November 11, 2025

Thomas G. Poder, Jie He

Health

Care trajectories of heavy users: exploitation of data from the torsade cohort

Une minorité de Québécois mobilise la majorité des ressources en santé - Publié le April 2, 2026

Maude Laberge, Thomas G. Poder, Anaïs Lacasse, Catherine Hudon

Health

Estimation of the cost of index hospitalization for patients admitted to a burn unit in a Quebec hospital using two methodological approaches

Estimation du coût de l’hospitalisation index des patients admis dans une unité de soins des grands brûlés d’un centre hospitalier du Québec selon deux approches méthodologiques - Publié le May 30, 2024

Jason Robert Guertin, Chanel Beaudoin Cloutier, Maude Laberge, Thomas G. Poder, Philippe Lachapelle, Félix Savoie-White, Naomie Chouinard, Faris Al-Badarin

Health

Economic and health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by gender and socio-economic status

Les effets délétères sur la santé mentale des mesures de restrictions en période de crise sanitaire - Publié le January 10, 2025

Thomas G. Poder, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Nathalie Carrier, Gabin Morillon, Elise Dufresne, Lucienne Talba Papité, Jaunathan Bilodeau

Health

Health at the heart of Quebec's economic recovery

La santé au cœur de la relance économique du Québec - Publié le September 3, 2020

Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Claude Montmarquette, Erin C. Strumpf, Mélanie Bourassa Forcier, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Maude Laberge, Carl-Ardy Dubois, Thomas G. Poder, Bernard Fortin, Guy Lacroix, Raquel Fonseca, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Suzanne Bisaillon, Raphaël Godefroy

Health