Health Economics and management
Presentation of unit
The health economics and management unit carries out research, provides education and provides social services in connection with a wide range of subjects at the crossroads between health care and economics. The vision is that a high-performance and high-quality health (care) system, in which every citizen receives excellent care for the protection and improvement of his/her health and well-being and is also given the opportunity to work on it himself, contributes to a healthy society. The means to achieve this are limited, and this requires well-founded choices and ethical considerations. Our mission is focused on research with great social relevance, and to communicate the results intensively to the public domain.
Topics
- Health economics
- Cost-effectiveness and Health Technology Assessment
- Research into the organisation and financing of healthcare (Health Services Research)
- Healthcare Management
- Healthcare Governance
Examples:
- Cost-effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention (e.g. moving on referral) screening programmes, oral care for the elderly,...)
- Research into health and happiness
- Optimisation of care processes and networks
- Cost effectiveness of informal care
- Research into financial incentives in health care
- Research into quality and patient safety
Main activities
- Education on health economics and health care organisation
- Research through Chairs and scholarships on the above themes
- Active participation in the public debate on health care
List of most important projects
- Sustainability and resilience of the Belgian healthcare system - more information
- The feasibility of the subsidiarity principle in the chronic care of patients with congenital heart disease.
- Chair of NN Prospects for a healthy and happy life
- Health economic evaluations of screening programmes in Flanders
- Health economic evaluations of prevention policy in Flanders
- Integrated care in the first line (part of the CORTEXS consortium)
- Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of supporting informal carers
- Adjusting the payment of primary care providers to promote greater cooperation
- Research into the social cost of Lyme disease
- Governance of health care networks
Contact
Prof. Dr. Lieven Annemans - full professor of health and welfare economics