In Germany, supplementary services are offered by both health insurance companies and service providers. In two current research projects, HCHE researchers investigated the responses these offers trigger in terms of demand and behavior. They explored how supplementary services influence the willingness to switch to another...

In April 2026, the next cohort of the DFG Research Training Group Managerial and Economic Dimensions of Health Care Quality will start with 12 doctoral students. Here, our research agenda will focus on the relationship between processes and outcomes in a range of contexts. Our interdisciplinary group of health economists...

A recent study, co-authored by HCHE member Prof. Dr. Mathias Kifmann (with Lorenz Gschwent and Martin Karlsson, University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany, and Björn Hammarfelt, University of Borås in Sweden), examines the evolving role of health economics within the field of economics. Over the past 30 years, health economics...

As part of the model project on genome sequencing, the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-Spitzenverband), in agreement with the Federal Ministry of Health, is responsible for the legally mandated evaluation. This evaluation was put out to tender across Europe via a negotiated procedure with a...

The HCHE members Jona Frasch, Dr. Claudia Konnopka, and Prof. Hans-Helmut König were awarded the Wilfried-Lorenz-Versorgungsforschungspreis of the German Network Health Service Research (DKVF) for their scientific work on the impact of extreme ambient temperatures on inpatient emergency care in Germany. The winning study...

Starting on October 20, 2025, we will be presenting a diverse program of lectures with international guests at the HCHE Research Seminar. The broad range of research covers topics from quality clusters in opioid prescribing, the economic impact of access to abortion, anti-bullying interventions with a focus on child...