Prof. Meghan I. Esson from The University of Iowa (USA) examines how private equity (PE) firms generate value in markets where they compete against government providers. Using novel data from Arizona's ambulance industry, she finds PE-owned companies increase operating profits by 50% through cream-skimming: strategically...

On November 14/15, 2025, Prof. Dr Johanna Kokot will host the 16th workshop of the DGGÖ Committee ‘Allocation and Distribution’ at the Hamburg Center for Health Economics. The two-day meeting in Hamburg will bring together behavioural economists from Germany and international scientists. The exact programme of the workshop...

The German universal long-term care (LTC) insurance system offers beneficiaries the choice between informal care at home, outpatient care at home, or care in a nursing home. In the case of informal care, long-term care insurance pays out care allowances, which the care recipients can decide how to use. The optimal level of...

On 11 June 2025, the Hamburg Center for Health Economics, together with Hashtag Gesundheit, invites to a new afterwork format: Research4Talents. The event adresses young professionals from the healthcare sector in order to transfer health economic research results from science to practice in an interdisciplinary dialogue...

Congratulations to Fabian Grünwald, Benedicta Herrmanns, Carolin Brinkmann, and Jona Frasch! The four young HCHE scientists have been honored with the HCHE Young Researcher Awards 2025 for their outstanding work in the fields of pharmaceutical markets, population health and inpatient care. The awards were presented by an...

The call for applications for the second cohort of the HCHE's DFG Research Training Group will initially start with two doctoral positions, with more to follow this fall. Graduates of a master's degree program in economics can apply until June 6, 2025. The two positions are advertised for dissertation topics "Staffing...