In an interview with the Ärztezeitung, Professor Jonas Schreyögg from the HCHE discusses the urgent need for a comprehensive reform of emergency care in Germany to address overcrowded outpatient clinics, stressed staff, and high costs. The current system offers unlimited access to care, which leads to enormous resource...

People who regularly “chat” with a chatbot about current events or everyday life often feel lonelier, more socially isolated, and live more socially withdrawn lives than people who do not use AI tools for personal conversation. This is particularly true of men and young people, as HCHE core members Prof. Dr. André Hajek and...

Eleven members of the HCHE participated in this year's Health Economics Congress of the International Health Economics Association (IHEA) in Bali, Indonesia. The biennial conference is an important global forum for health economists to present the latest research findings and discuss methodological developments. The...

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...