IHEA 2025: HCHE visiting BaliHCHE doctoral students present research projects at the IHEA Congress in Indonesia

23 July 2025, by Hannes Rathjen

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 doctoral students who came from Hamburg, including five members of our DFG research training group, presented a wide range of research projects. Topics ranged from the impact of outpatient physician collaboration on the quality of chronic care to the effects of a coordinated care program on the healthcare costs of stroke patients to quality competition in statutory health insurance in Germany. Furthermore, the conference offered a valuable opportunity for international exchange and networking, among other things, to gaining new perspectives for future research.

Overview of topic and HCHE speakers at IHEA 2025
▪️ Effects of a Coordinated Post-Stroke Care Program (StroCare) on Healthcare Costs of Stroke Patients at 12-Months Follow-up (Andreas Beisel)

▪️ Cost-Effectiveness of Multicentre Primary-Care Based Randomized Controlled Trial on PTSD Symptoms in ICU Survivals (PICTURE) (Elzbieta Buczak-Stec)

▪️ How Does Cooperation Among Outpatient Physicians Affect the Quality of Chronic Care? (Sophia Cordes)

▪️ Modelled Impact of Risk-Sharing Agreements on Costs for Haemophilia B Gene Therapy in Germany (Lasse Falk)

▪️ Mental Health: Treatment and Outcomes (Léon Gerardo Kreis)

▪️ Assessing the Effectiveness of Hospital Discharge Planning Synthesis of Empirical Evidence and Literature Findings (Lena Imhof)

▪️ Treatment Preferences and Their Determinants Among Adults With Depression or Anxiety in Outpatient Mental Health Care: A Systematic Review (Lara Lenz)

▪️ Health Literacy and the Use of Emergency Rooms. Experiment to Reduce Information Asymmetry By Guiding Patients with a Triage Service (Dr. Sebastian Neumann-Böhme)

▪️ Beyond Price: Quality Competition in Germany's Statutory Health Insurance (Janice Schönfeld)

▪️ Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Process After an Elective Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery (Rebecca Thiel)

▪️ Preferences for Alternative Kidney Donation Systems: Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa (Maximilian Guigas, Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Hamburg)