18th DGGÖ Conference in Wuppertal

11 March 2026

Numerous HCHE members participated in the 18th annual conference of the German Society for Health Economics (dggö), which took place this year from March 9-10 in Wuppertal on the topic of "Healthcare in Transition." The following doctoral candidates from our graduate school "Managerial and economic dimensions of health care quality" presented their research projects:

Janice Schönfeld: "Medical Loss Ratio Enforcement and Healthcare Spending: Evidence from Organizational Differences in Medicaid Markets"

Lena Imhof: "Evaluating Hospital Discharge Planning in Cardiac Care: Evidence from a Hospital Survey and Administrative Data"

Lea Bullenkamp: "Physician Performance Pay under Treatment Risk: Theory and Experimental Evidence"

Patricia Vester: "Economic Burden of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in Germany: A Claims Data Analysis"

Lara Lenz: "Umbrella Review on the Effects of Matching Preferences in Mental Health Care"

Benedikt Langenbeck: "Causal Effects of Surgical Learning"

Michael Möller: "Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Integrated Healthcare Using Machine Learning"

Robert Wittram: "Modelling the Effectiveness of Pancreatic Cancer Screening for Economic Evaluation: A Microsimulation Study"

Isadora Mathevet: "The role of the family in the location choice of adult children"
 

About the dggö
The German Health Economics Association e.V. (dggö) was founded in 2008 and aims to foster science, research, and scientific policy advice in the field of health economics. Its activities also include the organization of scientific events and research projects, as well as awarding prizes and distinctions. In particular, an annual scientific conference with distinguished guests takes place every spring; in 2026, these included Jeffrey Braithwaite (Macquarie University, Australia), Angela Bate, and Sonia Dalkin (Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK).