HCHE Young Researcher Award

Malte Griebenow receives the 2023 Young Researcher Award for his paper "Should physicians team up to treat chronic diseases?" published in the Journal of Health Economics. He found out that treating chronically ill patients in teams of physicians is superior to solo practice when the expected cost of care is higher at the primary physician. Otherwise, solo practice is preferable to team care. The award jury concluded that the work makes an important contribution to applied health economic theory and is also of great importance for health policy.

Robert Messerle receives the Young Researcher Award 2023 for his research paper on „Country-level effects of diagnosis-related groups: Evidence from Germany‘s comprehensive reform of hospital payments“ provides important results as a basis for the German government‘s planned reform of the hospital payment system in Germany, the jury said. Among other things, Robert Messerle found that the introduction of the DRG system led to a 20% increase in hospital activity, but not to a reduction in the average length of stay.

For her paper "Examining the causal relationship between integrated care and healthcare utilization and costs in a socially deprived urban area in Germany using difference-in-difference analysis", Vanessa Ress receives the Young Researcher Award 2023. Her work convinced the jury, among other things, because of its "high political relevance". In her study, Vanessa Ress investigates whether an integrated care initiative (also known as a "health kiosk") in the Billstedt district of Hamburg influences health care utilization and associated costs.