Research Training Group
Managerial and economic dimensions of health care quality
The Research Training Group “Managerial and economic dimensions of health care quality” is a structured PhD program in health economics (a so called Graduiertenkolleg (GRK)) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Our programme will enable PhD students with a background in economics, business administration or closely related fields to do research on how to influence the quality of health care in various settings using very large data sets that have only recently become available.
Research visits
The doctoral students of the research training group can work on their research topic abroad for several months, in collaboration with international health economists.
Carolin Brinkmann
For the final project of her dissertation, Carolin Brinkmann attended the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management in Rotterdam between August and October 2024. The project compares two theories of well-being with regard to the implications for health policy decisions.
Benedikt Langenbeck
From February to the beginning of May 2025, he will be conducting research at the Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy in Sydney at the chair of Prof. Yuanyuan Gu. He will also be presenting the results of his project “Impact of Surgical Experience on the Quality of Care: Learning-by-Doing in Cardiac Surgery”.
Isadora Mathevet
From January 31 to February 28, 2025, Isadora will be conducting research at the KU Leuven, Belgium. There she will work together with Associate Professor Edoardo Ciscato on the paper: “In sickness and in health: The role of assortative matching for spousal health dynamics”.
Lea Bullenkamp
From March to May 2025, Lea will be a visiting researcher at GATE (Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique) in Lyon (France). While there, she will work with Research Professor Izabela Jelovac. She will also have the opportunity to present her research project in a research seminar and to take a course for doctoral students.
Julia von Hanxleden
During her stay at Kyoto University in Japan from March to June 2025, Julia will work with Prof. Yuichi Imanaka from the Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management. She also plans to present the results of her experiment on the relationship between intrinsic motivation, altruism and the quality of care under different compensation systems.
