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Keywords

Aging; Economic Competition; Economic Development; Economics, Hospital; Economics, Medical; Economics, Pharmaceutical; Health Care Costs; Health Care Economics and Organizations; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Health Care Reform; Health Care Surveys; Health economics; Home Care Services; Models, Economic; Nursing Homes; Nutrition Surveys; Nutrition Therapy; Oncology; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Research group(s)

• Health Economics
  Research Area: Major research areas include the socioeconomic aspects of health, the organisation and evaluation of health care services and health systems, and the comparative costs, benefits and cost-effectiveness of relevant preventative, diagnostic and treatment options.
  Members:
  Noemi Kiss
  Dennis Wienand
  Nataša Perić
  Claudia Fischer
• nutritionDay
  Members:
  Noemi Kiss

Research interests

Broad Interests:

• Comparative health system economics and policy making
• Economic evaluations for decision making and the development of health technology assessment institutions
• Pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals, devices, and services
• Multi-sectoral and/or multi-payer interventions and services

Specific Interests:

• Reablement, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, social services for elderly after a fall, medical event, or life event
• The economics of hospital nutrition, ICU nutrition, nutrition in nursing homes, and nutrition in oncology
• Physical therapy
• Chronic back pain
• Health care services in the home
• Disinvestment mechanisms for hospitals and health care systems
• Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis
• Ocular disease outcomes and cost-effectiveness
• Weight loss outcomes and cost-effectiveness in obese individuals

Techniques, methods & infrastructure

Skills:

• Systematic reviews
• Targeted reviews
• Cost-effectiveness analysis
• Cost-utility analysis
• Statistical analysis (using Stata, R)
• Multinational surveys
• Native English speaker
• Cost of illness studies

Selected publications

1. Schneider, J.E. et al., 2011. Tobacco litter costs and public policy: a framework and methodology for considering the use of fees to offset abatement costs. Tobacco Control, 20(Supplement 1), pp.i36-i41. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2010.041707.
2. Schneider, J.E. et al., 2012. Economics of cancer biomarkers. Personalized Medicine, 9(8), pp.829-837. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/pme.12.87.
3. Khan, N., Kiss, N. & Pang, F., 2011. NI3 Economic Evaluation in Niche Markets: The Role of the UK's Advisory Group for National Specialised Services for Rare Diseases and Disorders. Value in Health, 14(7), p.A238. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2011.08.036.
4. Kiss, N. et al., 2012. PCN108 Quality of Life and Patient Preferences in Platinum Sensitive Ovarian Cancer. Value in Health, 15(7), p.A429. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2012.08.2148.
5. Kiss, N., Sidhu, M. & Tongbram, V., 2012. PRM42 Managing a Systematic Literature Review Project. Value in Health, 15(7), p.A467. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2012.08.1506.