Centre for Health Economics
and Policy (CHEP)

Current research projects

CHEP researchers are engaged in projects related to two broad research areas:

Individual behavior, socioeconomic resources and health
Regulation, prioritization and health sector performance

The following list presents examples of current research within these two themes.

iPDMgo

This is a 2 year project funded by EiT Health starting January 2019. The project is a collaboration…
FFallss Predictor

This is a 2 year project funded by EiT Health staring January 2019. It involves collaboration with…
Equity and the Socioeconomic Impact of Disease Management Programmes in Denmark

This project aims to investigate two important challenges for health economics research. First, how…
Causal effects of long‐term care

Principal investigator Mette Gørtz The research team Mette Gørtz (University of Copenhagen) Eddy va…
Mortality after AMI

Principal investigator Mette Gørtz The reasearch team Mette Gørtz (University of Copenhagen)…
The Role of Primary Care‐Physicians in Health and Wellbeing

Pricipal investigator Torben Heien Nielsen The research team Torben Heien Nielsen (University of…
Behavioral responses to health innovations and the consequences for socioeconomic outcomes

The growing gap in health is a challenge for society that this research team will shed light on ove…
The White Death, Public Policy, and Economic Development.

This project studies the consequences of public policies targeted at reducing tuberculosis (TB)…
Dynamic Aspects of Competition: Optimal Regulation of the Pharmaceutical Market

The market for prescription drugs is one of the most heavily regulated markets. In this empirical…
Labour market epidemiology – the unequal employment consequences of long term illness

In spite of several economic and educational efforts the number out of work on social benefits is…
Development of methods for quantitative health impact assessments

We have estimated the effect on tobacco-related illness and death of different intervention…
Social inequalities in health – determinants and mechanisms

We focus on understanding the mechanisms driving the comparatively large growing inequalities in…
The Birth Order Relationship Revisited: Child Health and Education

The purpose of our project is to assess whether birth order effects are already present at birth an…

Current research projects

iPDMgo

FFallss Predictor

Equity and the Socioeconomic Impact of Disease Management Programmes in Denmark

Causal effects of long‐term care

Mortality after AMI

The Role of Primary Care‐Physicians in Health and Wellbeing

Behavioral responses to health innovations and the consequences for socioeconomic outcomes

The White Death, Public Policy, and Economic Development.

Dynamic Aspects of Competition: Optimal Regulation of the Pharmaceutical Market

Labour market epidemiology – the unequal employment consequences of long term illness

Development of methods for quantitative health impact assessments

Social inequalities in health – determinants and mechanisms

The Birth Order Relationship Revisited: Child Health and Education