Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

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Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM) is a leader in education and research in the field of health policy and management in the Netherlands and far beyond.

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EsCHER to be awarding scholarships to non-EEA students

Erasmus Centre for Health Economics Rotterdam (EsCHER) will be awarding scholarships for several master’s programmes to support excellent non-EEA students.

‘Making a profit does not have to be the wrong incentive’

Kritiek op marktwerking in de zorg groeit, maar Marco Varkevisser vindt dat geen reden voor een nieuw zorgstelsel. Lees er hier meer over.
Marco Varkevisser

Growing old pleasantly in own communities for Dutch citizens with and without migration backgrounds

Anna Petra Nieboer and Jane Murray Cramm have received NWO subsidy for research into age-friendly communities for older people in the Netherlands.

How should we measure health preferences?

Samare Huls studies how well methods that elicit self-reported health preferences measure what they intend to measure.
Arts en patiënt in gesprek

Off to a good start with a new pension system, but we still have a long way to go

The new pension system that takes effect around 2026 is better attuned to the labor market than was previously the case. But there is still a long way to go.

Rebels in the public domain

Hoe kunnen we het publieke domein zo vormgeven dat hardnekkige problemen kunnen worden aangepakt zonder dat dit leidt tot een verdere uitbreiding van regels?

‘In the Netherlands, we have ethical objections against age as a selection criterion’

Which treatment expenses should and shouldn’t be covered by the basic health insurance package? Dr Vivian Reckers-Droog researched this for her dissertation.
Vivian Reckers ESHPM

Data use in healthcare: a big contrast between dreams and reality in practice

Marthe Stevens MSc researched for her doctoral thesis how data dreams in healthcare work in practice. How can data support healthcare?
Marthe Stevens ESHPM

Vivian Reckers-Droog awarded her doctorate in health economics

Vivian Reckers-Droog successfully defended her dissertation 'Giving Weight to Equity: Improving priority setting in healthcare'.
Vivian zet haar naam op de promovendi-muur

Lessons from Professor Jochen Mierau

As part of our inspirational talks, yESHPM recently welcomed Jochen Mierau, professor of public health economics, to spearhead a meetup for young researchers.
Professor Jochen Mierau

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