Health Care Management

Helene Eckhardt

Helene Eckhardt works as a Research Fellow at the Department of Health Care Management since March 2018. Previously she studied economics at the Berlin University of Technology. Her Master’s thesis Helene wrote on pay for quality initiatives in health care, with the title „Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pay for quality initiatives in high-income countries. A systematic review of reviews”. Presently, Helene is working on the Innovation Fund project "Einheitliche Sektorengleiche Vergütung - ESV". Previously, she worked on the HSPA (2018) and GKV-SV (up to and including 2021) projects.

 

Research interests

  • Health System Performance Assessment
  • Pharmaceutical regulation and pricing
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • Quality improvement strategies in health care

Publications

2021

Berger, E., Winkelmann, J., Eckhardt, H., Nimptsch, U., Panteli, D., Reichebner, C., Rombey, T., Busse, R., (2021): A country-level analysis comparing hospital capacity and utilisation during the first COVID-19 wave across Europe. In: Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands). DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.11.009.

Dreger, M., Eckhardt, H., Felgner, S., Ermann, H., Lantzsch, H., Rombey, T., Busse, R., Henschke, C., Panteli, D. (2021): Implementation of innovative medical technologies in German inpatient care: patterns of utilization and evidence development. In: Implementation science : IS 16 (1), S. 94. DOI: 10.1186/s13012-021-01159-3.

2020

Rombey, T., Eckhardt, H., Quentin, W. (2020): Cost-effectiveness of prehabilitation prior to elective surgery compared to usual preoperative care: protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations. In: BMJ open 10 (12), e040262. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040262.

Busse, R., Eckhardt, H., Geraedts, M. (2020): Vergütung und Qualität: Ziele, Anreizwirkungen, internationale Erfahrungen und Vorschläge für Deutschland. In: Jürgen Klauber, Max Geraedts, Jörg Friedrich, Jürgen Wasem und Andreas Beivers (Hg.): Krankenhaus-Report 2020. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, S. 205–230.

2019

Eckhardt, H., Smith, P. and Quentin, W. (2019), “Pay for Quality: using financial incentives to improve quality of care”, in Busse, R., Klazinga, N., Panteli, D. and Quentin, W. (Eds.), Improving healthcare quality in Europe: Characteristics, effectiveness and implementation of different strategies, Health Policy Series, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, pp. 357–397.

Stawowczyk, E., Malinowski, K.P., Kawalec, P., Bobiński, R., Siwiec, J., Panteli, D., Eckhardt, H., Simoens, S., Agusti, A., Dooms, M. and Pilc, A. (2019), “Reimbursement Status and Recommendations Related to Orphan Drugs in European Countries”, Frontiers in Pharmacology, Vol. 10, p. 435.

Fuchs, S., Grössmann, N., Eckhardt, H., Busse, R., Wild, C. (2019) PET/PET-CT Evidenz zum Bedarf und zur Planung in Deutschland und Österreich: Update 2018. Working Papers in Health Policy and Management Vol. 12, 2019, Berlin: Universitätsverlag der Technischen Universität Berlin

Röttger, J., Spranger, A., Eckhardt, H., Achstetter, K., Busse, R. (2019) Ergebnisbericht der Machbarkeitsstudie zur Messung der Leistungsfähigkeit (“Health System Performance Assessment”) des deutschen Gesundheitssystems. www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/service/publikationen/gesundheit/details.html

2018

Fuchs, S., Grössmann, N., Eckhardt, H., Busse, R., Wild, C. (2018) PET/PET-CT Evidenz zum Bedarf und zur Planung in Deutschland und Österreich. HTA Projektbericht Nr. 77 update, Wien: Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Health Technology Assessment

2016

Panteli, D., Arickx, F., Cleemput, I., Dedet, G., Eckhardt, H., Fogarty, E., Gerkens, S., Henschke, C., Hislop, J., Jommi, C., Kaitelidou, D., Kawalec, P., Keskimäki, I., Kroneman, M., Bastida, J.L., Barros, P.P., Ramsberg, J., Schneider, P., Spillane, S., Vogler, S., Vuorenkoski, L., Kildemoes, H.W., Wouters, O. and Busse, R. (2016a), Pharmaceutical regulation in 15 European countries -review, Health Systems in Transition, Vol 18(5).

Panteli, D., Nolting, A., Eckhardt, H., Kulig, M. and Busse, R. (2016b), “Published and unpublished evidence in coverage decision-making for pharmaceuticals in Europe: existing approaches and way forward”, Health research policy and systems, Vol. 14, p. 6.

2015

Panteli, D., Eckhardt, H., Nolting, A., Busse, R. and Kulig, M. (2015), “From market access to patient access: overview of evidence-based approaches for the reimbursement and pricing of pharmaceuticals in 36 European countries”, Health research policy and systems, Vol. 13, p. 39.

Conference presentations

Deutsches Netzwerk Versorgungsforschung e. V. 2021. 20. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung, digital. Science Pitch (Kurzvortrag). Identifizierung von finanziellen Anreizsystemen zur Verlagerung von definierten Leistungsbereichen aus der stationären in die ambulante Versorgung. DOI: 10.3205/21dkvf021.

Health Technology Assessment international. HTAi 2021 Annual Meeting, virtual in Manchester. Is There a Link between Evidence and Diffusion of Newly Approved Medical Devices in German Hospitals?

Kongress Armut und Gesundheit 2021, virtuell. Vortrag im Rahmen der organisierten Sitzung: Technologische Innovationen in der stationären Patientenversorgung – Fluch und Segen zugleich?: Welche Evidenz ist zu welchem Zeitpunkt für Innovationen in der stationären Versorgung verfügbar? (mit Susanne Felgner).

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie e.V. (DGGÖ) 13. dggö Jahrestagung 2021, virtuell in Nürnberg. Vortrag im Rahmen der organisierten Sitzung: Medizintechnische Innovationen in der stationären Patientenversorgung – Fallzahlentwicklung vs. Evidenzentwicklung: Welche Bedeutung hat die Evidenz bei der Diffusion von neuen Untersuchungs- und Behandlungsmethoden in deutschen Krankenhäusern?

Deutsches Netzwerk Evidenzbasierte Medizin e.V., 2021. 22. Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks Evidenzbasierte Medizin. sine loco [digital]. How evidence-based is our medicine? An investigation of the relationship between evidence and utilization of innovations in hospitals using the example of coronary bioresorbable scaffolds.  DOI: 10.3205/21EBM012.

European Association of Health Economics Conference (EuHEA) 2020, virtuell in Oslo. Conference abstract. How does evidence and funding influence the diffusion of New Medical Devices in German inpatient care?

International Health Economics Association Conference (iHEA) 2019 in Basel. Votrag (lang). Titel: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pay for quality initiatives in high-income countries: a systematic review of reviews.

Teaching

Winter term: Blended Learning education course "Health Technology Assessment" (since 2019)

Summer term: Module "Systematische Bewertung medizinischer Technologien" (HTA-online; since 2019)