Viktoria Steinbeck

Viktoria is a Research Fellow at the Department of Management in Healthcare since August 2020. Viktoria worked for a variety of stakeholders in the health care sector, including the European Commission, Allianz and the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF). In her previous role as political consultant in Brussels, she focused on a range of EU health policy issues from vaccine prevention to rare diseases and cancer.

She gained her Bachelor in Science in European Public Health from Maastricht University and two Masters of Science in Health Economics and Health Policy, Innovation and Management at Maastricht and Cologne University. As visiting researcher at Columbia University New York, her research targeted the application of behavioural economic insights to the health sector.

At the department, she works in the following projects:

PROMoting Quality: Using Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) to improve the outcome quality after hip and knee replacement, funded by the German Innovation fund (Innovationsfond)
PROMchronic: Potential of PROMs and Patient-reported Experience Measures (PREMs) to improve care of chronically ill patients, funded by the German Innovation fund (Innovationsfond)
PROMs – an international comparison: Challenges and success factors for the implementation in Germany, funded by the Bertelsmann Stiftung
PROMs in German speaking countries: Status quo and outlook, funded by the Bertelsmann Stiftung

Research forcus

Value-based Healthcare
Patient-reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)
Differences in Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) between genders
Behavioural health policy

Curriculum vitae

Academia

2020 – now | Research Fellow – Technical University Berlin, Deptartment of Healthcare Management

2020 - now | PhD/Dr rer oec Candidate – Technical University Berlin, Deptartment of Healthcare Management

2018 | Visiting Research Scholar - Columbia University New York, Deptartment of Health Policy and Management

2016 - 2018 | Double Master of Science Master Sc. Health Economics and Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management – University of Cologne and Maastricht University

2014 | Voluntary Researcher - University of Copenhagen, Department of Political Science

2014 | Exchange semester - Metropolitan University College Copenhagen

2000- 2007 | Bachelor of Science in European Public Health – Maastricht University

Scholarship

2017 – 2018 | Germany Scholarship (Deutschland Stipendium)

Professional experience

2018 – 2019 | Incisive Health (Health policy consultancy) - Consultant - Brussels

2017 | German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF) - Student Assistant - Cologne

2015 - 2016 | Allianz Insurance Germany and Benelux - Trainee - Munich and Brussels

2015 | European Commission, DG SANTE - Health Program Management Trainee - Luxembourg

Publications

Ernst S, Steinbeck V [co-first], Busse R & Pross C (2022) Toward System-Wide Implementation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: A Framework for Countries, States, and Regions. Value in Health 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2022.04.1724

Ernst S & Steinbeck V (2022). Value-based Healthcare: Wie Werte Wert stiften können. Roche Diagnostics (Daignostilk im Dialog).

Steinbeck V, Ernst S & Pross C (2021). Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Die richtigen Fragen stellen. Führen und Wirtschaften im Krankenhaus (f&w).

Steinbeck V, Ernst S & Pross C (2021). Patient-Reported Outcome Meausres (PROMs) – an international comparison: Challenges and success strategies for the implementation in Germany. Bertelsmann Stiftung. https://doi.org/10.11586/2021048

Steinbeck V, Ernst S & Pross C (2021). Patient-Reported Outcome Meausres (PROMs) – ein internationaler Vergleich: Herausforderungen und Erfolgsfaktoren für die Umsetzung von PROMs in Deutschland. Bertelsmann Stiftung. https://doi.org/10.11586/2021053

Ruggeri K, Folke T, Benzerga A, Verra S, Büttner C, Steinbeck V, et al. Nudging New York: Adaptive models and the limits of behavioral interventions to reduce no-shows and health inequalities. BMC Health Serv Res 2020;20:1–11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05097-6.

Teaching

Value-based Healthcare (VBHC) Intensiv Seminar. Interdisciplinary seminar for professionals, Master- and PhD students. Co-creator, course coordinator and Lecturer – 2021/2022

Kern 1: Krankheitsverteilung und Handlungsansätze. Master of Science in Public Health Modul at the Berlin School of Public Health (BSPH) – 2020/2021 & 2021/2022