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The Institute for Innovation & Valuation in Health Care, InnoValHC, is an independent not-for-profit research organization. It was established by scientists with medical, health economic, and econometric backgrounds, as well as hands-on management experience, to analyze the economic dimension of health and health care, including research into the normative foundations and the methods of health economics, applied cost of illness and cost benefit studies, and their use in Health Technology Assessment (HTA).

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Summer School 2024 Evaluation

For the first time, the Heidelberg Health Economics Summer School took place in the Italian Dolomites (September 20-27, 2024). The Evaluation Report is now available and can be downloaded.

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New Health Economic Perspectives

Michael Schlander presented "Health Technology Assessment (HTA): New Health Economic Perspectives" at the EuHEA Conference 2024 in Vienna, Austria / June 30 - July 03, 2024.

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Award-Winning Presentation

Ramon Schaefer received the Best General Poster Research Presentation Award at the ISPOR Europe 2023 Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 12-15, 2023, for his presentation “What is a Year of Life Worth?".

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Speeding Up Innovation To Patients

Michael Schlander discussed best practices how to speed up innovation to patients at the 1st European Forum on the subject, held in Madrid, Spain (November 27, 2023), under the auspices of Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

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Textbook Release in 2023

Michael Schlander, Ramon Schäfer, Lorenz Selberg:

Nutzen der Labormedizin
in der Schweiz

Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer 2023
ISBN 978-3-662-66824-5 (Softcover)
ISBN 978-3-662-66825-2 (eBook)

OPEN ACCESS

While experts believe that 70 % of all clinical decisions depend on laboratory test information, the cost effectiveness of many diagnostic procedures is subject to controversial debate.
With this Open Access Book, we provide insight into the value of laboratory medicine from the perspectives of patients, public health, and society at large, using the Swiss health care system as a case study.