At the 2022 biannual conference of the European Health Economics Association which took place from July 5th to July 8th in Oslo (Norway), our Public Health & Prevention team held four oral presentations, showing results of some of our ongoing research.
PhD student Karl Emmert-Fees presented an ongoing study from his thesis project in which he used simulation modelling to estimate the health and economic implications of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in Germany with a focus on structural uncertainty.
Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Sara Pedron presented a forthcoming scoping review of Mendelian randomization studies, which aim to assess the causal effect of cardio-metabolic conditions on socio-economic and healthcare outcomes.
Prof. Michael Laxy presented work from PhD student Min Fan, in which she used the UKPDS diabetes microsimulation to analyze the health and economic impact of achieving guideline care for diabetes in Germany additionally considering complexity in diabetes complications. Furthermore, he presented the results from a regression discontinuity study, which leverages notification letters from a population-based blood pressure screening as a natural experiment to estimate the causal effect of screening on long-term cardio-metabolic morbidity and mortality.
The conference abstracts can be viewed here.
Presentation titles:
K. Emmert-Fees: Health and Economic Implications of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Taxation in Germany: A Modelling Study
S. Pedron: The causal effect of cardio-metabolic conditions on socio-economic and healthcare outcomes: a systematic review on Mendelian Randomization studies
M. Fan: Health and economic implications of improved glucose, blood pressure and lipid control among German adults with type 2 diabetes: A Simulation Modeling Study.
M. Laxy: The effect of population-based blood pressure screening on long-term cardio-metabolic morbidity and mortality: a regression discontinuity analysis.