NHESG award an annual prize for the best student paper at the meeting. The PhD student should still be enrolled in a PhD program when the paper is submitted. If multiple authors, the scientific committee can ask for a co-author statement. The topic of the paper should be relevant in the Nordic setting. The PhD student must attend the annual NHESG meeting. The choice will be made by the appointed scientific committee.
The award aims to support and credit talented early career researchers in health economics. The award is given annually to a student who is enrolled in a Ph.D. program at a research institution and who has submitted a paper for the annual meeting. The winner will be student that makes the greatest contribution to health economics. The paper should be original research with the potential to be published in a high ranking health economic journal and relevant in a Nordic setting. The paper's contribution may be theoretical, empirical, methodological, or a combination of these. The choice will be made by the appointed scientific committee.
Award winners:
| Year | Name | Institution | Title of paper |
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2023 |
Tram Pham |
Uppsala University |
Age at Migration, Social Integration, and COVID-19. |
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2022 |
Konsta Lavaste |
University of Jyväskylä |
Hospital Choice and Patient Outcomes: Evidence from Regional Choice Reform. |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
Visa Pitkänen |
Social Insurance Institution of Finland |
Health care expenditure, availability and utilization: Trade-offs in competitive biddin |
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2018 |
Ge Ge |
University of Oslo |
Competetion results in a more predictable behaviour. |
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2017 |
Wei Si |
Stockholm University |
Public Health Insurance and The Labor Market: Evidense from China’s Urban Resicent Basic Medical Insurance. |
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2016 |
Volha Lazuka |
Lund University |
The long-term health benefits of receiving treatment from qualified midwives at birth |
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2015 |
Ingrid M.S. Huitfeldt |
University of Oslo |
Spending the night? Effects of hospital reimbursement rates on medical treatment and health outcomes. |
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2014 |
Henning Øien |
University of Oslo |
Discrimination in Norwegian public eldercare - experimental evidence. |
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2013 |
Gustav Kjellsson |
Lund University |
Long run income-related inequality in smoking among Swedish women - a decomposition analysis. |
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2012 |
Henning Øien |
University of Oslo |
Do local governments respond to (perverse) financial incentives in long-term care funding schemes? |
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2011 |
Inger Cathrine Kann |
University of Oslo |
Paying physicians. Its influence on the quantity of medication prescribed to the elderly. |
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2010 |
Line Bjørnskov Pedersen |
Southern University of Denmark |
Willingness to pay for screening for prostate cancer in Denmark. The influence of private versus public provision and varying levels of information. |
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2009 |
Karolina Socha |
Southern University of Denmark |
Physician Dual Practice and the problem of cream-skimming of patients from public sector waiting lists. |