Health Economics Research
Well-being, resilience, prosperity: health is not a cost, it’s an investment. Yet all too often discussions on healthcare systems fail to recognize the value of a healthy population – for citizens, societies, and economies. Our health economics research is shifting the paradigm towards seeing health for what it really is: an investment.
The United Nations has set 17 Sustainable Development Goals on its 2030 Agenda. From ending poverty to building resilient infrastructures, achieving each of these goals is contingent on the advancement of global health systems. WifOR strives to empower business, politics, and society to make evidence-based decisions on health using empirical and comparable data.
- Measure the size, impact, and significance of the Health Economy and its subsectors (Industrial Health Economy, Service and Support, and Healthcare Economy)
- Enable comparison between different sectors in the wider economy, health economies between countries, and contribution to political targets – such as the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
- Identify potential for progress in health, make smart health investments leading to positive health interventions, and generate a Return on Investment (ROI)
Health Economics Research: WifOR’s Approach
Latest articles from WifOR’s Health Economics Research
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Case study CVD in Germany
What is the Socioeconomic Burden of Cardiovascular Disease?
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Case study Latin America
Health Economy Reporting: the ROI of health investments















