The Institute of Health Policy & Management
Institute of Health Policy & Management: iBMG Education and research in the field of policy and management in health care with a unique multidisciplinary approach.
iBMG Part of Erasmus University / Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and linked with Erasmus MC Cooperation with numerous partners in health care Leading in the Netherlands with educational and research activities targeted at policy and management issues in health care Multidisciplinary approach in research and education Erasmus University Rotterdam Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Erasmus Medical CentreInstitute of Health Policy & Management 6 other faculties
Education Bachelor Health Policy & Management Master Health Care Management Master Health Economics, Policy & Law Post Academic Education
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Research themes Competition and regulation in health care Quality and efficiency in health care Management and organisation of health care delivery
Research theme: Competition and regulation in health care Defining the conditions for effective competition in the health care markets (e.g. balance of powers of stakeholders) and devising regulatory policies to promote them; Determining the most efficient way of contracting in the different submarkets; Determining the institutional arrangements required for regulation of the various submarkets; Measuring the performance in the various markets in terms of efficiency and equity.
Research theme: Quality and efficiency in health care Health care technologies (curative interventions, medicines, preventive/public health programs, diagnostic strategies) constituting the basic health care package, the criteria that should be applied in delineating the package and the operationalisation of these criteria; Relevant performance indicators which are reliable, readily accessible to actors in the market and instrumental in care purchasing.
Research theme: Management and organisation of health care delivery Concepts and instruments from business economics and organisation as developed in commercial sectors will be adjusted for successful implementation within health care organisations.
Research groups Health Services Management & Organisation Health Economics-iMTA Law & Health Care Health Care Governance Health Insurance
Staff 187 employees (2012) –18 professors –13 associate professors –22 assistant professors –8 scientific lecturers –57 scientific researchers –34 PhD-students –35 administrative staff
Future Global Health More emphasis on international education More exchange (education and research)
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