Scientific Presentations
1990
"Medizin im Dritten Reich in Göttingen". 9. Norddeutsches Doktorandenkolloquium, Hamburg.
1991
"Health Policy During the New Deal: The Debate on Compulsory Health Insurance". Seminars in the History of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut (USA).
1995
"Kostenerfassung bei Nieren- und Lebertransplantationen". Hannoversches Gesundheitsökonomisches Kolloquium (with W Greiner).
"Zur Definition des Todeszeitpunktes: Hirntod - Herztod - Zelltod". Physicians' Chamber Hannover.
"Ansätze zum Vergleich der Kosten einer medikamentösen Behandlung und einer möglichen Neurotransplantation bei Morbus Parkinson". Symposium on Neurotransplantation in Parkinson' Disease, Hannover.
"Ethical Considerations in Procuring Organs from Non Heart Beating Donors". First International Workshop on Non Heart Beating Donors, Maastricht.
"Ascertainment of costs in highly complex medical procedures - the case of abdominal transplantations". Third World Conference - Surgical Efficiency and Economy, Kiel.
"Politico-economic aspects of organ donation in transplantation medicine". Centre for Health Economics, York (U.K.).
1996
"Health care priority setting and public participation in England, Scotland and Wales: Findings from a survey of health authorities and practical considerations". Health Economists' Study Group meeting, Brunel University, Uxbridge (U.K)
"Public Choice theory and the rationing of health care". 10th Annual Conference of the European Society of Philosophy in Medicine and Health Care, Vienna (Austria).
"Theories of justice and their implications for priority setting in health care" (Discussion of a paper by JA Olson, Tromsø, Norway). 15. Nordic Health Economists’ Study Group Meeting, Copenhagen (Denmark).
"Ascertainment of costs of highly complex medical procedures - the example of abdominal transplants". 15. Nordic Health Economists’ Study Group Meeting, Copenhagen (Denmark).
"Public participation in health care priority setting - results from a survey in the UK and theoretical considerations". 1st International Conference on Priorities in Health Care, Stockholm (Sweden).
"Kosten-Effektivitäts Analyse der 4S-Studie". Symposium on secondary prevention in coronary artery disease, Munich.
1997
"Die Zukunft der modernen Medizin - Rationierung medizinischer Leistungen". 7. International Symposium on Intensive Care Medicine and Nursing, Bremen.
"The Cost-Effectiveness of Gene-Amplification Methods in Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis." 8th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Lausanne (Switzerland).
"Rationierung in der Medizin aus ökonomischer Sicht" 27. Annual Conference of the German Society of Thoracic, Heart and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Dresden.
1998
"Rationing medical care – a challenge for medicine, political philosophy and economics" 10th European Congress of Anesthesiology, Frankfurt.
1999
”Öffentliche Beteiligung bei Rationierungsentscheidungen in der Medizin” GTZ (German Technical Cooperation), Eschborn.
2000
"Internet-based medical quality projects" Annual meeting of the German Dermatological Society, Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania, Vietgest.
2002
"Rationing in Germany. Bismarck meets Corporatism and Implicitness". Fabian Society, London.
"The German support for eradicating Poliomyelitis in the Philippines". Statement at the 13th Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Expanded Programme on Immunization and Poliomyelitis Eradication in the Western Pacific Region.
"A Baseline and Monitoring System for an Inter-Local Health Zone". 7th Regional Conference of GTZ Health Projects in Asia, Manila, Philippines.
2003
“International comparison of health systems – the example of the Philippines”, GTZ Summer Seminar Eschborn, Germany.
2004
“Inter-Local Health Zones. Experience from Southern Leyte”. Health Policy Forum, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila.
2005
“Das Gesundheitswesen nach der Wahl”. Discussion forum of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Berlin
„Developing social health insurance in low and middle-income countries: the case of the Philippines”. CERDI-Colloquium on Health Financing in developing countries 2005. Clermont-Ferrand, France.
2006
“The role and relevance of technology in knowledge management”. 2nd EPOS Forum on International Health Consultancy, Bad Homburg.
„Lessons from the German Health Care System for Mongolia“. InWent-Course for a Mongolian delegation. Berlin, Germany.
2007
“Social Security in India and Germany – the history and principles of German health insurance”. Indo-German Dialogue on Social Security, Berlin.
“Frauenärzte im Zukunftsmarkt Gesundheit – bürokratisiert, überlastet, schlecht entlohnt?“ 1. Klausurtagung Frauenarztpraxis der Zukunft, Frankfurt.
„Lessons for health care reform: the case of the Philippines“ 5th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (invited).
“Linking social health insurance, essential drug program and private pharmacies: the case of the Revolving Drug Insurance Fund in Southern Leyte, Philippines”. 6th Conference of the international Health Economics Association, Copenhagen.
“Was bringt QM der Arztpraxis”. Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Rhineland-Palatia, Koblenz.
2008
“Lessons for health care reform from the less developed world: the case of the Philippines” (Poster). 7th European Conference on Health Economics, Rom.
„The concept of the disability-adjusted life year and putting it into practice“. Health Service Research Council of Nepal, Kathmandu
„The development of Social Health Insurance in Germany“. Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
“History and Principles of Germany’s Social Health Insurance System”. Presentation to Vietnamese Study Delegation, Hamburg.
Introduction and moderation of a panel discussion on “The role of the private sector in social health protection”; GFA-workshop on “Financing Social Health Protection”; Eschborn.
“Lenkung von Patientenströmen: Arztsuche und Bewertungsportale”. Arbeitskreis Pharma E-Marketing, Hamburg.
“Current Reform in Health Care Financing in Germany”. Presentation to Vietnamese Study Delegation, Bodenheim.
2009
“Wer bestimmt, was Qualität ist?” 2ter Kongress Gesundheitskommunikation, Berlin.
“Providing health care in Germany: daunting enough to leave the country? An internet survey of medical doctors in private practice.” 7th Conference of the international Health Economics Association, Beijing.
“Social Health Protection: Providing access to health services for the poor in Sierra Leone”. Poster Presentation. 7th Conference of the international Health Economics Association, Beijing (with X Scheil-Adlung, F Masiye)
2010
“Soziale Krankenversicherung – ein Erfolgsmodell auf dem internationalen Prüfstand”. 2nd Annual Conference of the German Society for Health Economic (dggö), Berlin
2011
“Aufsuchendes Case-Management in der Hausarzt-Praxis – ökonomische Analyse einer Versorgungsprozess-Innovation “,3rd Annual Conference of the German Society for Health Economic (dggö), Bayreuth
“Worldwide universal social health insurance - absurd utopian dream or first step towards globalised good governance in health care financing?”. 3rd International conference health financing in developing and emerging countries. Clermont-Ferrand
“Financing health care in Sub-Saharan Africa: experiences and options”. Missionsärztliches Institut, Würzburg
“Proactive Case Management in Ambulatory Care: An Economic Analysis of an Innovative Care Process”. 8th Conference of the international Health Economics Association, Toronto.
“Fachkommunikation niedergelassener Ärzte. Medienrezeption, Fachkommunikation und Dialogoptionen bei den niedergelassenen Ärztinnen und Ärzten in Deutschland”. Symposium „Ärzte in den Sozialen Netzwerken“, Frankfurt.
“Worldwide universal social health insurance - absurd utopian dream or first step towards globalised good governance in health care financing?” Working group on “International Cooperation” dggö (German Society for Health Economics), Frankfurt