Elke Holzer

Dr. Elke Holzer is an Associate Professor at the School of Finance, Banking and Insurance of the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU), specializing in healthcare management and insurance systems. With over 73 publications, her work focuses on controlling in public hospitals, risk management, and quality assurance in healthcare. She co-edited multiple anthologies on effect-driven resource management and contributed to foundational studies on Austrian certification models for healthcare facilities.

• Key Research Areas: Healthcare sustainability, organizational reform, risk analysis frameworks, patient-centered care, and financial systems.
• Publication Trends: Empirical studies on hospital management, benchmarking in public healthcare, and policy-oriented works spanning 1985–2018.
• Notable Collaborations: Frequent co-authorship with Eugen Hauke and Helmut Bauer on healthcare reforms and quality management.