Rana Kaplan

Rana Kaplan is an active Researcher in the Public Health department at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Her academic work focuses on healthcare utilization, costs, and outcomes with particular emphasis on oncology and hematology contexts. She recently completed her doctoral thesis in May 2025 titled 'Quality of complex care in the Netherlands' which forms part of her 12 research outputs to date.

Dr. Kaplan's research interests center on health services research with specific focus areas including clinical prediction modeling, hospital volume-outcome relationships, and healthcare cost management. Her work frequently examines Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) treatment patterns, emergency department utilization among cancer patients, and identification of high-cost patient populations. She employs large-scale data analysis from Dutch healthcare registries to investigate how healthcare system factors influence patient outcomes and resource allocation.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong trend toward developing and validating prediction models for healthcare utilization, with particular emphasis on oncology settings. Her work bridges clinical care and health policy, examining how hospital characteristics, regional variations, and patient factors influence treatment decisions and outcomes. The research demonstrates methodological sophistication in handling complex healthcare datasets and applying statistical modeling to real-world clinical questions.

Dr. Kaplan maintains an active collaboration network with researchers at Erasmus MC and other Dutch institutions, particularly in hematology/oncology departments. Her work has garnered attention in professional circles with news mentions and social media discussion among healthcare professionals. While no specific awards are listed in the available information, her research has generated citations and reader engagement in the scholarly community.