Simon Reif

Prof. Simon Reif is a Professor of Economics specializing in healthcare markets at Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and Head of the Research Group 'Health Care Markets and Health Policy' at ZEW Mannheim. His research focuses on behavioral and institutional factors influencing healthcare provision, digital health applications evaluation, and hospital payment systems design.

Education:

• Bachelor/Master: Economics & Sociology at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, University of Hull (UK), and LMU Munich
• PhD in Economics at FAU on medical service supply

Research Interests:

• Behavioral economic mechanisms in healthcare markets
• Institutional frameworks shaping medical service provision
• Determinants of individual health outcomes
• Design of hospital payment systems
• Evaluation methodologies for digital health technologies

Professional Experience:

• Policy and startup consulting after PhD
• Current leadership of ZEW's Health Care Markets research group

Labs/Teams: Manages ZEW's 'Health Care Markets and Health Policy' research unit focusing on applied health economics and policy analysis.