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European Commission launches new advisory group to deal with public health emergencies

The new Advisory Committee on Public Health Emergencies (ACPHE) was set up in order to support and advise the European Commission and Member States…

New multi-disciplinary study on the quality of life impact of ageing in Austria is now published in the Journal of Aging and Social Policy

As part of an ongoing programme of work at the Department of Health economics on the health economic aspects of older age in association with other…

Paper on urban-rural disparities in hospital admissions for depression in Austria published in Health Policy

Michael Berger and Judit Simon from the Department of Health Economics (DHE) have published a new original research article in the top journal Health…

New Core Curriculum for public health education and training

The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) released a new Core Curriculum for public health education and training.…

First results from the STREAMLINE project presented at EPH 2024

First results of the STREAMLINE project led by the Department of Health Economics at the Medical University of Vienna were presented at the 17th

PriMHE - Programme in the Methods of Health Economics

"Using distributional cost-effectiveness analysis to reduce health inequality" by Professor Richard Cookson on 3 December 2024

New board member of the Working Time Society elected

Kyriaki Papantoniou from the Department of Epidemiology has been elected as a Board member of the Working Time Society and Secretary of the ICOH…

New study from the Department of Epidemiology on suicide rates among doctors published in the British Medical Journal.

Suicide rates among doctors have fallen over time, but the risk for women in the medical profession is still significantly higher compared to the…

New publication

Paper investigating waiting times for elective surgeries and potential determinants in the Austrian healthcare system published in Public Health.

For…

Final report of the study on female genital mutilation

The final report of the study on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Austria, which was conducted on behalf of the Federal Chancellery, was…