Prof. Dr. Simon Reif

Professorship for Economics with a Focus on Health Care Markets

Curriculum vitae

Simon Reif studied Sociology and Economics at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, the University of Hull (UK) and at LMU Munich. He got his PhD from FAU in 2018 with a dissertation on “The Supply of Medical Services”. After his PhD he worked as a senior researcher at RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research in Essen and as a consultant for digital health startups. Since 2021 he is head of the research group Health Care Markets and Health Policy at ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim and since 2023 Professor of Economics with a focus on Health Care Markets at FAU.

His research is focused on health care market structures, the design of reimbursement schemes and digital health.

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2025

Tauchmann H., Reif S., Valder F.:
Diagnosis Related Payment for Inpatient Mental Health Care: Hospital Selection and Effects on Length of Stay
In: Health Economics 34 (2025), p. 472-499
ISSN: 1057-9230
DOI: 10.1002/hec.4920

2024

Gorenflo J., Reichert B., Registry GB., Reif S., Megas IF., Billner M.:
The prognostic relevance of full-thickness burns on ABSI
In: Burns (2024)
ISSN: 0305-4179
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.07.001
Reif S., Bolz T., Karamik Y.:
Produktivitätsparadoxon der Digitalisierung im Krankenhaus – auf der Suche nach effizienzsteigernden Innovationen
In: Wirtschaftsdienst 104 (2024), p. 599-602
ISSN: 0043-6275
DOI: 10.2478/wd-2024-0157
Reif S., Schubert S.:
Hospital capacity reporting in Germany during Covid-19
In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 228 (2024), Article No.: 106730
ISSN: 0167-2681
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106730
Reif S., Schubert S., Wambach A.:
Setting incentives right with long-term risk adjustment
In: European Journal of Health Economics (2024)
ISSN: 1618-7598
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-024-01751-6

2023

Brönneke JB., Herr A., Reif S., Stern AD.:
Dynamic HTA for digital health solutions: opportunities and challenges for patient-centered evaluation
In: International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 39 (2023), p. e72-
ISSN: 0266-4623
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462323002726
Fischer M., Jürges H., Mangelsdorf S., Reif S., Ullrich H., Wuppermann A.:
Gesundheitsdaten: Von Nachbarländern lernen
In: Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (2023), p. 737-740
ISSN: 0043-6275
DOI: 10.2478/wd-2023-0205

2022

Billner M., Reif S., Registry GB., Reichert B.:
The effect of self-inflicted burns on ABSI score prediction power: A four-year prospective multicenter study of the German Burn Registry
In: Burns 48 (2022), p. 1710-1718
ISSN: 0305-4179
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2021.11.016
Stern AD., Brönneke J., Debatin JF., Hagen J., Matthies H., Patel S., Clay I., Eskofier B., Herr A., Hoeller K., Jaksa A., Kramer DB., Kyhlstedt M., Lofgren KT., Mahendraratnam N., Muehlan H., Reif S., Riedemann L., Goldsack JC.:
Advancing digital health applications: priorities for innovation in real-world evidence generation
In: The Lancet Digital Health 4 (2022), p. e200-e206
ISSN: 2589-7500
DOI: 10.1016/S2589-7500(21)00292-2

2021

Bünnings C., Hafner L., Reif S., Tauchmann H.:
In sickness and in health? Health shocks and relationship breakdown: Empirical evidence from Germany
In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 190 (2021), p. 164-190
ISSN: 0167-2681
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.07.029
Bünnings C., Hafner L., Reif S., Tauchmann H.:
In sickness and in health? Health shocks and relationship breakdown: Empirical evidence from Germany
In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 190 (2021), p. 164-190
ISSN: 0167-2681
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.07.029
Reif S., Schubert S.:
Vorsorgelücke während der Coronavirus-Pandemie – Vorsorgeuntersuchungen in der Krise
(2021)
(Gutachten)

2020

Marcus J., Reif S., Wuppermann A., Rouche A.:
Increased instruction time and stress-related health problems among school children
In: Journal of Health Economics 70 (2020), Article No.: 102256
ISSN: 0167-6296
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2019.102256
Reif S., Hafner L., Seebauer M.:
Physician behavior under prospective payment schemes—evidence from artefactual field and lab experiments
In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (2020), p. 1-37
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17155540

2019

Bünnings C., Hafner L., Reif S., Tauchmann H.:
In Sickness an in Health? Health Shocks and Relationship Breakdown: Empirical Evidence from Germany
(2019)
ISSN: 1867-6707
(Working Paper)