Manfred Huber
 


Position
Director Health and Care

Previous position
Senior Economist in the Health Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD.
Education
PhD in Economics, University of Munich. Master in Mathematics, University of Munich
Languages
Mother tongue German; English, French

Contact
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Berggasse 17, A-1090 Wien
Tel: +43-1-319 45 05-35
Fax: +43-1-319 45 05-39
Email: Huber

Research interests
Health economics; long-term care; health and ageing; health accounting; health and long-term care indicators and information systems

Selected publications
  • Quality in and Equality of Access to Healthcare Services (with A. Stanciole and the HealthQUEST project team), European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research and European Health Management Association, Brussels, 2008.
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  • Study on Social and Health Services of General Interest in the European Union (with M.Maucher, B.Sak and the SHSGI project team), European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, ISS, CIRIEC, Vienna/Brussels, 2008.
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  • Responding to Shifts in the Risks Confronting Older Persons (with M. Queisser), Part IV in: Extending Opportunities: How Active Social Policy Can Benefit Us All, Paris: OECD, 2005.
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  • Long-term Care Policy for Older People (with P. Hennessy, J. Lundsgaard, J. Izumi and W. Kim), Paris: OECD, 2005.
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  • OECD Health Data, (with the OECD Health Data Team), Paris: OECD, 1997 - 2004. (Annual electronic publication.)
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  • A System of Health Accounts, Paris: OECD, 2000.
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  • Health Expenditure Trends in OECD Countries 1990-2001; with E. Orosz, Health Care Financing Review, Volume 25, Fall 2003.
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  • Health Expenditure Trends in OECD Countries, 1970-1997, Health Care Financing Review, Volume 21, Winter 1999.
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  • Ageing in OECD Countries: A Critical Policy Challenge, (Chapter on Health Care), Social Policy Studies No 20, Paris: OECD, 1996.
  • International Comparison of Health Care Systems, 1994 Edition, (in German), with M. Schneider, P. Biene-Dietrich and M. Gabanyi, Augsburg: BASYS, 1995.
  • Productivity of German Hospitals in International Comparison, (in German), with A. Köse and M. Schneider, Augsburg: BASYS, 1993.
  • Macroeconomic Implications of Health Care: An Annual Econometric Simulation Model of the German Health Care Sector (in German), with R. Dennerlein and M. Schneider, Augsburg/Bonn: BASYS/Ministry of Health, 1990.
  • ECO-SANTE, German Version: The German Health Care System on PC, (in German), with CREDES, Augsburg/Paris, 1990.
  • Short-term Forecasting of Economic Time Series Using Time Varying Parameter Regression, (in German), Proceedings of the Institute of Statistics, University of Munich, Series Oe, No.18, 1988.

Working papers and work in progress International Comparisons of Prices and Volumes in Health Care among OECD Countries, Prepare prepared for the OECD Task Force for the Development of Health-Specific Purchasing Power Parities, Vienna, 2006 (external link) download PDF
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