Investing More, Investing Better: How Health Economics Can Improve Global Oral Health
Speaker
Stefan Listl is a health economist and dentist. He holds an M.Sc. in Health Economics from the University of York, a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Mannheim, and graduated as a dentist from the University of Regensburg. He is a full professor at Radboud University Medical Center (Netherlands), focussing on quality improvement in oral health care. He also directs the Section for Translational Health Economics at Heidelberg University (Germany). He previously was a visiting professor at McMaster University (Canada), Center for Health Economics and Policy Analysis. Stefan is experienced in scientific health policy advisory as exemplified by his previous role as a consultant for Harvard University's Malaysia Health Systems Reform project. His research activities have been supported by institutions such as NIH and the European Commission.
Disclosure: Dr. Listl has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Course Description
Oral diseases and conditions affect almost half of the globe’s population, and particularly affect poorer and marginalized groups. Despite the vast need, there is a low sense of urgency and a lack of synergistic problem solving to provide essential oral health care. This lecture will focus on the role of health economics, and how evidence-informed deliberative processes, leveraging data analytics and digital tools, can be harnessed to get the right programs and services to those who need them.
Educational Objectives
- Delineate approaches for synergistic problem-solving.
- Decipher the root causes of current oral health systems failures; and
- Highlight the societal and economic relevance of oral health;
Contact
PDMContinuingEd@dental.upenn.edu