Dr. Wynand Van De Ven

Biography

Wynand van de Ven has been a professor of Health Insurance at Erasmus University Rotterdam since 1986. He wrote his thesis on 'Studies in Health Insurance Econometrics' at Leiden University. His academic work focuses on managed competition in health care, competitive health insurance markets, risk selection, moral hazard, risk equalization, and managed care priority choices in health care. He has extensive experience as a governor and adviser to insurance companies, political parties, the government, and research institutes, as well as hospitals and health care organizations. He has served on various advisory committees and editorial boards of scientific journals. Van de Ven has consulted for organizations such as the World Bank and the World Health Organization, studying health care systems in countries such as Chile, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, South Africa, and Sweden. He is also a founding member of the European Risk Adjustment Network and has held the position of Programme Director for the Master's in Health Economics, Policy, and Law at Erasmus University, as well as chairing the iHEA Jury-Committee for the annual Arrow Award for papers in health economics.

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