Six European universities
- University of Hamburg, Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) (coordinator)
- Bocconi University, Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute of Health Policy & Management (iBMG)
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)
- University of Southern Denmark, Danish Centre for Health Economics (DaCHE)
- University of York, Centre for Health Economics York (CHE)
and the multinational health care company Abbott have established a European Training Network entitled "Improving Quality of Care in Europe" (IQCE).
The aim of the IQCE program is to improve the quality and performance of European health care systems. Each PhD thesis within the network focuses on one of six dimensions of health care quality as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO): effectiveness; safety; efficiency; access; equitability; and acceptability.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 721402.
www.iqce.eu