prof.dr.

(Tom) TGM Van Ourti

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Tom Van Ourti is a professor of applied health economics with a focus on health and inequality. His research focuses on understanding the socio-economic health gradient, with specific interest in impact evaluation, preventive care, mental health, perinatal health, measurement theory of health inequalities, and the elicitation of social preferences for income and health. He has published in journals including the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Health Economics, and the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. He teaches applied econometrics and health economics, and organizes a yearly PhD summer school on inequalities in health and health care. He obtained his PhD from the University of Antwerp and has held visiting positions at the university of Melbourne, and the George Washington University.

• Featured publications (5)

  • T.G.M. Van Ourti, O.A. O'Donnell, H. Koc, J. Fracheboud & H.J. de Koning (2020). Effect of screening mammography on breast cancer mortality: Quasi-experimental evidence from rollout of the Dutch population-based program with 17-year follow-up of a cohort. International Journal of Cancer, 146 (8). doi: 10.1002/ijc.32584
  • W.A. Raza, E. van de Poel & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2018). Impact and spill-over effects of an asset transfer program on child undermalnutrition: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Bangladesh. Journal of Health Economics, 62, 105-120. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.09.011
  • O.A. O'Donnell, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2015). Health and Inequality. In A.B. Atkinson & F. Bourguignon (Eds.), Handbook of Income Distribution vol. 2B (pp. 1419-1533). Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59429-7.00018-2
  • G. Erreygers & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2011). Measuring socioeconomic inequality in health, health care and health financing by means of rank-dependent indices: a recipe for good practice. Journal of Health Economics, 30 (4), 685-694. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.04.004
  • T.G.M. Van Ourti & P. Clarke (2011). A simple correction to remove the bias of the Gini coefficient due to income grouping. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 93 (3), 982-994. doi: 10.1162/REST_a_00103

• All publications (55)

  • Key publication (5)

    • T.G.M. Van Ourti, O.A. O'Donnell, H. Koc, J. Fracheboud & H.J. de Koning (2020). Effect of screening mammography on breast cancer mortality: Quasi-experimental evidence from rollout of the Dutch population-based program with 17-year follow-up of a cohort. International Journal of Cancer, 146 (8). doi: 10.1002/ijc.32584
    • W.A. Raza, E. van de Poel & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2018). Impact and spill-over effects of an asset transfer program on child undermalnutrition: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Bangladesh. Journal of Health Economics, 62, 105-120. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.09.011
    • O.A. O'Donnell, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2015). Health and Inequality. In A.B. Atkinson & F. Bourguignon (Eds.), Handbook of Income Distribution vol. 2B (pp. 1419-1533). Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59429-7.00018-2
    • G. Erreygers & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2011). Measuring socioeconomic inequality in health, health care and health financing by means of rank-dependent indices: a recipe for good practice. Journal of Health Economics, 30 (4), 685-694. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.04.004
    • T.G.M. Van Ourti & P. Clarke (2011). A simple correction to remove the bias of the Gini coefficient due to income grouping. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 93 (3), 982-994. doi: 10.1162/REST_a_00103

  • Article (33)

    • Scholarly Publication (31)

      • T.G.M. Van Ourti, O.A. O'Donnell, H. Koc, J. Fracheboud & H.J. de Koning (2020). Effect of screening mammography on breast cancer mortality: Quasi-experimental evidence from rollout of the Dutch population-based program with 17-year follow-up of a cohort. International Journal of Cancer, 146 (8). doi: 10.1002/ijc.32584
      • M.H. Coveney, P. Garcia-Gomez, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2020). Thanks goodness for stickiness. Unravelling the evolution of income-related health inequalities before and after the Great recession in Europe. Journal of Health Economics, 70:102259. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2019.102259
      • L.C.M. Bertens, L. Burgos Ochoa, T.G.M. Van Ourti, E.A.P. Steegers & J.V. Been (2020). Persisting inequalities in birth outcomes related to neighbourhood deprivation. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 74 (3), 232-239. doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-213162
      • T.G.M. Van Ourti & N. Bouckaert (2020). The Dutch influenza vaccination policy and medication use, outpatient visits, hospitalization, and mortality at age 65. European Journal of Public Health, 30 (2), 275-280. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa016
      • N. Bouckaert, A.C. Gielen & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2020). It runs in the family – influenza vaccination and spillover effects. Journal of Health Economics, 74:102386. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102386
      • W.A. Raza, E. van de Poel & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2018). Impact and spill-over effects of an asset transfer program on child undermalnutrition: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Bangladesh. Journal of Health Economics, 62, 105-120. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.09.011
      • H. Koc, O. O'Donnell & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2018). What explains education disparities in screening mammography in the United States? A comparison with the Netherlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (9):1961. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15091961
      • M.H. Coveney, P. Garcia-Gomez, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2016). Health disparities in Spain before and after the economic crisis. Health Economics, 25 (S2), 141-158. doi: 10.1002/hec.3375
      • O.A. O'Donnell, T.G.M. Van Ourti, S. O'Neil & B. Walsh (2016). conindex: Estimation of Concentration Indices. Stata Journal, 16 (1), 112-138.
      • T.G.M. Van Ourti, M. Arnold, E. Renteria & I. Soerjomataram (2016). Inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality in the 21st century. Cancer Causes & Control, 27 (8), 999-1007. doi: 10.1007/s10552-016-0777-7
      • P. Garcia-Gomez, E. Schokkaert, T.G.M. Van Ourti & T.M. Bago d'Uva (2015). Inequity in the face of death. Health Economics, 24, 1348-1367. doi: 10.1002/hec.3092
      • S.A. Baeten, T.G.M. Van Ourti & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2013). Rising inequalities in income and healht in China. Who is left behind? Journal of Health Economics, 32 (6), 1214-1229. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.10.002
      • S.A. Baeten, T.G.M. Van Ourti & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2013). The socioeconomic health gradient across the life cycle: what role for selective mortality and institutionalization? Social Science & Medicine, 97 (november), 66-74. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.019
      • H. Bleichrodt, K.I.M. Rohde & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2012). An Experimental Test of the Concentration Index. Journal of Health Economics, 31 (1), 86-98. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.12.003
      • G. Erreygers, P. Clarke & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2012). Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who in this land is fairest of all? – Distributional sensitivity in the measurement of socioeconomic inequality in health. Journal of Health Economics, 31 (1), 257-270. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.10.009
      • G. Erreygers & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2011). Measuring socioeconomic inequality in health, health care and health financing by means of rank-dependent indices: a recipe for good practice. Journal of Health Economics, 30 (4), 685-694. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.04.004
      • T.G.M. Van Ourti & P. Clarke (2011). A simple correction to remove the bias of the Gini coefficient due to income grouping. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 93 (3), 982-994. doi: 10.1162/REST_a_00103
      • G. Erreygers & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2011). Putting the cart before the horse. A comment on Wagstaff on inequality measurement in the presence of binary variables. Health Economics, 20, 1161-1165. doi: 10.1002/hec.1754
      • P. Clarke & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2010). Calculating the concentration index when income is grouped. Journal of Health Economics, 29 (1), 151-157. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.11.011
      • J.L.W. van Kippersluis, O.A. O'Donnell, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2010). Socioeconomic Differences in Health over the Lifecycle in an Egalitarian country. Social Science & Medicine, 70 (3), 428-438. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.020
      • E. Schokkaert, T.G.M. Van Ourti, D. De Graeve, A. Lecluyse & C. Van de Voorde (2010). Supplemental health insurance and equality of access in Belgium. Health Economics, 19 (4), 377-395. doi: 10.1002/hec.1478
      • T.G.M. Van Ourti, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & A.H.E. Koolman (2009). The effect of income growth and inequality in incomes on health inequality: Theory and empirical evidence from the European Panel. Journal of Health Economics, 28 (3), 525-539. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.12.005
      • J.L.W. van Kippersluis, T.G.M. Van Ourti, O. O' Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2009). Health and Income across the Life Cycle and Genererations in Europe. Journal of Health Economics, 28 (4), 818-830. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.04.001
      • A. Lecluyse, C. Van de Voorde, D. De Graeve, E. Schokkaert & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2009). Hospital supplements in Belgium: price variation and regulation. Health Policy, 92 (2-3), 276-287. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.04.004
      • E. van de Poel, A.R. Hosseinpoor, N. Speybroeck, T.G.M. Van Ourti & J. Vega (2008). Socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition in de developing countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86 (4), 282-291. doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044800
      • D. de Graeve, A. Lecluyse, E. Schokkaert, C. van de Voorde & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2007). Wie betaalt supplementen in de Belgische gezondheidszorg? Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Sociale Zekerheid, 49, 159-191.
      • P. Tharakan, I. Van Beveren & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2005). Determinants of India's software exports and goods exports. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 87 (4), 776-780.
      • T.G.M. Van Ourti (2004). Measuring horizontal inequity in Belgian health care using a Gaussian random effects two part cout data model. Health Economics, 13, 705-724.
      • T.G.M. Van Ourti (2003). Socioeconomic inequality in ill-health amongst the elderly. Should one use current or permanent income? Journal of Health Economics, 22 (2), 219-241.
      • D. de Graeve & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2003). The distributional impact of health financing in Europe: a review. The World Economy, 26 (10), 1459-1479.
      • T.G.M. Van Ourti (2000). Armoedemaatstaven, IGL-curven en de bootstrap: een empirische studie naar de evolutie van het armoedeniveau in België tussen 1985 en 1997. Economisch en Sociaal Tijdschrift, 54 (3), 291-324.

    • Professional Publication (2)

      • J.L.W. van Kippersluis, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2009). Inkomen alleen maakt niet gezond. Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 94 (4551), 20-23.
      • E. Schokkaert, D. de Graeve, G. van Camp, T.G.M. Van Ourti & C. van de Voorde (2004). Maximumfactuur en kleine risico's: verdeling vande eigen bijdragen voor gezondheidszorg in Belgie. Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Sociale Zekerheid, 2, 221-245.

  • Part of book - Chapter (10)

    • O.A. O'Donnell & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2020). Dominance analysis. In Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis: Quantifying Health Equity Impacts and Trade-Offs. Oxford: Oxford University Press
    • O.A. O'Donnell & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2020). Rank-dependent equity weights. In Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis: Quantifying Health Equity Impacts and Trade-Offs. Oxford: oxford university press
    • O.A. O'Donnell, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2015). Health and Inequality. In A.B. Atkinson & F. Bourguignon (Eds.), Handbook of Income Distribution vol. 2B (pp. 1419-1533). Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59429-7.00018-2
    • T.G.M. Van Ourti, G. Erreygers & P. Clarke (2014). Techniques for measuring equality and equity in health and health care. In T. Culyer (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health Economics (pp. 234-239). San Diego: Elsevier
    • P. Garcia-Gomez, E. Schokkaert & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2013). Reference value sensitivity of measures of unfair health inequality. In Research on Economic Inequality (pp. 157-192) doi: 10.1108/S1049-2585(2013)0000021008
    • E.K.A. van Doorslaer & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2011). Chapter 35: Measuring inequality and inequity in health and health care. In P Smith & S Glied (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of health economics (pp. 837-869). Oxford: Oxford University Press
    • D. De Graeve, A. Lecluyse, E. Schokkaert, C. Van de Voorde & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2007). Supplementen en de kostprijs van gezondheidszorg voor de patiënt. In Welzijnsgids (66) (pp. 123-141)
    • A. Lecluyse, D. de Graeve, E. Schokkaert, C. van de Voorde & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2007). Hoger-lager? Een analyse van de uitgaven voor patienten onderaan de sociale ladder. In J. Vrancken, K. de Boyser & D. Dierckx (Eds.), Armoede en sociale uitsluiting. Jaarboek 2007
    • D. De Graeve, M. Jegers & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2001). De invloed van de eigen betalingen door de patiënt op de toegang tot de medische zorg: het economisch denkkader. In Sociale grondrechten als bakens voor een vernieuwd sociaal recht. Liber amicorum Professor Max Stroobant (pp. 225-235)
    • D. De Graeve & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2000). Doelmatigheid versus sociale problematiek: vraagstukken van verdeling van inkomsten en uitgaven. In Handboek gezondheidseconomie (pp. 95-117). Kluwer

  • Report (4)

    • E.K.A. van Doorslaer, J.L.W. van Kippersluis, O.A. O'Donnell & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2008). Socioeconomic differences in health over the life cycle: evidence and explanations. (Extern rapport, no 12). Tilburg: Netspar Panel Paper
    • D. de Graeve, A. Lecluyse, E. Schokkaert, T.G.M. Van Ourti & C. van de Voorde (2006). Eigen betalingen in de Belgische gezondheidszorg. De impact van supplementen. (Extern rapport). Brussel: Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg
    • R. Layte, A. Nolan, B. Nolan & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2005). Health and morbidity by age and socio-economic characteristics. (Extern rapport, ENEPRI Research Report, no 15). Dublin: Economic and Social Research Institute
    • D. de Graeve, B. Cantillon, E. Schokkaert, B. Kerstens, G. van Camp & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2004). Billijkheid in de financiering van medische zorg:eindrapport. (Extern rapport). Brussels: DWTC

  • Doctoral thesis (1)

    • T.G.M. Van Ourti. Essays on inequality measurement in health, health care and finance of health care. University of Antwerp Prom./coprom.: D. de Graeve.

  • Supervised Theses (2)

    • M.H. Coveney (2019, september 27). Modern Imperatives: Essays On Education and Health Policy. EUR Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. E.K.A. van Doorslaer, prof.dr. T.G.M. Van Ourti & dr. P. Garcia-Gomez.
    • S.A. Baeten (2013, mei 24). Empirical studies in the measurement of socio-economic inequality in health. EUR (181 pag.) (Rotterdam) Prom./coprom.: prof.dr. E.K.A. van Doorslaer & prof.dr. T.G.M. Van Ourti.

• Teaching (6)

  Introduction to Econometrics

  Title

  Introduction to Econometrics

  Year

  2020

  Year level

  bachelor 2, bachelor 2, bachelor 2, pre-master

  Introduction to Econometrics

  Title

  Introduction to Econometrics

  Year

  2020

  Year level

  bachelor 2, pre-master

  Master HEPL-HE 2020-2021

  Title

  Master HEPL-HE 2020-2021

  Year

  2020

  Master Thesis HE

  Title

  Master Thesis HE

  Year

  2020

  Year level

  master, master

  Master Thesis HEPL

  Title

  Master Thesis HEPL

  Year

  2020

  Year level

  master

  Research Topics in Health Economics

  Title

  Research Topics in Health Economics

  Year

  2020

  Year level

  master, master

• PhD list (1)

  • Max Coveney

    health, education, and peer effects

    • 2014 -

• Present position

  Full Professor

  University

  Erasmus University Rotterdam

  School

  Erasmus School of Economics

  Department

  Applied Economics

  Country

  The Netherlands

  Telephone

  2028137344