Mika Kortelainen
Professor, Research Professor (THL), Vice-head of Department of Economics
mika.kortelainen@utu.fi +358 29 450 4818 +358 50 308 2642 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7868-9651 |
Areas of expertise
Health economics, health care financing, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, social and health care reform
Health economics, health care financing, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, social and health care reform
Research community or research topic
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Biography
Mika Kortelainen is a professor of health economics at the University of Turku and a research professor at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). Previously, he has worked as a chief researcher at the VATT Institute for Economic Research and as a lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK. He is also a docent of economics at the University of Helsinki.
Research
Mika Kortelainen's research fields include health economics, economics of education and applied microeconometrics. His ongoing research projects concern the effectiveness of information and digital technologies in healthcare and the impacts of the healthcare and pharmaceutical market reforms and interventions.
Teaching
Health economics, pharmaceutical markets, causal inference
Publications 
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- Labor Market Returns to Elite STEM Education (2026)
- Journal of human capital
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The effect of age-specific stay-at-home recommendation on healthcare utilization: Evidence from Finland’s COVID-19 policy (2026)
- European Journal of Health Economics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A family affair? Long-term economic and mental health effects of spousal cancer (2025)
- Journal of Population Economics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Economic impact and disease burden of COVID-19 in a tertiary care hospital: A three-year analysis (2025)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hyvinvointialueiden rahoitukseen on vaihtoehtoja (2025)
- Lääkärilehti
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Hyvinvointialueuudistuksen väliarviointi (2025) Haveri, Arto; Jalonen, Harri; Keskimäki, Ilmo; Saari, Juho; Tynkkynen, Liina-Kaisa; Pekurinen, Markku; Kortelainen, Mika; Lyytikäinen, Teemu; Ristikari, Tiina; Sorsa, Ville-Pekka
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Ostrobothnia Digital Clinic Experiment : Pre-Analysis Plan for a Randomized Controlled Trial (2025) Haaga, Tapio; Kortelainen, Mika; Nokso-Koivisto, Oskari; Saxell, Tanja; Seppä, Meeri; Sääksvuori, Lauri
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Perusterveydenhuollon digiklinikka- ja etäasiointi ja läsnäkäynnit sektoreittain Avohilmo-aineistossa 4/2023-3/2024 (2025) Haaga, Tapio; Kortelainen, Mika; Mauno, Vivi; Nokso-Koivisto, Oskari; Saxell, Tanja; Seppä, Meeri; Sääksvuori, Lauri;
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Pre-analysis plan : Adoption and Effects of Free Contraception Programs in Finland (2025) Hägg, Milla; Jussila, Elina; Kortelainen, Mika; Metsälampi, Satu; Viertola, Marika
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Priced Out : Do Adolescents from Low-Income Families Respond More to Cost-Sharing in Primary Care? (2025)
- BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Suunnitelma Kela-korvauksin toteutettavan 65 vuotta täyttäneiden valinnanvapauskokeilun arvioimiseksi : kokeilun vaikutuksia tutkiva rekisteritutkimus (2025) Haaga, Tapio; Hiltunen, Riina; Kortelainen, Mika; Sinervo, Timo
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Three-year cost analysis of laparoscopic appendicectomy versus antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated appendicitis (2025)
- British Journal of Surgery
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Digitaalisten terveyspalvelujen käyttö, käyttäjät, tuotanto ja vaikuttavuus : Esiselvitys (2024) Haaga, Tapio; Herzig, Mikko; Kortelainen, Mika; Nokso-Koivisto, Oskari; Saxell, Tanja; Sääksvuori, Lauri
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Effects of nurse visit copayment on primary care use: Do low-income households pay the price? (2024)
- Journal of Health Economics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Information technology, improved access and use of prescription drugs (2024)
- Journal of the European Economic Association
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Miljardien eurojen kysymys: Miten arvioida terveydenhuollon tehokkuutta ja tuloksia? (2024)
- MustRead
(E1 Popularised article) - Perusterveydenhuollon etäasiointi sektoreittain ja asiakkaiden taustaominaisuuksien mukaan Avohilmo-aineistossa 6/2021–5/2022 (2024) Haaga, Tapio; Herzig, Mikko; Kortelainen, Mika; Nokso-Koivisto, Oskari; Saxell, Tanja; Sääksvuori, Lauri
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - The Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine on the Utilization of Primary Care: A Pre-Analysis Plan (2024) Haaga, Tapio; Kortelainen, Mika; Nokso-Koivisto, Oskari; Saxell, Tanja; Sääksvuori, Lauri
(Other publication) - Costs and duration of orthodontic-surgical treatment with mandibular advancement surgery (2023)
- European Journal of Orthodontics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Does Abolishing a Copayment Increase Doctor Visits? A Comparative Case Study (2023)
- BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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