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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- 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) - 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) - 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) - Family Affair? Long-Term Economic and Mental Effects of Spousal Cancer (2023) Bockerman Petri, Kortelainen Mika, Salokangas Henri, Vaalavuo Maria
(Other publication) - Improving Performance Through Allocation and Competition: Evidence from a Patient Choice Reform (2023) Kortelainen Mika, Laine Liisa, Lavaste Konsta, Saxell Tanja, Siciliani Luigi
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Information technology, improved access and, use of prescription drugs (2023) Böckerman Petri, Kortelainen Mika, Laine Liisa, Nurminen Mikko, Saxell Tanja
(Other publication) - Kvasikokeelliset menetelmät terveydenhuollon ja terveystaloustieteen vaikutusarvioinneissa (2023)
- Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Long-Run Effects of Selective Schools on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes (2023) Kanninen Ohto, Kortelainen Mika, Tervonen Lassi
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Syövän vaikutukset puolison tuloihin ja työllisyyteen (2023)
- Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Effects of Price Regulation on Pharmaceutical Expenditure and Availability (2023) Kortelainen Mika, Markkanen Jaakko, Toivanen Otto, Siikanen Markku
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Abolishing a GP Visit Copayment: Did It Affect GP Use? (2022) Haaga Tapio, Böckerman Petri, Kortelainen Mika, Tukiainen Janne
(Other publication) - Cost-effectiveness of whole-exome sequencing in progressive neurological disorders of children (2022)
- European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Do Low-Income Households Respond More to Cost Sharing in Primary Care? Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Design (2022) Haaga Tapio, Böckerman Petri, Kortelainen Mika, Tukiainen Janne
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