Mika Kortelainen
Professor, Research Professor (THL), Vice-head of Department of Economics
mika.kortelainen@utu.fi +358 29 450 4818 +358 50 308 2642 |
Health economics, health care financing, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, social and health care reform
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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.
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.
Health economics, pharmaceutical markets, causal inference
- Family Affair? Long-Term Economic and Mental Effects of Spousal Cancer (2023) Bockerman Petri, Kortelainen Mika, Salokangas Henri, Vaalavuo Maria
- Improving Performance Through Allocation and Competition: Evidence from a Patient Choice Reform (2023) Kortelainen Mika, Laine Liisa, Lavaste Konsta, Saxell Tanja, Siciliani Luigi
- (2023) Böckerman Petri, Kortelainen Mika, Laine Liisa, Nurminen Mikko, Saxell Tanja
- Kvasikokeelliset menetelmät terveydenhuollon ja terveystaloustieteen vaikutusarvioinneissa (2023)
- Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti
- Long-Run Effects of Selective Schools on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes (2023) Kanninen Ohto, Kortelainen Mika, Tervonen Lassi
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- Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti
- (2023) Kortelainen Mika, Markkanen Jaakko, Toivanen Otto, Siikanen Markku
- (2022) Haaga Tapio, Böckerman Petri, Kortelainen Mika, Tukiainen Janne
- Cost-effectiveness of whole-exome sequencing in progressive neurological disorders of children (2022)
- European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
- 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
- Effectiveness of clinical exome sequencing in adult patients with difficult-to-diagnose neurological disorders (2022)
- Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Effects of Nurse Visit Copayments: Does the Primary Care Use of the Poor Respond More? (2022) Haaga Tapio, Böckerman Petri, Kortelainen Mika, Tukiainen Janne
- The indirect effect of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination on unvaccinated household members (2022)
- Nature Communications
- The Long-Run Effects of Cesarean Sections (2022)
- Journal of Human Resources
- Tohtoriksi terveystaloustieteestä Turussa – nyt se on mahdollista! (2022)
- InFLAMES Flagship Blog
- Etäopetuksen vaikutus koronatartuntoihin – Alustavia tuloksia (2021) Kortelainen Mika, Salo Jussipekka, Saxell Tanja, Sääksvuori Lauri, Valkonen Antti
- Hyvinvointialueiden rahoitusmallin kannustinvaikutukset (2021)
- Kansantaloudellinen Aikakauskirja
- Koronapandemia ja mielenterveyserot eri sosioekonomisissa ryhmissä (2021) Kortelainen Mika, Hägg Milla, Saxell Tanja, Siikanen Markku, Sääksvuori Lauri, Valkonen Antti, Salo Jussipekka
- Koronatartuntojen ja sairaalahoidon riskien arviointi ammatti- ja tuloryhmissä (2021) Kortelainen Mika, Salo Jussipekka, Saxell Tanja, Siikanen Markku, Sääksvuori Lauri, Valkonen Antti
- Koronavirus ja terveyserot – Missä sosioekonomisissa ryhmissä koronatartuntoja on Suomessa havaittu eniten? (2021) Kortelainen Mika, Salo Jussipekka, Saxell Tanja, Siikanen Markku, Sääksvuori Lauri, Valkonen Antti



