Market Design for Medical Supplies and Services: Corona and Beyond

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • start year

    2020
  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung
  • Principal Investigator

    Prof Dr and Prof Dr and Dr Vitali Gretschko, Nicolas Fugger, Martin Pollrich
  • Research Location

    Germany
  • Lead Research Institution

    ZEW Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW)
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Other secondary impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

The project investigates the optimal design of procedures for the acquisition and allocation of scarce resources like medical supplies, hospital capacity, health workers, vaccines, etc. based on insights from market design. The project aims at providing practical guidelines on how to implement such procedures. The insights improve responses to the pandemic and inform optimal market design after the pandemic.