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prof.dr.ir. H. Koffijberg (Erik)

Full Professor

About Me

Prof.Dr. H. (Erik) Koffijberg has an MSc in Technical Computer Science from Delft University and a PhD in Decision-Analytic Modelling from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He is full professor Technology Assessment of Digital Health Innovations and chair of the section Health Technology & Services Research of the faculty Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

Erik has over 18 years of experience in (early) health technology assessment (HTA) applied to the evaluation of new diagnostic tests, imaging techniques, prediction models, artificial intelligence and medical devices. He has published on, among others, applied analyses focused on cost-effectiveness and budget impact of innovations in cardiology, oncology and neurology. He also developed new simulation techniques to estimate the long-term effects of (preventive) innovations and new selection approaches to improve efficiency of preventive strategies.

Erik teaches MSc and postgraduate external courses on HTA, Health Economic Modeling, Discrete Event Simulation in Healthcare, and Metamodeling. He also coordinates the Healthcare Technology & Management (HCTM) track of the master program Industrial Engineering & Management. He is PI in multiple large (international) research consortia focusing on the optimal use biomarkers, imaging technologies, and AI, for screening or early disease detection. With his research Erik supports the optimal use and implementation of diagnostic innovations in healthcare.

Erik has been a member of several ZonMw committees and of the board of the Dutch Health Economics Association. Currently he is member of the scientific advisory board of the National Healthcare Institute (ZIN).

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Expertise

Medicine & Life Sciences
Biomarkers
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Costs And Cost Analysis
Health
Quality-Adjusted Life Years
Social Sciences
Cancer
Health Economics

Ancillary Activities

  • Zorginstituut Nederland
    Lid wetenschappelijke adviesraad
  • Stichting Health Impact Assessment
    Board member of the “Stichting Health Impact Assessment”.
  • Zorginstituut Nederland
    Lid van werkgroep ACP/WAR/ZIN - omgaan met onzekerheid in prijsadviezen

Publications

Recent
Jongebloed-Westra, M. (2024). Prevention and healing of diabetes-related foot ulcers: Motivational interviewing, objective adherence and offloading. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036559317
Pouwels, X. G. L. V., Mil, D. V., Kieneker, L. M., Boersma, C., Etten, R. W. V., Evers-Roeten, B., Heerspink, H. J. L., Hemmelder, M. H., Langelaan, M., Thelen, M., Gansevoort, R. T. , & Koffijberg, H. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of home-based screening of the general population for albuminuria to prevent progression of cardiovascular and kidney disease. EClinicalMedicine, 68, Article 102414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102414
Rothery, C., Glynn, D. , & Koffijberg, H. (2024). Rapid Value of Information Using Minimal Modelling. In Value of Information for Healthcare Decision-Making (1 ed., pp. 220-228). (Chapman & Hall - CRC Biostatistics Series). CRC Press (Taylor & Francis). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003156109-9
Groenewegen, A., Zwartkruis, V. W., Rienstra, M., Zuithoff, N. P. A., Hollander, M. , Koffijberg, H., Oude Wolcherink, M., Cramer, M. J., van der Schouw, Y. T., Hoes, A. W., Rutten, F. H., & de Boer, R. A. (2023). Diagnostic yield of a proactive strategy for early detection of cardiovascular disease versus usual care in adults with type 2 diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care in the Netherlands (RED-CVD): A multicentre, pragmatic, cluster-randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet Public Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00269-4
Kunst, N., Siu, A., Drummond, M., Grimm, S., Grutters, J., Husereau, D. , Koffijberg, H., Rothery, C., Wilson, E. C. F., & Heath, A. (2023). Comment on: “Adding Value to CHEERS: New Reporting Standards for Value of Information Analyses”. Applied health economics and health policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-023-00856-y

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Visiting Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Technohal (building no. 18), room 3100
Hallenweg 5
7522NH  Enschede
The Netherlands

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Mailing Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Technohal  3100
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

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