Curriculum vitae Name Trine Kjær, Associate Professor, PhD, MSc Institution Centre of Health Economics (COHERE) University of Southern Denmark Winsløwsvej 9B, 1. DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark Office phone: +45 6550 4085 Depart. phone: +45 6550 3081 Fax: +45 6550 3880 E-mail: tkj@sam.sdu.dk Depart. Web-page www.healtheconomics.dk Date of Birth: 3. March 1976 Nationality: Danish Married to Ole Risgaard, 3 children. Scientific Background Trine Kjær holds a PhD in Health Economics and is currently employed as assistant professor at the department of Health Economics, University of Southern Denmark. Trine Kjær s primary research focuses on preference elicitation (primarily in the context of health) including the study of human behaviour and decision making and methodological research within discrete choice modelling. Trine Kjær has experience working in cross-disciplinary teams and networks nationally as well as internationally. In addition Trine Kjær has experience in writing applications for fundraising and has been involved in a range of different projects including large scale externally funded projects. Trine Kjær has a wide teaching experience in microeconomics topics at all levels such as welfare economics, economic evaluation and health economics. Besides Trine is currently a co-supervisor on a couple of PhD projects. Education PhD Economics, University of Southern Denmark, 2008 MSc in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (Cand Agro), KVL, 2004 BaSc in Biology, Copenhagen University, 2001 Thesis PhD Dissertation. The use of discrete choice experiment in health settings: A contribution to the litereature. Applications and issues of methodology. 2007. (Supervisor: Dorte Gyrd- Hansen)
Visiting scholars Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE), UTS, Australia, 2005. The University of Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Economics, 2001. Employments Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 2008 - Research Assistant, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 2007 Ph.D. student, Institute of Public Health,University of Southern Denmark, 2007-2003 Research assistant, CAST, University of Southern Denmark, 2003 Scientific reviewer Health Economics, Pharmacoeconomics, Value in Health, European Journal of Health Economics, Health Policy, Journal of Applied Health Economics and Policy Teaching experience Health economics (all levels); economic evaluation (all levels); microeconomics (under graduate, Pol.Sc.), welfare economics PhD supervision Trine Kjær is currently the Co-supervisor on: 1) PhD student Line Bjørnskov: Organisation of Primary Care and the Agency Relationship. A project on preference elicitation emphasising the discrete choice experiment. 2) PhD student Betina Højgaard: Documentation of preventive efforts PhD thesis assessment committees Committee member, Trine Strand Bergmo, "Economic evaluation of telemedicine: methodological issues, patient preferences and effect studies in practice, Oslo University, June 2010 Miscellaneous Master profile responsible (Health Care Management and Economics) Ph.D. student representative, Ph.D. study board, Faculty of Social Sciences 2005-2004 Organiser of 14th meeting of Danish Forum for Health Economics, May 2008. Formalised networks and projects participation Member (and day-to-day manager) of the research group Behavioural Economics in Health, department of Health Economics, SDU. Research leader Professor Dorte Gyrd- Hansen Member of Odense Risk Group (ORG). Coordinator Professor Jesper Bo Nielsen.
Participant in the project and international network on Establishing a European value of a QALY, EuroVaQ project (EU 6th framework). Coordinator Professor Cam Donaldson Newcastle University. Participant in the project Continuity of Care for Cancer Patients (funded by Novo Nordisk Fundation). Coordinator Professor Jakob Kragstrup, Research Unit for General Practice, SDU. Participant in the project Coherent Continuity of Care by User-Driven Innovation, Project PaRIS (funded by Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority). Collaborators include OUH, DSI, Mandag Morgen, Odense Municipality, and Patient Associations (cancer, diabetes, heart). Participant in the project Costs and Willingness-To-Pay for Dialysis Treatment in Greenland (funded by Greenland Parliament). Participant in the project Anticipating the Need for Informed-Decision Making: The Case of Prostate Cancer in Denmark (funded by CEMTV). Participant in the project Organisation of Primary Care in Denmark (in collaboration with the Research Unit of General Practice, SDU). Patients preferences for cardiac rehabilitation (funded by Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Region Hovedstaden). Project finished. Participant in the project European Database for Grey Zone Litterature in Economic Evalation in Health (EuroNHEED, funded by European Commision). Coordinator Bengt Jönsson, Sweedish Institute for Health Economics. Project finished. Projects Trine Kjær has been/is involved in range of externally funded projects focusing on preference elicitation for health services. These include; Cancer patients preferences for cancer diagnostic programme (Novo Nordisk Fund) Coherent continuity of care by user-driven innovation (Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority) Costs and willingness-to-pay for dialysis treatment in Greenland (Greenland Parliament) Eliciting preferences for prostate cancer screening (CEMTV) European value of a QALY (EuroVaQ project) (EU 6th framework) Patients preferences for cardiac rehabilitation (Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Region Hovedstaden
Publications Papers in pipeline What dimensions are important to patients in their experience of continuity of care? A study of patients preferences using a discrete choice experiment Kjær, T., Bech M., Draborg E., Mollerup M. To be submitted to The Patient. Examining the public s preferences for library attributes in Denmark. A Discrete choice Experiment. Nielsen, J.S., Kjær, T. To be submitted to Cultural Economics. Examining individual trade-offs for preventive programmes: A stated preference approach. Kjær, T., Højgaard, B.,Gyrd-Hansen, D. Discrete choice experiment on preferences for prostate cancer screening. Kjær, T., Pedersen L.B., Gyrd-Hansen D. Case Management at hospitals - the perspective of the patients. Draborg, E., Kjær, T., Bech, M., Mollerup, M. A review of the DCE literature. Konstad L., Kjær T. To appear in Health Economics Working Paper Series, SDU. Diabetes patients preferences for continuity of care: A discrete choice experiment. Konstad L., Kjær T. Papers in review Pedersen, L., Kjær, T., Kragstrup, J., & Gyrd-Hansen, D. General practitioners' preferences for the organisation of primary care. A discrete choice experiment. Submitted to Health Policy Willingness-to-pay for the establishment of nephrology facilities in Greenland: Application of a discrete choice experiment. Kjær T., Bech M., Andersen C. K. Submitted to European Journal of Health Economics. First round of revisions. Does the use of bias correction approaches influence willingness-to-pay estimates in a discrete choice experiment? An emperical investigation. Kjær T., Bech M. Submitted to Nordic Journal of Health Economics Value of a Life Year across age and context. An analysis of results from a Value of a Statistical Life survey. Nielsen, J.S., Gyrd-Hansen,D., Kjær, T. Original papers (peer-reviewed journal articles) Valuation of morbidity and mortality risk reductions. Does context matter? Nielsen, J.S., Gyrd-Hansen,D., Kjær, T. Accepted for publication in Accident Analysis and Prevention
Pedersen, L., Kjær, T., Kragstrup, J., & Gyrd-Hansen, D. Does the inclusion of a cost attribute in forced and unforced choices matter? Results from a web survey applying a discrete choice experiment. Accepted for publication in Journal of Choice Modelling Pedersen, L., Kjær, T., Kragstrup, J., & Gyrd-Hansen, D. 2011. Do general practitioners know patients preferences? An empirical study on the agency relationship at an aggregate level using a discrete choice experiment. Accepted for publication in Value in Health The influence of information and private versus public provision in an empirical analysis of preferences for screening for prostate cancer in Denmark. Pedersen L.B., Gyrd-Hansen D., Kjær, T. Health Policy forthcoming Disentangling WTP per QALY data: different analytical approaches, different answers. Gyrd- Hansen D., Kjær T. Health Economics, Early view. Scope insensitivity in contingent valuation studies of health care services: should we ask twice? Health Economics, Early View. Does question order influence sensitivity to scope? Empirical findings from a contingent valuation study. Nielsen J. S., Kjær T. To appear in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Does the number of choice sets matter? : Results from a web survey applying discrete choice experiment. Kjær T., Bech M., Lauridsen J. Health Economics, 2011, vol. 20(3), Early view. Cost analysis of establishing dialysis facilities for the treatment of chronic renal failure in Greenland. Kronborg C., Kjær T., Bech M. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2010, 69(5) Soccer attendees preferences for facilities at Fionia Park Stadium: An application of the discrete choice experiment. Pedersen L.B., Kiil A., Kjær T. Omstilling i det grønlandske sundhedsvæsen. Afdækning af befolkningens præferencer for hjemtagning af nyresvigtsbehandling. Bech M., Kjær T., Kronborg C. Økonomi & Politik. 2008, nr. 4: 55-67 Preference heterogeneity and choice of cardiac rehabilitation program: Results from a discrete choice experiment. Kjær T., Gyrd-Hansen D. Health Policy. 2008, vol. 85:124-132 Graded Pairs Comparison - does Strength of Preference matter?: Analysis of Preferences for Specialized Nurse Home Visits for Pain Management. Bech M., Gyrd-Hansen D., Kjær T., Lauridsen J., Sørensen J. Health Economics. 2007, vol. 16: 513-529 Investing patients' preferences for cardiac rehabilitation in Denamark. Kjær T., Gyrd-Hansen D. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 2006, vol. 22: 211-218 Ordering effect and price sensitivity in discrete choice experiments: Need we worry? Kjær T., Bech M., Gyrd-Hansen D., Hart-Hansen K. Health Economics. 2006, vol. 15: 1217-1228 Hvad ønsker studerende af deres fremtidige job? : Illustration af et diskret valg eksperiment.
Bech, M., Kjær, T., Lauridsen J., Gyrd-Hansen D. Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift. 2005, vol. 142: 48-67 Working papers and reports European Value of a Quality Adjusted Life Year. Instrument: Specific Targeted Research Project Final Publishable Report. August 2010. Donaldson, C. and EuroVAQ partners. http://research.ncl.ac.uk/eurovaq/eurovaq_final_publishable_report_and_appendices.pdf Hjemtagning af dialysebehandling til grønlandske patienter med kronisk nyresvigt. / Kronborg, C., Kjær T., Bech M. Syddansk Universitet : Syddansk Universitet, 2008. 76 s. (Health Economics Papers; 2008:14). A review of the discrete choice experiment - with emphasis on its application in health care. Kjær T. Syddansk Universitet, 2005. (Health Economics Papers; 1). Conference papers and contributions Examining individual trade-offs for preventive programmes: A stated preference approach. Kjær, T., Højgaard, B.,Gyrd-Hansen, D. Paper presented at ECHE 2010, 7-10 July, Finland. Scope insensitivity in contingent valuation studies of health care services: Do not ask twice! Gyrd-Hansen, D. Kjær, T., Nielsen, J.S. Paper presented at ECHE 2010, 7-10 July, Finland. Case Management at hospitals - the perspective of the patients. Draborg, Eva Ulriksen; Kjær, Trine; Bech, Mickael ; Mollerup, Mette. 2010. Poster session presented at HTAi 7th Annual Meeting, Dublin, Irland. From the Value of a Statistical life to the Value of a Life Year lost : Does it make sense?. Nielsen J. S., Gyrd-Hansen D., Kjær T. 2010. Paper presented at International Conference on Energy, Environment and Health- Optimisation of Future Energy Systems, København, Danmark. From VSL to VOLY: Does it make any sense? Nielsen J. S., Gyrd-Hansen D., Kjær T. Conference paper. Nordic Health Economics Study Group (NHESG) Meeting, Reykjavik, Iceland 19.-22. August 2009. The influence of information and private versus public provision in an empirical analysis of preferences for screening for prostate cancer in Denmark. Pedersen L.B., Gyrd-Hansen D., Kjær, T. Conference paper. Nordic Health Economics Study Group (NHESG) Meeting, Reykjavik, Iceland 19.-22. August 2009. Cancerpatienters behov og ønsker til sammenhængende patientforløb. Draborg, Eva Ulriksen; Kjær, Trine; Bech, Mickael ; Mollerup, Mette. 2009. 15. møde i Dansk Forum for Sundhedstjenesteforskning 11. november. Willingness-to-pay for the establishment of nephrology facilities in Greenland: Application of a discrete choice experiment. / Kjær T.Bech M., Andersen C. K. 2007. Conference paper. Nordic Health Economics Study Group (NHESG) Meeting, Tartu, Estland, 15.-17. August
2007. Does the Number of Choice Sets Matter? : Results from a Web Survey Applying Discrete Choice Experiment. Kjær T., Bech M., Lauridsen J. 2007. Conference paper. ihea 6th World Congress, Copenhagen, Danmark, 8.-11. July 2007. Does the number of choice matter? : Results from a web survey applying discrete choice experiment. Bech M,. Kjær T., Lauridsen J. Symposium i Anvendt Statistik. Peter Linde (Editor). København : Institut for Økonomi Århus Universitet, Danmarks Statistik, 2007: 51-73 Betydningen af varians i diskret valg studier. Bech M., Kjær T. Symposium i Anvendt Statistik. / red. J. Lauridsen ; D. Andersen-Alstrup. Odense : Økonomisk Institut, Syddansk Universitet og Danmarks Statistik, 2005: 423-447 Introducing cheap talk into a discrete choice experiment: an empirical study of hypothetical bias Kjær T., Bech M. Conference paper. ihea 5th World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 10.-13. July 2005. Stated Preferences for Specialized Nurse Home Visits Using Graded Pairs Comparison : How to Analyse Data? Lauridsen J., Bech M., Gyrd-Hansen D., Kjær T., Sørensen J. Symposium i Anvendt Statistik. Odense : Økonomisk Institut, Syddansk Universitet, 2005: 423-447 Testing for internal consistency, ordering effects and dominant preferences in a discrete choice experiment: a study of preferences for psoriasis treatment. / Kjær T., Bech M., Gyrd- Hansen, D., Hart-Hansen K. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 2004, vol. 4: 38 Book chapters Grønlændernes Ønsker til Udbygning af Sundhedsvæsenet med behandling af patienter med Nyresvigt. Bech, M., Kjær, T., Kronborg, T. In Sundhedsøkonomi: Fra teori til praksis. 2009. Lauridsen, T., Møller Pedersen (editors). Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag Does the number of choice matter? : Results from a web survey applying discrete choice experiment. Bech M,. Kjær T., Lauridsen J. Symposium i Anvendt Statistik. Peter Linde (Editor). København : Institut for Økonomi Århus Universitet, Danmarks Statistik, 2007: 51-73 Stated Preferences for Specialized Nurse Home Visits Using Graded Pairs Comparison : How to Analyse Data? Lauridsen J., Bech M., Gyrd-Hansen D., Kjær T., Sørensen J. Symposium i Anvendt Statistik. Odense : Økonomisk Institut, Syddansk Universitet, 2005: 423-447 Betydningen af varians i diskret valg studier. Bech M., Kjær T. Symposium i Anvendt Statistik. / red. J. Lauridsen ; D. Andersen-Alstrup. Odense : Økonomisk Institut, Syddansk Universitet og Danmarks Statistik, 2005: 423-447 Disseminations
Adfærdsøkonomi, sundhed og fodbold. Kiil, A., Kjær, T., Pedersen, L.B. Alumnebladet.Oktober 2010. Svar går op i røg. Ny Viden, December 2006. Journalist Dan Hansen i samarbejde med Trine Kjær.