Prof. Dr. Simon Reif

Health Care Markets and Health Policy

Simon Reif is a health economist and has been head of the Research Group “Health Care Markets and Health Policy” at ZEW Mannheim. He is also professor of economics with a focus on healthcare markets at Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and member of the Munich Center for Health Economics and Policy (M-CHEP).

He studied economics and sociology at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, the University of Hull, UK, and LMU Munich. After completing his PhD at FAU on the supply of medical services, he worked as a PostDoc at RWI Essen and as a consultant for digital health startups.

His research lies in the areas of health economics and applied econometrics, with a focus on the behavioral and institutional aspects of medical service provision, in particular on how digitalization shapes health care services.

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Prof. Dr. Simon Reif

Head Email simon.reif@zew.de Phone +49 (0)621 1235-171

Unit: Health Care Markets and Health Policy

Selected Publications

Mechanisms of action for digital therapeutics

Schmidt, Linea, Benedikt Langenberger, Felix Schirmann, Simon Reif and Ariel Dora Stern (2026), Mechanisms of action for digital therapeutics, npj Digital Medicine 9(274).

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Effects of primary admission vs. secondary transfer to burn centers on mortality: An analysis of the German Burn Registry

Billner, Moritz, Simon Reif, Sarina Delavari, Sebastian Grimme, Celena Sörgel, Maximilian Stumpfe, David Breidung and Denis Ehrl (2026), Effects of primary admission vs. secondary transfer to burn centers on mortality: An analysis of the German Burn Registry, Burns 52(4), 107949.

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Stern, Ariel D., Jan Broenneke, Jörg F. Debatin, Julia Hagen, Hendrik Matthies, Smit Patel, Ievan Clay, Björn Eskofier, Annika Herr, Kurt Hoeller, Ashley Jaksa, Daniel B. Kramer, Mattias Kyhlstedt, Katherine T. Lofgren, Nirosha Mahendraratnam, Holger Muehlan, Simon Reif, Lars Riedemann and Jennifer C. Goldsack (2022), Advancing digital health applications: priorities for innovation in real-world evidence generation, The Lancet Digital Health 4(3), 200-206.

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The Effect of Self-Inflicted Burns on ABSI Score Prediction Power: a four-year prospective multicenter study of the German Burn Registry

Billner, Moritz, Simon Reif and Bert Reichert (2022), The Effect of Self-Inflicted Burns on ABSI Score Prediction Power: a four-year prospective multicenter study of the German Burn Registry, Burns 48(7), 1710-1718.

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Poly Implant Prothèse and Rofil Substandard Breast Implant Explantations from a Large German Single Centre from 2011 to 2014: A Comparative Study

Billner, Moritz, Anne Wirthmann, Simon Reif and Ulrich M. Rieger (2016), Poly Implant Prothèse and Rofil Substandard Breast Implant Explantations from a Large German Single Centre from 2011 to 2014: A Comparative Study, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 40, 507-513.

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Reif, Simon, Regina Riphahn, Christina Gathmann, Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Friederike Hertweck, Ingo E. Isphording, Sönke Matthewes, Kerstin Schneider, Katharina Spieß, Martin Fischer, Stefan Mangelsdorf, Hannes Ullrich, Amelie Wuppermann, Rüdiger Bachmann, Almut Balleer, Zeno Enders, Niklas Garnadt, Heiko Stüber, Thomas Bauer, Ines Helm, Christian Raffer, Sebastian Siegloch, Sandra Schaffner, Andreas Lichter, Sandra Gottschalk, Carla Krolage, Georg Licht, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Wichert (2023), Datenzugang für Forschung und Politikberatung in Deutschland, Wirtschaftsdienst – Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 103(11) .