Health and Wellbeing
Keeping healthcare affordable but sustainable and just at the same time. This crucial dilemma is the focus of many of our researchers from the viewpoint of economics, governance, sociology, psychology, law and ethics. Many of them cooperate closely with healthcare professionals.
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Tilburg University and CZ pool expertise in Healthcare System Knowledge Institute
16th March 2021Tilburg University (specifically, the Tilburg School of Economics and Management) and healthcare insurer CZ will be working together in the Healthcare System Knowledge Institute/Academic Collaborative Center for the purpose of gathering and creating knowledge of healthcare systems, the Dutch system in particular. To many parties such knowledge is indispensable for outlining a well-substantiated policy. On March 18, 2021, Tilburg University and CZ signed an agreement formalizing their collaboration.
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Mental health Dutch population reasonably stable despite Covid-19 crisis
03rd March 2021At the end of 2020 around 17% of the adult population in the Netherlands was suffering from mild to severe feelings of fear and depression. In addition around 6% reported severe symptoms of fear and depression. But these percentages dit not differ from those of 2018 and 2019, a new scientific study by CentERdata, Tilburg University and Nivel has shown.
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Majority of managers reluctant to hire applicants with mental health problems
15th January 2021A new Tranzo survey of 670 executives in all Dutch sectors shows that a majority (64%) is reluctant to hire applicants with mental health problems. In addition, one in three managers would not quickly hire an employee who has ever had mental health problems, even if those problems are no longer an issue. The publication will soon be published in the renowned journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine (OEM).
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Evita Bartels MSc
Impact PhD candidate - Customization and personalization of an oncological clinical pathway
TiSEM: Tilburg School of Economics and Management
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TiSEM: Center Ph. D. StudentsEva Billen
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TSB: Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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TSB: Department of Developmental PsychologyE.Billen@tilburguniversity.edu Room S 216
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CoRPS
CoRPS (Center of Research on Psychological and Somatic disorders) is one of the Centers of Excellence at Tilburg University (TiU) and promotes and executes interdisciplinary research on the interface of medicine and psychology in the context of social processes relevant to health and disease.
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Tranzo
Tranzo is the scientific center for care and wellbeing of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences of Tilburg University. Tranzo wants to build a bridge between science and practice in the area of care and wellbeing. The objective is to promote an evidence-based approach by working in co-creation with practitioners to develop and exchange knowledge.
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GO-LAB
In the GO-LAB we study the interrelations between emotions, behavior, and physiology, in the context of individual differences relevant to health and disease.
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