The Department of Health Management was established within the Faculty of Public Health at the University of Debrecen during the Senate meeting on 6 October 2011, and began its operation on 1 January 2012. As part of organizational restructuring, the former department has been operating as the Institute of Health Economics and Management within the Faculty of Economics at the University of Debrecen since August 2022.
The goal of the Institute is to not only impart knowledge on the organization and management of health systems but also to play a role in ensuring the supply of professionals. Our mission is to educate purposeful leaders and broad-minded professionals in healthcare who will contribute to the development of healthcare and society, and who will recognize new opportunities in our globalizing world. The faculty members working within the Institute are committed to uncovering trends that permeate the transforming global markets and strive to understand the processes and motivations that can contribute to creating lasting values for society in healthcare, conveying this systemic perspective to their students as well. The training programs offered by the Institute aim to equip professionals who participate in our education with the skills to effectively meet the requirements in the public, business, governmental, and non-profit healthcare sectors alike.
The Institute considers it its task to provide expert contributions in the fields of health economics, health management, and health law, in planning, implementing, and monitoring professionally relevant projects, as well as in compiling and managing applications in the healthcare sector.
In addition to the courses in the Master's programs in Health Management and Health Economict, the Institute's staff are responsible for numerous BSc and MSc courses across various disciplines, including healthcare/economic management, public administration, and legal subjects, the operation and management of health systems, as well as health economics courses in both Hungarian and English. The Challenges in Healthcare PhD course is announced annually within the framework of the Institute. Additionally, the mandatory multi-week Health Management course for specialist medical training is held each spring within the framework of the Institute.
The aim of the Institute's research is the complex analysis of health systems and the exploration of their operating conditions, the identification of problems, and the provision of professionally relevant solutions. Key research areas include values in healthcare, economic issues in healthcare, healthy aging, operational characteristics of healthcare organizations, including the pharmaceutical industry, the examination of drug utilization, entrepreneurial and organizational forms in healthcare, organizational and legal issues of treatment and care, applicable management methods and systems, characteristics of motivation and incentives, management and managerial tasks, communication, and conflict management characteristics.
Head of the institute: Dr. Kalasné Dr. Klára Bíró, Associate Professor
Secretary: Gyöngyi Gyarmatiné Hadházi, Administrator
Healthcare Leadership Training Centre
Institute Lecturers:
- Dr. Klára Bíró, Dr. Kalasné, Associate Professor
- Dr. Gábor Bányai-Márton, Master teacher
- Dr. Klára Boruzs, Senior Lecturer
Phd Students:
- Máté Sándor Deák
- Dr. Nándor Kalas
- László Mézes
- Mihály Varga
- Éva Pozsgai
- Dr. Csaba Csipkés
- Balász Kertész (co-leadership)
- Annamária Papp (co-leadership)