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Job van Exel is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of economics, health, and social sciences with a significant emphasis on health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a particular concentration within Economics and Econometrics. Other key subfields include General Health Professions, Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Social Psychology.

The main topics covered in their work encompass various aspects of health and economics, such as:

  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Once we have it, will we use it? A European survey on willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19" (2020, The European Journal of Health Economics)
  • "United but divided: Policy responses and people's perceptions in the EU during the COVID-19 outbreak" (2020, Health Policy)
  • "Risk communication during COVID-19: A descriptive study on familiarity with, adherence to and trust in the WHO preventive measures" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "Methodological choices in applications of Q methodology: A systematic literature review" (2023, Social Sciences & Humanities Open)
  • "Characterizing Hope: An Interdisciplinary Overview of the Characteristics of Hope" (2021, Applied Research in Quality of Life)

Van Exel has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Social Science & Medicine
  • The European Journal of Health Economics
  • Value in Health
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Applied Research in Quality of Life

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Werner Brouwer
  • Iryna Sabat
  • Pedro Pita Barros
  • Tom Stargardt
  • Sebastian Neumann-Böhme

This body of work demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach integrating economics and health policy, with a notable focus on public health issues such as vaccine hesitancy and health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Best Publications

  • Once we have it, will we use it? A European survey on willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

    Sebastian Neumann-Böhme;Nirosha Elsem Varghese;Iryna Sabat;Pedro P. Barros

  • Q methodology: A sneak preview

    Job van Exel;Gjalt de Graaf

  • Welfarism vs. extra-welfarism.

    Werner B.F. Brouwer;Anthony J. Culyer;Anthony J. Culyer;N. Job A. van Exel;Frans F.H. Rutten

  • The CarerQol instrument: A new instrument to measure care-related quality of life of informal caregivers for use in economic evaluations

    W. B. F. Brouwer;N. J. A. van Exel;B. van Gorp;W. K. Redekop

  • Caring for and caring about: Disentangling the caregiver effect and the family effect

    Ana Bobinac;N. Job A. van Exel;Frans F.H. Rutten;Werner B.F. Brouwer

  • An Overview of Methods and Applications to Value Informal Care in Economic Evaluations of Healthcare

    Marc A. Koopmanschap;N. Job A. van Exel;Bernard van den Berg;Werner B. F. Brouwer

  • Process utility from providing informal care: the benefit of caring.

    Werner B.F. Brouwer;N. Job A. van Exel;Bernard van den Berg;Geertruidis A.M. van den Bos

  • Economic valuation of informal care: lessons from the application of the opportunity costs and proxy good methods

    Bernard van den Berg;Werner Brouwer;Job van Exel;Marc Koopmanschap

  • Caring for a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Parents’ Quality of Life: Application of the CarerQol

    Renske Hoefman;Nalin Payakachat;Job van Exel;Karen Kuhlthau

  • Burden of caregiving: Evidence of objective burden, subjective burden, and quality of life impacts on informal caregivers of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    Werner B. F. Brouwer;N. Job A. van Exel;Bernard van de Berg;Huib J. Dinant

  • United but divided: Policy responses and people's perceptions in the EU during the COVID-19 outbreak.

    Iryna Sabat;Sebastian Neuman-Böhme;Nirosha Elsem Varghese;Pedro Pita Barros

  • Instruments for assessing the burden of informal caregiving for stroke patients in clinical practice: a comparison of CSI, CRA, SCQ and self-rated burden

    N Job A van Exel;Wilma J M Scholte op Reimer;Werner B F Brouwer;Bernard van den Berg

  • Burden of informal caregiving for stroke patients. Identification of caregivers at risk of adverse health effects.

    N.J.A. van Exel;M.A. Koopmanschap;B. van den Berg;W.B.F. Brouwer

  • The Relations between Hope and Subjective Well-Being: a Literature Overview and Empirical Analysis

    Emma Pleeging;Martijn Burger;Job van Exel

  • How to Include Informal Care in Economic Evaluations

    Renske J. Hoefman;Job van Exel;Werner Brouwer

  • Does Including Informal Care in Economic Evaluations Matter? A Systematic Review of Inclusion and Impact of Informal Care in Cost-Effectiveness Studies

    Marieke Krol;Jocé Papenburg;Job van Exel

  • Public views on principles for health care priority setting: Findings of a European cross-country study using Q methodology

    Job van Exel;Rachel M. Baker;Helen Mason;Cam Donaldson

  • Economic valuation of informal care: the contingent valuation method applied to informal caregiving.

    Bernard van den Berg;Werner Brouwer;Job van Exel;Marc Koopmanschap

  • Preferences for health care and self-management among Dutch adolescents with chronic conditions: A Q-methodological investigation

    Susan Jedeloo;AnneLoes van Staa;AnneLoes van Staa;Jos M. Latour;N. Job A. van Exel

  • A Framework for Including Family Health Spillovers in Economic Evaluation

    Hareth Al-Janabi;Job van Exel;Werner Brouwer;Joanna Coast;Joanna Coast

  • Productivity costs before and after absence from work: as important as common?

    W.B.F Brouwer;N.J.A van Exel;M.A Koopmanschap;F.F.H Rutten

  • Willingness to Pay for a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year: The Individual Perspective

    Ana Bobinac;N.J.A. van Exel;Frans F.H. Rutten;Werner B.F. Brouwer

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc A. Koopmanschap
Marc A. Koopmanschap Erasmus University Rotterdam
Frans F. H. Rutten
Frans F. H. Rutten University Medical Center Utrecht
Jane M. Cramm
Jane M. Cramm Erasmus University Rotterdam
László Gulácsi
László Gulácsi Óbuda University
Jonas Schreyögg
Jonas Schreyögg Universität Hamburg
Anna P. Nieboer
Anna P. Nieboer Erasmus University Rotterdam
Louis W. Niessen
Louis W. Niessen Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Joanna Coast
Joanna Coast University of Bristol
Matt Sutton
Matt Sutton University of Manchester
Reinhard Busse
Reinhard Busse Technical University of Berlin

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