Dr. Carina Oedingen, M. Sc.

Guest scientist

Research focus Health Economics and Health Policy

 

E-mail: Oedingen.Carina@mh-hannover.de

 

Activity profile

  • Preference measurements
  • Health-related quality of life
  • Health economic analyses
  • Distributional issues using the example of organ transplantation

 

Memberships

Carina Oedingen is a member of the German Society for Public Health (DGPH), a member of the German Society for Health Economics (DGGÖ), a member of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and a member of the Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR).

 

Career

10/2022 Received the Reinhard Selten Scholarship for the project "The donor-priority rule revisited: Does blood type influence donor behavior under the donor-priority rule? (PRIORITY)"

09/2022 Disputation of the cumulative dissertation

11/2021 Submission of the cumulative dissertation with the title: "Preferences of the general population in organ allocation: A discrete choice experiment on principles of distributive justice"

Since 05/2018 PhD student at the Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research, Research Focus Health Economics and Health Policy, Hannover Medical School
Topic of the cumulative dissertation: "Preferences of the general population in organ allocation: A discrete choice experiment on principles of distributive justice"

12/2017 Received the AOK sponsorship award for an outstanding thesis in the Master's program in Public Health: "The effect of combined oral contraceptives on venous thromboembolic events. Systematic review and meta-analysis."

Since 12/2016 Research assistant at the Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research, Research Unit Health Economics and Health Policy, Hannover Medical School

10/2014 - 09/2016 Master's degree in Health Sciences/Public Health, Bielefeld University
Thesis topic: "The effect of combined oral contraceptives on venous thromboembolic events. Systematic review and meta-analysis."

04/2015 - 09/2016 Research assistant at the Faculty of Health Sciences, AG3 Epidemiology & International Public Health, Bielefeld University

10/2011 - 09/2014 Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
Thesis topic: "The effect of academic education on health inequalities in Germany. An empirical analysis based on the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)."

09/2013 - 02/2014 Student assistant at the Institute of Social Sciences, Working Group Positive Political Theory/Political Economy, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg

07/2013 - 10/2013 Research internship at SOCIUM (formerly Center for Social Policy), Department of Health Economics, Health Policy and Health Services Research, University of Bremen

10/2012 - 09/2013 Student assistant at the Institute of Social Sciences, Working Group Political System of Germany and the EU, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

 

Projects

  • CHERH 2 Project 7: Preferences in the allocation of organs
  • CORETH Project (The Choice of Renal Replacement Therapy)
  • COSMO
  • ICOPE - Identifying Chances and Challenges in Organ Transplant Patient Education: Status Analysis and Program Development

 

Teaching

  • Lecture Health Economics in Module 5 "Management in Health Care" in the study programmes Public Health at Hannover Medical School

  • Seminar "Social Medical Aspects" in the module Public Health II "Social Medicine and Health Economics" in the study programmes Human Medicine at Hannover Medical School

  • Support for the excursion in Module 15 "Stakeholders and New Forms of Care" in the Public Health study programmes at Hannover Medical School

 

Publications

 

2025

Blaser J, Janßen A, Pardey N, Oedingen C, Krauth C, Worthmann H (2025). Telestroke network: better and cheaper care for stroke patients. f&w 6|2025

 

2024

Qu Z, Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Krauth C (2024). Factors influencing deceased organ donation rates in OECD countries: a panel data analysis. BMJ Open 2024;14:e077765. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077765

2023

Bartling T, Oedingen C, Schrem H, Kohlmann T, Krauth C (2023). Setting Organ Allocation Priorities: A Discrete Choice Experiment with German Patients and Their Relatives. Patient Preference and Adherence 2023:17 827-838

Krauth C, Schaubert K, Oedingen C (2023). Health economic evaluation of preventive and health-promoting interventions. In: Tiemann M, Mohokum M (eds) Prevention and Health Promotion. Springer Reference Nursing - Therapy - Health. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

Krüger K, Oedingen C, Kautz A, Langenbacher D, Rossol S, Stahmeyer JT, Krauth C (2023). Lifestyle interventions for patients with non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis-Design, rationale and protocol of the study "target group-specific optimisation of lifestyle interventions for behavior change in non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (OPTI-NASH)". PLoS ONE 18(7): e0288905. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288905

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Krauth C (2023). PCR266 Transplant physicians' preferences in deceased organ allocation: a pilot discrete choice experiment. Value in Health 26(12):S501. Doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2023.09.2703.

Qu Z, Oedingen C, Bartling T, Krauth C, Schrem H (2023). Systematic review on the involvement and engagement of patients as advisers for the organization of organ transplantation services. BMJ Open 2023;13:e072091. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072091

2022

Bartling T, Oedingen C, Kohlmann T, Schrem H, Krauth C (2022). How should deceased donor organs be allocated? The patient's perspective derived from semi-structured interviews. Patient Prefer Adherence. 16:2375-2385. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S372603.

Krauth C, Bartling T, Oedingen C (2022). Preference elicitation using discrete choice experiments in the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Forum. 30(3):193-197. doi: 10.1515/pubhef-2022-0052.

Oedingen C (2022). Preferences of the general population in organ allocation: a discrete choice experiment on distributive justice principles. Hanover. Online at: https://mhh-publikationsserver.gbv.de/receive/mhh_mods_00002301.

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Mühlbacher AC, Krauth C (2022). P49 Public preferences in organ allocation: a discrete choice experiment regarding principles of distributive justice. Value in Health. 25(12):S12. Doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2022.09.061.

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Mühlbacher AC, Krauth C (2022). Public preferences in organ allocation: a discrete choice experiment regarding distributive justice. The Patient. 15(6):729-738. doi: 10.1007/s40271-022-00601-y.

2021

Bartling T, Oedingen C, Schrem H, Kohlmann T, Krauth C (2021). 'As a surgeon, I am obliged to every single patient': evaluation of focus group discussions with transplantation physicians on the allocation of donor organs. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation 26(5):459-467. doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000908.

Krauth C, Oedingen C, Bartling T, Dreier M, Spura A, de Bock F, et al. (2021). Public preferences for exit strategies from COVID-19 lockdown in Germany - a discrete choice experiment. International Journal of Public Health 66:591027. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2021.591027.

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Mühlbacher AC, Krauth C (2021). Public preferences for the allocation of donor organs for transplantation: a discrete choice experiment. Social Science & Medicine 287:114360. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114360.

Qu Z, Oedingen C, Bartling T, Beneke J, Zink M, Krauth C, et al. (2021). Systematic review on potential brain dead donor estimations and conversion rates to actually realized organ donations. Transplantation Reviews 35(4):100638. doi: 10.1016/j.trre.2021.100638.

2020

Bartling T, Oedingen C, Kohlmann T, Schrem H, Krauth C (2020). A systematic review of physicians' and patients' preferences regarding the allocation of deceased donor organs: to what extent are physicians acting as advocates for their patients? E-Poster at the 28th International Congress of the Transplantation Society (TTS). Transplantation 104(S3):S246. Doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000699708.40118.67.

Bartling T, Oedingen C, Kohlmann T, Schrem H, Krauth C (2020). Comparing preferences of physicians and patients regarding the allocation of donor organs: a systematic review. Transplantation Reviews 34(1):100515. doi: 10.1016/j.trre.2019.100515.

Krauth C, Oedingen C (2020). Health economic principles in prevention and health promotion. In: Tiemann M, Mohokum M (eds.). Prevention and health promotion. Springer Reference Nursing - Therapy - Health. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

Liersch S, Krüger K, Oedingen C, Spreenberg A, Bergemann T, Krauth C (2020). Evaluation of the pediatric-centered integrated care AOK Junior: protocol for a mixed-method study. BMC Health Services Research 20(1):217. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05088-7.

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Dierks M-L, Mühlbacher AC, Schrem H, Krauth C (2020). Systematic review and focus group discussions of public preferences for the allocation of deceased donor organs as preliminary works: building a discrete choice experiment evaluating principles of distributive justice. E-Poster at the 28th International Congress of the Transplantation Society (TTS). Transplantation 104(S3):S247. Doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000699708.40118.67.

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Dierks M-L, Mühlbacher AC, Schrem H, Krauth C (2020). Public preferences for the allocation of donor organs for transplantation: focus group discussions. Health Expectations 23(3):670-680. doi: 10.1111/hex.13047.

Qu Z, Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Krauth C (2020). Organ procurement and transplantation in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lancet 396(10260):1395. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32213-3.

2019

Bartling T, Oedingen C, Krauth C (2019). Preference measurement for quality development in organ allocation. Public Health Forum 27(3):217-220. doi: 10.1515/pubhef-2019-0035.

Niewald AK, Oedingen C, Razum O (2019). What can health journalism achieve? A criteria-based evaluation of reporting on HPV vaccination 2006 to 2009 in Germany. [What can health journalism achieve? A criterion-based evaluation of print media coverage of the HPV vaccine in Germany, 2006 to 2009]. Das Gesundheitswesen. 81(2):150-156. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-101755.

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Mühlbacher AC, Schrem H, Krauth C (2019). Public preferences for the allocation of donor organs for transplantation: principles of distributive justice. Presentation at the 28th Annual Meeting of the German Transplantation Society (DTG). Transplant International 32(Suppl. 3):22-23. doi: 10.1111/tri.13499.

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Mühlbacher AC, Schrem H, Krauth C (2019). Systematic review of public preferences for the allocation of donor organs for transplantation: principles of distributive justice. The Patient 12(5):475-489. doi: 10.1007/s40271-019-00363-0.

2018

Oedingen C (2018). Journal review. G+G Science 18(4):2.

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Krauth C (2018). Public, medical professionals' and patients' preferences for the allocation of donor organs for transplantation: study protocol for discrete choice experiments. BMJ Open 8(10):e026040. Doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026040.

Oedingen C, Scholz S, Razum O (2018). Systematic review and meta-analysis of the association of combined oral contraceptives on the risk of venous thromboembolism: the role of the progestogen type and estrogen dose. Thrombosis Research 165:68-78. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres. 2018.03.005.

2017

Oedingen C, Girndt M, Mau W, Neumann D, Krauth C (2017). The choice of renal replacement therapy (CORETH) project: patient participation, quality of life and economic consequences. Presentation at the joint annual conference of DGSMP, DGEpi and DGMS. Das Gesundheitswesen 79(08/09):706. Doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1605761.

Oedingen C, Neumann D, Mau W, Girndt M, Krauth C (2017). The choice of renal replacement therapy (CORETH) project: patient participation, quality of life and economic consequences. Poster presentation at the 26th Annual Meeting of the German Transplantation Society (DTG). Transplant International 30(Suppl. 4):31. Doi: 10.1111/tri.13065.

Oedingen C, Scholz S, Razum O (2017). The effect of combined oral contraceptives on venous thromboembolic events. Systematic review and meta-analysis. Presentation at the Joint Annual Meeting of DGSMP, DGEpi and DGMS. Das Gesundheitswesen 79(08/09):698-699. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1605739.