University of Groningen
Cost and outcome of liver transplantation
van der Hilst, Christian
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Biography
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Biography
Christian van der Hilst was born on the 25th of October, 1977 in Groningen, the Netherlands. He was raised by his parents together with his brothers Martin and Robert. He studied Business at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and did a major in information- and knowledgemanagement. During his studies he attended short international exchanges at Copenhagen Business School in Denmark, The Aalto University School of Business in Finland and the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria. He graduated for his master degree in 2001 on a study performed at KPN Research in Groningen and The Hague, the Netherlands. Before graduation he started working at MR Products B.V. in Eelde, the Netherlands and Machnet B.V. in Maarn, the Netherlands. Both companies engage in research and development, manufacturing and sales of specialty coils for MRI, typically carotids and breast coils.
In 2003 he started at the office for medical technology assessment in the University Medical Center Groningen. He performed multiple cost-effectiveness studies and teached methodology and statistics to physicians and other health professionals. The study for liver transplantation started at the end of 2004 with five-year inclusion and one-year follow-up of all liver transplanted patients in the Netherlands. This study later became the subject of this thesis. Christian switched to the general staff of the hospital in 2006 where he participated in projects in the field of market information, demographic development and preparing negotiations with health insurance companies. He introduced a portfolio model for the clinical departments. In 2011 he became deputy secretary of the board of directors of the University Medical Center Groningen. New projects he participated in included a national program of identifying academic hospital patients and a project about strategic portfolio choices for the University Medical Center Groningen.
Christian lives together with Irene. They are the parents of three fabulous children: Linde, Jenthe and Nils. His hobbies are travelling (visiting 100 different countries as a goal in life), reading, running, meeting (and playing games) with friends, playing computer games, and photograpy.
