Lien Nguyen

Name: Lien Nguyen
Job title: Research Manager
Tel: +358 29 524 7466
E-mail: [email protected]

Expertise

  • Health economics 
  • Public economics

Primary duties

  • Health economics research
  • EXCELC research on effectiveness and efficiency in long-term care

Education

  • 2017 Docent, Health Economics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2008 Doctor of Social Sciences (PhD, Economics), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
  • 1996 Master of Social Sciences (Economics), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Work experience

  • 2023- Research Manager, THL
  • 2008–2023 Senior Researcher, Centre for Health and Social Economics (CHESS), National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (THL/STAKES) 

Language skills

  • Finnish
  • English 
  • Vietnamese (native language)
  • French (basics)

Publications

  • Linnosmaa I, Nguyen L (2016). Long-term care expenditures in Finland. In Greve B (ed). Long-Term Care for the Elderly in Europe: Development and Prospects. New York: Routledge. 
  • Linnosmaa I, Nguyen L, Jokimäki H. (2020). The EXCELC project in Finland: The main descriptive findings from surveys using the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT). Discussion paper 29/2020. Helsinki: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). 
  • Nguyen L, Jurvanen H, Häkkinen U, Sund R, Syvänne M, Tierala I (2016). Lääkkeet sydäninfarktin hoidossa. Statiinihoidon hyödyt ja haitat. Raportti 6/2016. Helsinki: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
  • Nguyen L, Seppälä TT (2014). Väestön lääkäripalvelujen käyttö ja kokemukset terveyspalveluista. In Vaarama M, Karvonen S, Kestilä L, Moisio P, Muuri A (eds). Suomalaisten hyvinvointi 2014. Helsinki: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
  • Gallus S, A Lugo, C La Vecchia, P Boffetta, FJ Chaloupka, P Colombo, L Currie, E Fernandez, C Fischbacher, A Gilmore, F Godfrey, L Joossens, ME Leon, DT Levy, L Nguyen, G Rosenqvist, H Ross, J Townsend, L Clancy (2014). Pricing Policies and Control of Tobacco in Europe (PPACTE) project: cross-national comparison of smoking prevalence in 18 European countries. European Journal of Cancer Prevention 23: 177–185.
  • Nguyen L, Rosenqvist G, Pekurinen M (2012). Demand for Tobacco in Europe. An Econometric Analysis of 11 Countries for the PPACTE Project. THL Report 6/2012. Helsinki: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
  • Nguyen L, Pekurinen M, Rosenqvist G (2012). Taloudellisten tekijöiden vaikutus tupakan kysyntään Suomessa 1960–2009. In Heloma A, Ollila H, Danielsson D, Sandström P, Vakkuri J (eds). Kohti Savutonta Suomea – Tupakoinnin ja tupakkapolitiikan muutokset. Helsinki: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).