Lien Nguyen

Name: Lien Nguyen
Job title: Senior Researcher
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

  • 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

2008– 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).