Mgr. Lenka Šlegerová

I am a PhD student at the Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University. My research is in health economics and health policy. I focus primarily on the healthcare workforce.

Education: 

2019-present:   PhD studies: IES FSV UK: Economics and Finance
2016-2019:   Master’s studies: IES FSV UK: Economic theory and modelling, Master’s thesis: Health technology assessment: case study on breast carcinoma treatment in the Czech Republic
2013-2016:   Bachelor’s studies: IES FSV UK: Economics and Finance

1/2022-3/2022:   Visiting scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)

Job history:

2021+:   Country expert, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
2020-2023:   Member of the Center for Doctoral Studies, IES FSV UK
2019-2020:   Researcher, Advance Healthcare Management Institute
2019:   Researcher, České priority
2015-2019:   Analyst, Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic

Monographs

• Bryndová L., Šlegerová L., Votápková J., Hroboň P., Shuftan N., & Spranger A. (2023). Czechia: Health system review 2023. Health Systems in Transition. WHO Regional Office for Europe.
• Bryndová L., & Šlegerová L. (2021). Zásah nutný: dopady budoucího ekonomického vývoje a pandemických opatření na příjmy a výdaje systému veřejného zdravotního pojištění. Národohospodářský ústav AV ČR.
• Michenka P., & Šlegerová L. (2023). Lékaři 2022 aneb specializační vzdělávání očima lékařů. Univerzita Karlova, 3. lékařská fakulta.

Chapters in monographs

Articles

• Šlegerová L., & Kopečková K. (2023). The Cost-Effectiveness of Pertuzumab for the Treatment of Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer in Czechia: A Semi-Markov Model Using Cost States. Value in Health Regional Issues, 38(November), 118-125. UT-WOS link
• Michenka P., Fialová L., Šlegerová L., & Marx D. (2022). Analysis of Obligatory Involvement of Medical Students in Pandemic Response in the Czech Republic: Competencies, Experiences, and Legal Implications. International Journal of Public Health, 67(December), UT-WOS link

Contributions in the conference proceedings

• Šlegerová L. (2020). Using 'Costs States' in a Semi-Markov Model to Estimate Cost-Effectiveness: an Illustration for Metastatic HER2 Breast Cancer in the Czech Republic. PEFnet 2020 – European Scientific Conference of Doctoral Students (pp. 195-196).

UNCE Doctoral Fellowship 2023 (University Research Centre, UNCE)

M.A. with distinction from the Director of IES FSV UK for an extraordinarily good master diploma thesis

Teaching Assistant, IES FSV UK:
2019-2020: Health Econometrics, Microeconomics II, Behavioral Economics and Finance, Microeconomics I
2020-2021: Health Econometrics, Microeconomics II, Behavioral Economics and Finance, Microeconomics I
2021-2022: Health Econometrics, Microeconomics II, Behavioral Economics and Finance
2022-2023: Health Econometrics, Microeconomics II, Behavioral Economics and Finance
2023-2024: Health Econometrics

I will be happy to consider supervising Bachelor theses on health economics and healthcare policies, e.g. cost-benefit analysis, policy evaluation, or analysis of healthcare accessibility. Especially a focus on Czechia is welcomed.

As a PhD candidate, I am primarily supervising Bachelor theses. You are encouraged to select your Master thesis supervisor from the current IES faculty. 

4/2021 – 3/2023   START grant distributed by Charles University, designed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (START/MED/071), Clinical Competencies and Postgraduate Training and Occupational Preferences of Medical Students, Principal investigator

1/2020 – 12/2022   Grant Agency of Charles University (GAUK) No. 1308220, Effect of accessibility of general practitioners for children and adolescents on children's health status in the Czech Republic: current situation and future outlook, Principal investigator

• health economics
• health policy
• accessibility of healthcare
• healthcare workforce
• sustainability of healthcare financing