Mikael Svensson
I am a health economist and professor at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and previously Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy at the University of Florida. My research focuses on economic evaluation in healthcare and public health, health technology assessment, and healthcare policy topics.
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Current Research Projects
Reproducible Cost-Effectiveness Models
Can we trust health economic evaluations of new pharmaceuticals? This Forte-funded project examines the reproducibility of pharmacoeconomic models and investigates the impact of researcher degrees of freedom in cost-effectiveness analyses of cancer drugs.
Learn more →The Evidence-Base and Value of Cancer Drugs
Evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness evidence used in reimbursement decisions for new cancer drugs in Sweden. This project examines how surrogate endpoints and limited trial data impact drug pricing and healthcare costs.
Learn more →MedPREP
The focus of MedPREP is on strengthening health system resilience through enhancing the robustness of medical preparedness - particularly the availability, production, and governance of critical pharmaceuticals.
Learn more →Research Team
Ben Harvey
Post-Doc
Daniel Pouragheli
PhD Student
Thomas Lane
Research Assistant
Pedro Serra da Silva
Research Assistant
Phan Thuy Nhien Nguyen
Master's Student
Most Recent Publications
Naimi Johansson, Jonathan Siverskog, Martin Henriksson and Mikael Svensson
JCO Oncology Practice, 2026: in press.
Eva Hagberg, Elias Björnson, Martin Adiels, Bledar Daka, Louise Fornander, Josefin Kjelldahl, David Molnar, Carlo Pirazzi, Ulf Strömberg, Gustav Kjellsson, Carl Bonander, Mikael Svensson, Anders Gummesson and Göran Bergström
Heart, 2026: in press.
Jonathan Golledge, Mette Sogaard, Mikael Svensson, Prem Chand Gupta, Sigrid Nikol, Paulo Eduardo Ocke Reis, Adrian Mahlmann and Gerry Fowkes
The Lancet, 2026: 408: 1383-1396.
Lena Bornhöft, Annika Ekhammar, Mikael Svensson, Maria Dottori and Maria Larsson
BMC Health Services Research, 2026: 26: 1319.
For a complete list of publications organized by topic, please visit my publications page or Google Scholar profile.
Policy & Advisory Roles
Beyond academia, I have extensive experience in the intersection of health economics research and decision-making. My experience includes:
The Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency (TLV)
Member of the Board for Pharmaceutical Benefits, deciding on pharmaceutical reimbursement in Sweden.
Region Västra Götaland
Committee member for the Structured Implementation of Healthcare Technologies (ordnat införande).
Advisory & Consulting
Advisor on health economics, economic evaluation, and HTA to international agencies and payers.
Teaching
Courses
In the academic year 26/27 I teach a course on advanced health economic evaluation methods and direct the master's thesis course, both in the Master's Programme in Public Health Science at the University of Gothenburg.
Teaching Material
My textbook on economic evaluation in healthcare (Studentlitteratur, in Swedish).