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Research Interests
Valentina mainly contributes to the analysis of care provision as a part of the Economics of Health and Social Care (ESHCRU) unit. She is further involved in the analysis of outcomes for carers within the Quality and Outcomes Research Unit (QORU). Valentina is a member of the QORU Public Involvement Implementation Group (PIIG) and organises the LSEHSC formal seminar series.
Valentina's broader research interest include user and carer experience, personalisation and the provision and financing of social care. She has a background in economics and has, after receiving her MSc degree from University of Lund, Sweden, held positions with the UNDP Croatia and the Eurofound in Dublin researching individual wellbeing and quality of life. Valentina's PhD thesis (2013) investigated the individual wellbeing effects of choice policies in health and LTC in European countries. Prior to joining the PSSRU in 2012 Valentina worked as a lecturer in comparative social policy at the University of Bristol.
Valentina Zigante's Publications
Journal Articles
Journal Article
The choice agenda in European health systems: the role of middle-class demands (2016)
Costa-Font J, Zigante V
Public Money and Management 36, 6, 409-416
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Subjective well-being as a measure of welfare and equity: the case of choice policies in health care (2011)
Zigante V
CESifo Economic Studies 57, 4, 715-739
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Ever rising expectations - the determinants of subjective welfare in Croatia (2008)
Zigante V
Financial Theory and Practice 32, 2, 115-138
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Book Section
Choice in health care: drivers and consequences (2012)
Zigante V, Costa-Font J, Cooper Z
Edward Elgar
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DP or working paper
'The choice agenda' in European health systems: the role of 'middle class demands' (2014)
Costa-Font J, Zigante V
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Are health care ‘choice – and – competition’ reforms really efficiency driven? (2012)
Costa-i-Font J, Zigante V
LSE Health, London School of Economics
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Zigante V, Mazzotta F, Fernández J-L
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Blog
Blog post: Why the views of middle class citizens help explain increased choice in European healthcare systems (2014)
Costa-Font J, Zigante V
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