Anna Maria Hage
MD, Dr. med.
Health Services Researcher
Biography
Anna joined the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) as a member of the Health Economics Team in May 2026.
She is a medical doctor and health services researcher committed to improving healthcare delivery through patient-centred research, and the development and evaluation of healthcare interventions. She received medical training in Germany and Australia and holds a Dr. med. from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, where she conducted research in women’s health and health services research.
Anna's work has centred on value-based healthcare and the design, implementation, and evaluation of patient-centred interventions in clinical care. Her experience spans multicentre clinical studies, registries, patient-reported outcomes, digital health interventions, and implementation science, particularly in women's health.
During her doctoral research, she implemented a registry for young women with breast cancer to address a significant evidence gap for this patient population. By integrating clinical, molecular, and patient-reported data, the multicentre registry infrastructure with electronic patient follow-up enables real-world clinical research and advanced understanding of patient's healthcare needs and outcomes.
Key publications
Subtype-Specific Survival of Young Women with Breast Cancer and Its Interaction with the Germline BRCA Status
Journal article
Hage AM. et al, (2024), Cancers, 16, 738 - 738
Real-world reference scores for EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-BR23 in early breast cancer patients
Journal article
Karsten MM. et al, (2022), European Journal of Cancer, 163, 128 - 139
PRO B: evaluating the effect of an alarm-based patient-reported outcome monitoring compared with usual care in metastatic breast cancer patients—study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Journal article
Karsten MM. et al, (2021), Trials, 22
Recent publications
Translating the EORTC CAT core and the QLQ-C30 to the EQ-5D-5L in patients with metastatic breast cancer: A comparison of direct and indirect mapping algorithms
Journal article
Gebert P. et al, (2026), The European Journal of Health Economics, 27, 435 - 451
Quantitative assessment of visual designs for communicating patient-reported outcomes in breast cancer care to patients
Journal article
Doppelbauer L. et al, (2025), Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 10
Evidenzen aus der Versorgungsrealität junger Frauen unter 40 Jahren mit Brustkrebs: Entwicklung eines digitalen Befragungssystems
Journal article
Hage AM. et al, (2025), Senologie - Zeitschrift für Mammadiagnostik und -therapie, 22, 291 - 293