Afentoula Mavrodi

Dr. Afentoula Mavrodi has studied Accounting and Finance at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, graduating first in her cohort. She received her MSc in International Health Management from Imperial College Business School, London, UK, with Distinction graduating with the Best Overall Performance in her class, in 2011. She completed her PhD in Business Administration at the University of Macedonia, with a focus on the research area of health economics. For her PhD research she obtained a scholarship of excellency from Onassis Foundation. She has worked as a consulting analyst in the pharmaceutical sector in London, UK, and as a freelance health economist and healthcare consultant in both private and public institutions in Germany and Greece within the framework of two telehealth projects (“Renewing Health” and “United4Health”) funded by the European Commission.

• Principles of Microeconomics
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Research Methods for Business Studies

• Economic evaluation of healthcare interventions
• Healthcare management
• Quality of life assessment
• Patient satisfaction
• Healthcare personnel satisfaction
• Immigrant and minority health

Mavrodi A.G., Kolias G., Karamanis K. 2023. An empirical analysis of Okun’s law at a regional level: evidence from the NUTS 2 European regions. Applied Economics. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2288043.

Mavrodi A., Chatzopoulos S., Aletras V. 2021. Examining Willingness-to-Pay and Zero Valuations for a Health Improvement with Logistic Regression. INQUIRY. The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. doi: 10.1177/00469580211028102.

Beza S., Mavrodi A., Kyratso G., Aletras V. 2021. Health-Related Quality of Life Among Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Northern Greece. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01199-3.

Mavrodi A., Aletras V. 2020. A contingent valuation study for eliciting a monetary value of a quality-adjusted life-year in the general Greek population. Value in Health Regional Issues. 22:36-43. doi: 10.1016/j.vhri.2020.03.002.

Aletras V., Klinis S., Mavrodi A., Kakalou D., Ntantana A., Mallidou A., Niakas D. 2020. A cross-sectional study of patient safety culture in acute-care hospitals in Greece. Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management. 25(3):106-116. doi: 10.1177/2516043520924192.

Mavrodi A., Aletras V. 2019. Preliminary results of a healthcare contingent valuation study in Greece. International Journal of Finance, Insurance and Risk Management. 9: 3-16. doi: 10.35808/ijfirm/194.

Mavrodi A., Aletras V., Spanou A., Niakas D. 2017. Eliciting the monetary value of a quality-adjusted life year in a Greek outpatient department in times of economic austerity. PharmacoEconomics Open. 1(4):291-300. doi: 10.1007/s41669-017-0033-4.

Stafylas P., Mavrodi A., Kourlaba G., Hatzikou M., Rombopoulos G., Maniadakis N. 2014. Economic evaluation of valsartan versus olmesartan addition to Amlodipine and Hydrochlorothiaziade single-pill triple antihypertensive therapy. Value in Health. 17(7): A489-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.08.1443.

Dafoulas G., Mavrodi A., Bargiota A., Giannakakos H., Stafylas P., Gkiata P., Pechlivanoglou P., Theodorou K., Koukoulis G., Aletras V. 2014. Cost utility analysis of long-term telemonitoring of patients with DMT2: Results of the Greek pilot of the renewing health multicenter pragmatic randomized trial. International Journal of Integrated Care. 14(8). doi: 10.5334/ijic.1767.

International Conferenceres

Mavrodi A., Kolias G., Mylonidis N., Gogos C., Karamanis K. 2024. Unveiling Economic Realities: Constructing a Social Accounting Matrix for the Greek Economy and Analysing Multipliers for Enhanced Decision Making. Ioannina Meeting on Applied Economics and Finance, IMAEF 2024, Kefalonia, Greece.

Georgiou C.G., Vretta E.M., Kaparis K., Bitsis K., Paltayian G., Mavrodi A., Thanassoulis E. 2024. A hybrid bi-level DEA model under uncertainty conditions. 33^rd European Conference on Operational Research, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Georgiou C.G., Vretta E.M., Kaparis K., Bitsis K., Paltayian G., Mavrodi A., Thanassoulis E. 2024. Combining bi-level optimization with DEA to handle profit maximization and efficiency evaluation under a stochastic framework. The 18^th European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Faro, Portugal.

Georgiou C.G., Vretta E.M., Kaparis K., Bitsis K., Paltayian G., Mavrodi A. 2024.  Assessment of efficiency and goal establishment within a bi-level data envelopment analysis (DEA) framework under stochastic circumstances. 7^th International Conference on the Dynamics of Information Systems, Kalamata, Greece.

Georgiou C.G., Vretta E.M., Kaparis K., Bitsis K., Paltayian G., Mavrodi A. 2024. A bi-level DEA model for targeting setting in a stochastic environment with potential applications in banking and healthcare. 8^th Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Data analysis International Conference, Chania, Greece.

Mavrodi A., Kolias G., Karamanis K. 2023. Constructing a macro-SAM for the 2015 Greek economy: Key statistics and multiplier findings. 3rd Law, Economics, Business and Innvoation Studies, Istanbul, Turkey.

Mavrodi A., Aletras V. 2019. Preliminary results of a healthcare contingent valuation study in Greece ICABE 2019: International Conference on Applied Business and Economics 2019, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Mavrodi A., Georgiou A., Tsiotras G., Aletrsa V. 2019. Reliability assessment of an instrument eliciting and interpreting willingness-to-pay values for quality of life improvement. 5th World Congress on Health Economics, Health Policy and Healthcare Management, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mavrodi A., Georgiou A., Tsiotras G., Aletras V. 2019. Development of an instrument to assess participants’ motivation on assigning a monetary value to a quality-adjusted life-year: qualitative interviews and pilot study. 21st International Conference on Health Economics, London, UK

Mavrodi A., Georgiou A., Tsiotras G., Aletras V. 2019. Design of a survey tool to facilitate cluster analysis of determinants of willingness-to-pay per quality-adjusted life-year. 3rd World Congress on Public Health and Health Care Management, Dubai, UAE.

Aletras V., Georgiou A., Mavrodi A., Kaparis K., Konstantaras I., Sachpekidis V., Michailidou S., Gatzos T., Styliadis I., Stafylas P. 2016. Investigating performance indicators and service quality improvement in an outpatient cardiology department. ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress, Vienna, Austria.

Dafoulas G., Mavrodi A., Giannakakos H., Gkiata P., Theodorou K., Aletras V., Stafylas P., Koukoulis G., Bargiota A. 2015. Long-term tele-monitoring of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Ancillary analysis of the results of the Greek pilot of the Renewing Health multicentre randomised control trial. 17th European Congres of Endocrinology, Dublin, Ireland.

Mavrodi A., Dafoulas G., Bargiota A., Kidholm K., Giannakopoulos G., Dario C., Toffanin R., Angelidis P., Koukoulis G., Aletras V. 2015. Cost-utility analysis of long-term telemonitoring of DMT2 patients among different EU health systems: The Renewing Health multicentre trial. 8th International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes, Paris, France.

Stafylas P., Mavrodi A., Kourlaba G., Hatzikou M., Rombopoulos G., Maniadakis N. 2014. Economic evaluation of valsartan versus olmesartan addition to amlodipine and hydrochlorothiaziade single-pill triple antihypertensive therapy.ISPOR 17th Annual European Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Dafoulas G., Mavrodi A., Bargiota A., Giannakakos H., Stafylas P., Gkiata P., Pechlivanoglou P., Theodorou K., Koukoulis G., Aletras V. 2014. Cost-utility analysis of long-term tele-monitoring of patients with DMT2: Results of the Greek pilot of the Renewing Health multicentre pragmatic randomised trial. International Digital Health and Care Congress, London, UK.