I am a researcher in the OPPaLE team, holding a PhD in Epidemiology and a Master’s degree in European Public Health. My research focuses on the organisation, use and costs of healthcare services for vulnerable children, with an emphasis on children born very preterm and socioeconomic inequalities in care. I use population-based cohort data and national health claims data to study healthcare pathways and outcomes. I am currently involved in several multidisciplinary projects aiming to improve care for vulnerable children, including PretermCare@5, a collaborative project between OPPaLE and LIRAES (Université Paris Cité); IMPROVE PRETERM, an international, EU-funded comparative effectiveness research project; and CONDOR, which examines coordination and orientation platforms (PCO) for children with neurodevelopmental difficulties.
Research interests
- Follow-up of very preterm infants
- Equitable health and care
- Health services research
Key publications
- Seppänen AV, Draper E S, Petrou S, Barros H, Aubert A M, Andronis L, Kim S W, Maier R F, Pedersen P, Gadzinowski J, Lebeer J, Ådén U, Toome L, van Heijst A, Cuttini M and Zeitlin J, on behalf of the SHIPS Research group (2022) High health-care use at age five in a European cohort of children born very preterm. Journal of Pediatrics. 2022;243:69–77.e9.
View publication - Seppänen AV, Sauvegrain P, Draper E S, Toome L, El Rafei R, Petrou S, Barros H, Zimmermann L J I, Cuttini M, Zeitlin J and the SHIPS Research group (2020) Parents’ ratings of post-discharge healthcare for their children born very preterm and their suggestions for improvement: a European cohort study. Pediatr Res. 2021;89(4):1004-1012.
View publication - Seppänen AV, Bodeau‐Livinec F, Boyle E M, Edstedt‐Bonamy A, Cuttini M, Toome L, Maier R F, Cloet E, Koopman‐Esseboom C, Pedersen P, Gadzinowski J, Barros H, Zeitlin J and the Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe (EPICE) research group (2018) Specialist health care services use in a European cohort of infants born very preterm. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2018;61: 832-39. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14112.
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Theses
Impact of socioeconomic factors on follow-up and health service use up to 5 years of age in a European cohort of children born very preterm
Anna-Veera Seppänen
Promotion : 2017 - 2020
Supervisor.s : Jennifer Zeitlin
