Dr. Andreas Kohler

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Research associate and lecturer

Expertise and research interests

Health Economics, International Economics, statistics, econometrics, data science

Educational background

2019 CAS Data Science, FHNW School of Engineering
2018 Bayesian Data Analysis, GSERM St. Gallen
2017 Machine Learning for Treatment Effects, Study Center Gerzensee
2013 PhD in Economics, University of Zurich
2008 Master in Economics, University of Zurich
2005 Diploma in Business Administration, FHNW School of Business

Professional milestones

2020 - today Research associate and lecturer, WIG, ZHAW
2018 - today Data Analyst / Project Manager, santésuisse
2013 - 2018 Research associate, Agroscope, WBF
2008 - 2013 Research assistant, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich

Membership of networks

• Google Scholar
• Research Gate

Projects

• Wirkungsanalyse zum Risikoausgleich mit pharmazeutischen Kostengruppen (PCG) / Team member / Project ongoing
• Sustainability and Resilience in the Swiss Health System / Team member / Project ongoing
• Evaluation der Ärzt:innen-Apotheker:innen-Qualitätszirkel / Team member / Project ongoing
• Klassifikation und Kodierung der Diagnosen und Prozeduren in der ambulanten Gesundheitsversorgung / Team member / Project completed
• Die Wirkung von Tabaksteuern – Die Schweiz im europäischen Ländervergleich / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Osteoarthritis in Switzerland: prevalence, treatment and costs / Team member / Project completed
• Development of dynamic map of the supply region Winterthur / Deputy project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Wunderlich, Anne C.; Kohler, Andreas,

  2022.

  Data of national dishes in the developed and developing countries in the world : their similarity and trade flows.

  Data.

  7(11).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/data7110142

• Wunderlich, Anne C.; Kohler, Andreas,

  2022.

  The impact of agricultural subsidies on obesity.

  Journal of Agriculture and Food Research.

  10(100439).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2022.100439

• Kohler, Andreas; Wunderlich, Anne,

  2021.

  How migrants’ food tastes shape international agro-food trade.

  Applied Economics Letters.

  29(5), pp. 469-476.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2021.1912695

• Mack, Gabriele; Kohler, Andreas; Heitkämper, Katja; El-Benni, Nadja,

  2019.

  Determinants of the perceived administrative transaction costs caused by the uptake of an agri-environmental program.

  Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.

  62(10), pp. 1802-1819.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2018.1515311

• Kohler, Andreas,

  2021.

  Thank you for smoking! : how loopholes create big rents for big tobacco [poster].

  In:

  iHEA 2021 World Congress on Health Economics, virtual, 12-15 July 2021.

• Wieser, Simon; Stucki, Michael; Kohler, Andreas; Lenzin, Golda; Schärer, Xavier,

  2023.

  Grundlagenbericht zur Klassifikation und Kodierung der Diagnosen und Prozeduren in der ambulanten Gesundheitsversorgung.

  Neuchâtel:

  Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27894

• Kohler, Andreas; Maurer, Matthias; Thommen, Christoph,

  2022.

  (Wie) gelingt die Kostendämpfung?.

  Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.

  Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2022/09/22/wie-gelingt-die-kostendaempfung/

• Kohler, Andreas; Stucki, Michael,

  2022.

  Steigende Kosten für die Physiotherapie – wirklich ein Grund zur Panik? : eine Frage des Massstabs.

  Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.

  Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2022/02/17/steigende-kosten-fuer-die-physiotherapie-wirklich-ein-grund-zur-panik-eine-frage-des-massstabs/

• Maurer, Matthias; Wieser, Simon; Kohler, Andreas; Thommen, Christoph,

  2022.

  Partnership for health system sustainability and resilience (PHSSR) : sustainability and resilience in the Swiss health system.

  LSE Consulting.

  Available from: https://www.phssr.org/findings

• Vinci, Linda; Mattli, Renato; Kohler, Andreas,

  2021.

  Die Wirkung von Tabaksteuern : die Schweiz im europäischen Ländervergleich.

  Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.

  Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2021/12/08/die-wirkung-von-tabaksteuern-die-schweiz-im-europaeischen-laendervergleich/

• Dosch, Stephanie; Kohler, Andreas,

  2021.

  Könnten mit einem Referenzpreissystem für Medikamente die Gesundheitskosten gesenkt werden?.

  Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.

  Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2021/09/20/koennten-mit-einem-referenzpreissystem-fuer-medikamente-die-gesundheitskosten-gesenkt-werden/

• Kohler, Andreas; Mattli, Renato; Vinci, Linda,

  2021.

  Die Wirkung von Tabaksteuern : die Schweiz im europäischen Ländervergleich.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://www.lungenliga.ch/sites/default/files/documents/wirkung_von_tabaksteuern_schlussbericht.pdf

• Stucki, Michael; Kohler, Andreas; Boes, Stefan,

  2022.

  Identifying diseases in claims data using a machine learning approach : a case from Switzerland.

  In:

  13th EuHEA Conference, Oslo, Norway, 5-8 July 2022.

• Stucki, Michael; Kohler, Andreas; Boes, Stefan,

  2022.

  Identifying diseases in claims data using a machine learning approach : a case from Switzerland.

  In:

  14. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), Hamburg, Deutschland, 28.-29. März 2022.

• Kaiser, Boris; Kohler, Andreas; Schmid, Christian P. R.,

  2022.

  The role of incomplete administrative health care data : the case of a coverage expansion in Switzerland.

  In:

  14. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), Hamburg, Deutschland, 28.-29. März 2022.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Mack, Gabriele; Kohler, Andreas, 2018. Short- and long-run policy evaluation: support for grassland-based milk production in Switzerland. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 70(1).
Kohler, Andreas, Ferjani, Ali, 2018. Exchange Rate Effects: A Case Study of the Export Performance of the Swiss Agriculture and Food Sector. The World Economy, 41(2).
Foellmi, Reto; Hanslin Grossmann, Sandra; Kohler, Andreas, 2018. A Dynamic North-South Model of Demand-Induced Product Cycles. Journal of International Economics, 110.
Ritzel, Christian; Kohler, Andreas, 2017. Protectionism, how stupid is this? The causal effect of free trade for the world's poorest countries: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in Switzerland. Journal of Policy Modeling, 39(6).

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