Flurina Meier

Personal profile

Management role

dep. Head, Health Services Research

Position at the ZHAW

Scientific Collaborator

Expertise and research interests

Care of older and/or chronically ill persons, financing of long-term care, integrated care, systematic reviews

Educational background

since 2021 PhD-Candidate (Dr. Sc. med.) at University of Basel with the SwissTPH Basel
2018 MAS in Managed Healthcare
2010 Diploma in higher education for Biology, ETH Zürich
2009 MSc in Human Movement Science, ETH Zürich

Professional milestones

since 2017 Deputy Head of Health Services Research Unit, WIG
since 2012 Scientific Collaborator, WIG
2009-2012 Scientific Collaborator, SwissTPH Basel und ISPM Basel

Membership of networks

• Public Health Schweiz
• ETH Alumni - Fachgruppe Bewegungswissenschaften

Projects

• Erklärvideo Pflegefinanzierung / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Gesamtauswertung Altersmonitoring von Pro Senectute Schweiz / Team member / Project ongoing
• Entwicklung eines Geriatriekonzepts für den Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Leistungsintensität von Spitex-Klientinnen und -Klienten und ihre Abbildung im Komplexitätsmodell / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Leistungsintensität von Spitex-Klientinnen und -Klienten und ihre Abbildung im Vergütungssystem / Project leader / Project completed
• COVID-19 Social Monitor / Team member / Project completed
• Health Technology Assessment: Infliximab reference product versus biosimilar for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis / Team member / Project completed
• Leistungs- und Finanzierungsmodelle für betreutes Wohnen Zuhause / Project leader / Project completed
• Komplexität von Spitexleistungen und Ihre Abbildung im Vergütungssystem / Project leader / Project completed
• Ökonomische Begleitevaluation Drehscheibe RegioArbon / Project leader / Project completed
• Suche und Bewertung von ergänzenden Modellen zur Verzögerung von Heimeintritten / Project leader / Project completed
• Aufbau eines tragfähigen Netzwerkmanagements in der Region rechtes Limmattal / Project leader / Project completed
• Begleitevaluation der neuen Versorgungsangebote von Thurvita: Älter werden im Quartier und Thurvita Care / Project leader / Project completed
• Ist- und Trendanalyse des Versorgungs- und Serviceangebots einer Gemeinde im Bereich Alter und Pflege / Team member / Project completed
• Evaluation of the health economic impact of the AO Foundation / Team member / Project completed
• Fortified food for nutritional deficiencies / Team member / Project completed
• Anlaufstelle Gesundheit und Alter rechtes Limmattal: Fachbegleitung Case Management / Project leader / Project completed
• Kantonale Unterschiede in der Finanzierung der Universitätsspitäler / Team member / Project completed
• Fachklinik Sune-Egge: Zukünftiger Bedarf und Trendszenarien / Team member / Project completed
• Spital Limmattal: Koordination der Altersversorgung im Zweckverband des Spitals Limmattal / Project leader / Project completed
• Analyse der Kostensituation eines Pflegezentrums im Kanton Luzern / Team member / Project completed
• Spital Limmattal: Vorgehenskonzept Weiterentwicklung Pflegezentrum / Team member / Project completed
• kneipp-hof Dussnang AG: Strategische Positionierung / Team member / Project completed
• Kosten-Nutzwert-Studie bei orthopädischen Operationen an der oberen Extremität / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Analysis of Needs for Hospice Beds in the Health Care Region of Winterthur / Team member / Project completed
• Literatursuche Kompressionsstrümpfe / Team member / Project completed
• KJPD: Situationsanalyse des ambulanten Bereiches / Team member / Project completed
• Stadt Winterthur Alterszentren: Organisationsmodelle für die ärztliche Versorgung / Team member / Project completed
• Themenanalyse für Stadt Winterthur / Team member / Project completed
• Robotics and autonomous devices in social and health care / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Grobet, Cécile; Audigé, Laurent; Eichler, Klaus; Meier, Flurina; Marks, Miriam; Herren, Daniel B.,

  2022.

  Cost-utility analysis of thumb carpometacarpal resection arthroplasty : a health economic study using real-world data.

  Journal of Hand Surgery (American Volume).

  47(5), pp. 445-453.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2022.01.013

• Grobet, Cécile; Glanzmann, Michael C.; Eichler, Klaus; Rickenbacher, Dominik; Meier, Flurina; Brunner, Beatrice; Audigé, Laurent,

  2021.

  Cost-utility analysis of total shoulder arthroplasty : a prospective health economic study using real-world data.

  Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.

  30(9), pp. 1998-2006.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2021.03.136

• Grobet, Cécile; Audigé, Laurent; Eichler, Klaus; Meier, Flurina; Brunner, Beatrice; Wieser, Simon; Flury, Matthias,

  2020.

  Cost-utility analysis of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair : a prospective health economic study using real-world data.

  Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation.

  2(3), pp. 193-205.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asmr.2020.02.001

• Eichler, Klaus; Höglinger, Marc; Meier, Flurina; Knöfler, Fabio; Scholz-Odermatt, Stefan M.; Brügger, Urs; Denk, Eberhard; Gutzwiller, Felix; Prein, Joachim; Renner, Nikolaus; Joeris, Alexander,

  2020.

  Impact of osteosynthesis in fracture care : a cost comparison study.

  Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research.

  9(7), pp. 483-496.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2217/cer-2019-0194

• Eichler, Klaus; Hess, Sascha; Twerenbold, Claudia; Sabatier, Magalie; Meier, Flurina; Wieser, Simon,

  2019.

  Health effects of micronutrient fortified dairy products and cereal food for children and adolescents : a systematic review.

  PLOS ONE.

  14(1).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210899

• Joeris, Alexander; Höglinger, Marc; Meier, Flurina; Knöfler, Fabio; Scholz, Stefan; Brügger, Urs; Denk, Eberhard; Gutzwiller, Felix; Prein, Joachim; Renner, Nikolaus; Eichler, Klaus,

  2019.

  The impact of the AO foundation on fracture care : an evaluation of 60 years AO foundation.

  Injury.

  50(11), pp. 1868-1875.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2019.07.016

• Wanner, Miriam; Martin, Brian W.; Autenrieth, Christine S.; Schaffner, Emmanuel; Meier, Flurina; Brombach, Christine; Stolz, Daiana; Bauman, Adrian; Rochat, Thierry; Schindler, Christian; Kriemler, Susi; Probst-Hensch, Nicole,

  2016.

  Associations between domains of physical activity, sitting time, and different measures of overweight and obesity.

  Preventive Medicine Reports.

  3, pp. 177-184.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.01.007

• Wanner, Miriam; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Kriemler, Susi; Meier, Flurina; Autenrieth, Christine; Martin, Brian W.,

  2016.

  Validation of the long international physical activity questionnaire : influence of age and language region.

  Preventive Medicine Reports.

  3, pp. 250-256.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.03.003

• Wanner, Miriam; Martin, Brian W; Meier, Flurina; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Kriemler, Susi,

  2013.

  Effects of filter choice in GT3X accelerometer assessments of free-living activity.

  Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

  45(1), pp. 170-177.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0b013e31826c2cf1

• Schikowski, Tamara; Schaffner, Emmanuel; Meier, Flurina; Phuleria, Harish C.; Vierkötter, Andrea; Schindler, Christian; Kriemler, Susi; Zemp, Elisabeth; Krämer, Ursula; Bridevaux, Pierre-Olivier; Rochat, Thierry; Schwart, Joel; Künzli, Nino; Probst-Hensch, Nicole,

  2013.

  Improved air quality and attenuated lung function decline : modification by obesity in the SAPALDIA cohort.

  Environmental Health Perspectives.

  121(9), pp. 1034-1039.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206145

• Wanner, Miriam; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Kriemler, Susi; Meier, Flurina; Bauman, Adrian; Martin, Brian W.,

  2013.

  What physical activity surveillance needs : validity of a single-item questionnaire.

  British Journal of Sports Medicine.

  48(21), pp. 1570-1576.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2012-092122

• Rimmele, Ulrike; Meier, Flurina; Lange, Tanja; Born, Jan,

  2010.

  Suppressing the morning rise in cortisol impairs free recall.

  Learning & Memory.

  2010(17), pp. 186-190.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.1728510

• Becker, Heidrun Karin; Scheermesser, Mandy; Früh, Michael; Treusch, Yvonne; Auerbach, Holger; Hüppi, Richard Alexander; Meier, Flurina,

  2013.

  Robotik in Betreuung und Gesundheitsversorgung.

  1. Auflage.

  Zürich:

  vdf Hochschulverlag.

  TA-Swiss ; 58.

  ISBN 978-3-7281-3520-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3218/3521-6

• Höglinger, Marc; Heiniger, Sarah; Egger, Thomas; Meier, Flurina; Moser, André; Schmelzer, Sarah,

  2023.

  Lebensqualität, psychische Gesundheit, Einsamkeit und Adhärenz an Schutzmassnahmen während der Covid-19-Pandemie : Schlussbericht zum Covid-19 Social Monitor.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2458

• Meier, Flurina,

  2022.

  Vor dem Tsunami zieht sich das Wasser zurück.

  Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.

  Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2022/06/23/vor-dem-tsunami-zieht-sich-das-wasser-zurueck/

• Mattli, Renato; Grobet, Cécile; Sharakin, Maxim; Pöhlmann, Johannes; Vinci, Linda; Syleouni, Maria-Eleni; Carlander, Maria; Meier, Flurina; Egli, Philipp; Gerber-Grote, Andreas; Wieser, Simon,

  2022.

  Infliximab reference product versus biosimilar for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG.

  Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/versicherungen/krankenversicherung/krankenversicherung-leistungen-tarife/hta/hta-projekte/infliximab.html

• Heiniger, Sarah; Meier, Flurina; Moser, André; Schmelzer, Sarah; Höglinger, Marc,

  2021.

  Ausgewählte Ergebnisse des Covid-19 Social Monitors : Lebensqualität, psychische Befindlichkeit und Adhärenz an Schutzmassnahmen im Verlauf der Corona-Pandemie von März 2020 bis Juni 2021.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/mt/k-und-i/aktuelle-ausbrueche-pandemien/2019-nCoV/social-monitor-zwischenbericht2021.pdf

• Meier, Flurina; Carlander, Maria,

  2021.

  Ergänzende Modelle zur Verzögerung von Heimeintritten : Schlussbericht vom 26.02.2021.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW School of Management and Law.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27783

• Meier, Flurina; Heiniger, Sarah; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Höglinger, Marc,

  2021.

  Loneliness in older persons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Bern, 25.-26. August 2021.

• Meier, Flurina; Brunner, Beatrice; Lenzin, Golda; Heiniger, Sarah; Carlander, Maria; Huber, Andrea,

  2020.

  Betreuung von Seniorinnen und Senioren zu Hause : Bedarf und Kosten.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22644

• Meier, Flurina; Brunner, Beatrice,

  2020.

  Wie viel würde eine bedarfsgerechte Betreuung älterer Personen zu Hause kosten? Und wieso ist das wichtig?.

  Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.

  Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2020/10/15/wie-viel-wuerde-eine-bedarfsgerechte-betreuung-aelterer-personen-zu-hause-kosten-und-wieso-ist-das-wichtig/

• Pöhlmann, Johannes; Mattli, Renato; Syleouni, Maria-Eleni; Carlander, Maria Johanna; Meier, Flurina; Egli, Philipp; Gerber-Grote, Andreas; Wieser, Simon,

  2020.

  Infliximab reference product versus biosimilar for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis : scoping report.

  Bundesamt für Gesundheit.

  Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/kuv-leistungen/leistungen-und-tarife/hta/berichte/h0047infx-scoping-report.pdf.download.pdf/h0047infx-scoping-report.pdf

• Meier, Flurina; Huber, Andrea; Hollenstein, Eva,

  2019.

  Begleitevaluation Drehscheibe RegioArbon : eine Studie im Auftrag des Kantons Thurgau.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW School of Management and Law.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27786

• Meier, Flurina; Huber, Andrea; Höglinger, Marc; Schmidt, Marion; Mattli, Renato; du Bois-Reymond, Alard,

  2019.

  Mit hohem Pflegebedarf in der eigenen Wohnung - Quartierstützpunkte und Thurvita Care : Erfahrungsbericht der Thurvita AG und Zusammenfassung der wissenschaftlichen Begleitstudie 2014-2018.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3380

• Eichler, Klaus; Höglinger, Marc; Meier, Flurina; Knöfler, Fabio; Brügger, Urs,

  2018.

  Health economic impact of the AO Foundation in fracture care over 60 years [poster].

  In:

  AO Davos 60th Anniversary Meeting, Davos, 2.-12. Dezember 2018.

  Academia Raetica.

• Meier, Flurina; Brunner, Beatrice; Grobet, Cécile; Wieser, Simon; Audigé, Laurent; Flury, Matthias; Eichler, Klaus,

  2018.

  Real-world cost-utility analysis of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2018, Neuchâtel, 7-8 November 2018.

  Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+).

• Eichler, Klaus; Hess, Sascha; Twerenbold, Claudia; Sabatier, Magalie; Meier, Flurina; Wieser, Simon,

  2017.

  Health effects of micronutrient-fortified milk and cereal food for children and adolescents : a systematic review [poster].

  In:

  ISPOR 20th Annual European Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, 4-8 November 2017.

• Eichler, Klaus; Grobet, Cécile; Meier, Flurina; Flury, Matthias; Wieser, Simon; Audigé, Laurent,

  2017.

  Increasing evidence for value of health care in orthopedics : update from a Swiss health services research study of rota-tor cuff repair [poster].

  In:

  5th Annual Swiss Symposium for Health Services Research (SAMW), Bern, 1. März 2017.

• Angerer, Alfred; Meier, Flurina,

  2016.

  Dank Lean fit für den Wandel.

  Heime und Spitäler.

  2016(1), pp. 14-15.

  Available from: http://www.heimeundspitaeler.ch/archiv-redaktion/2016/maerz-2016/dank-lean-fit-fuer-den-wandel/

• Maurer, Matthias; Meier, Flurina; Schmidt, Robin,

  2015.

  Kantonale Unterschiede in der Finanzierung der Universitätsspitäler : Schlussbericht.

  Bern:

  Gesundheits- und Fürsorgedirektion.

  Available from: https://www.gef.be.ch/gef/de/index/direktion/ueber-die-direktion/aktuell.assetref/dam/documents/portal/Medienmitteilungen/de/2016/01/2015-01-08-finanzierung-universit%C3%A4tsspit%C3%A4ler-schlussbericht-analyse.pdf

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Becker, Heidrun Karin; Früh, Michael; Treusch, Yvonne; Hüppi, Richard Alexander; Meier, Flurina,

  2014.

  Robotics and autonomous devices in health care : a technology assessment study of opportunity and risks [paper].

  In:

  Michalek, Tomáš; Hebakova, Lenka; Hennen, Leonhard; Scherz, Constanze; Nierling, Linda; Hahn, Julia, eds.,

  Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions : Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 Conference in Prague.

  PACITA 2013 Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 13-15 March 2013.

  Prague:

  Technology Centre ASCR.

  pp. 289-294.

  Available from: http://www.pacitaproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Conference-Book.pdf

• Meier, Flurina; Auerbach, Holger,

  2013.

  Analysis of needs for hospice beds in the health care region of Winterthur [poster].

  In:

  Nationale Konferenz für Forschung in Palliative Care, Bern, 26. November 2013.

  Bern:

  Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften.

• Grobet, Cécile; Eichler, Klaus; Flury, Matthias; Meier, Flurina; Wieser, Simon; Brunner, Beatrice; Schwyzer, Hans-Kaspar; Audigé, Laurent,

  2021.

  Cost-utility analysis of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair : real-world data of reintegration.

  In:

  EUMASS Congress & SIM Annual Meeting, online, 16-17 September 2021.

• Meier, Flurina; Huber, Andrea; Schmidt, Marion; Mattli, Renato,

  2020.

  Nursing home lead reha-program after hospital stay : evaluation of effectiveness and costs.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2020, Luzern (Virtual Conference), 2.-3. September 2020.

• Joeris, Alexander; Höglinger, Marc; Meier, Flurina; Knöfler, Fabio; Scholz, Stefan; Brügger, Urs; Denk, Eberhard; Gutzwiller, Felix; Prein, Joachim; Renner, Nikolaus; Eichler, Klaus,

  2019.

  Health economic impact of the technology “osteosynthesis” on fracture care : an economic analysis for 17 high income countries over the course of 60 years.

  In:

  ISPOR 2019 Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA, 18-22 May 2019.

  Elsevier.

  pp. S218.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2019.04.1010

• Grobet, Cécile; Audigé, Laurent; Eichler, Klaus; Meier, Flurina; Wieser, Simon; Flury, Matthias,

  2018.

  Is arthroscopic rotator cuff repair cost effective? : a prospective Swiss health-economic study.

  In:

  78. Jahreskongress Swiss Orthopaedics, Montreux, 6.-8. Juni 2018.

• Grobet, Cécile; Audigé, Laurent; Eichler, Klaus; Meier, Flurina; Wieser, Simon; Herren, Daniel,

  2018.

  Is surgery for trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis cost effec-tive? : a Swiss health-economic study.

  In:

  Kongress der schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie (SGH-/SGHR) 2018, St. Gallen, 22-23 November 2018.

• Grobet, Cécile; Audigé, Laurent; Meier, Flurina; Eichler, Klaus; Wieser, Simon; Flury, Matthias,

  2018.

  Ist die arthroskopische Rotatorenmanschetten-Rekonstruktion kosteneffektiv? : eine prospektive, gesundheitsökonomische Studie aus der Schweiz.

  In:

  35. Kongress der Gesellschaft für Arthroskopie und Gelenkchirurgie, Linz, Österreich, 13.-15. September 2018.

• Angerer, Alfred; Meier, Flurina; Drevs, Florian,

  2015.

  “You can’t teach a grumpy dog new tricks” : the interplay between employee satisfaction and lean transformation practices affecting hospital performance – findings from the swiss hospital market.

  In:

  15th EURAM Annual Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 17-20 June 2015.

• Schikowski, Tamara; Schaffner, Emmanuel; Meier, Flurina; Harish, Phuleria; Schindler, Christian; Vierkötter, Andrea; Krämer, Ursula; Rochat, Thierry; Künzli, Nino; Probst-Hensch, Nicole,

  2011.

  Air pollution decline, body mass index and pulmonary function : the role of gender.

  In:

  Abstracts of the 23rd Annual Conference of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE).

  23rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), Barcelona, 13-16 September 2011.

  Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP).

  Available from: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/isee.2011.00733

• Meier, Flurina; Kriemler, Susi; Imboden, Medea; Dratva, Julia; Rochat, Thierry; Probst-Hensch, Nicole,

  2011.

  Long-term follow-up of the SAPALDIA cohort : new insights into chronic disease.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2011, Basel, 25-26 August 2011.

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