Dr. Christoph Thommen
Dr. Christoph Thommen
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Fachstelle für Gesundheitsökonomische Forschung
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
- Research associate and lecturer
- Co-Head Health Economics Research
Experience
- Co-head Health Economics Research
WIG, ZHAW
05 / 2022 - today - Research associate and lecturer
WIG, ZHAW
05 / 2021 - today - Co-head and statistician
SwissDRG Inc.
12 / 2013 - 11 / 2017 - Research assistant
Statistical services of the City of Berne
07 / 2013 - 11 / 2013 - Intern
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
01 / 2012 - 09 / 2012 - Subject teacher
WKS KV Berne
07 / 2009 - 06 / 2012
Education and Continuing education
Education
- PhD / Economics
University of Basel
08 / 2016 - 04 / 2021 - Master of Science / Statistics
University of Neuchâtel
09 / 2013 - 02 / 2014 - Master of Science / Economics
University of Berne
09 / 2009 - 09 / 2011 - Bachelor of Science / Economics
University of Berne
10 / 2005 - 06 / 2009
Continuing Education
CAS in Health Care Management
Kalaidos FH
03 / 2016
Projects
- Berechnung der Kosten der übertragbaren und nichtübertragbaren Krankheiten und der Kosten der Risikofaktoren Inaktivität und Übergewicht in der Schweiz / Team member / Project completed
- Gesundheitssysteme International / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Wirkungsanalyse zum Risikoausgleich mit pharmazeutischen Kostengruppen (PCG) / Team member / Project completed
- Vorhalteleistungen bei den Spitalkapazitäten im Kanton Zürich / Team member / Project completed
- Evaluation maschinelle Verblisterung LOA V / Project leader / Project completed
- Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie auf die stationäre Gesundheitsversorgung in der Schweiz / Team member / Project completed
- Sustainability and Resilience in the Swiss Health System / Team member / Project completed
- Ausmass und Auswirkungen der SARS-CoV-2 bedingten Einschränkungen in der stationären Gesundheitsversorgung im Kanton Zürich / Team member / Project completed
- Changing care pathways of accident patients from 2000 to 2017 and their impact on health care costs / Deputy project leader / Project completed
Publications
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Thommen, Christoph; Hintermann, Beat,
2023.
Price versus commitment : managing the demand for off-peak train tickets in a field experiment.
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice.
174(103691).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2023.103691
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Thommen, Christoph,
2021.
On trains, wages and hospitals : three essays in public economics.
Leipzig:
sedruck KG.
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Bürgin, Reto; Vetsch-Tzogiou, Christina; Stucki, Michael; Kauer, Lukas; Pirktl, Lennart; van Kleef, Richard C.; Kohler, Andreas; Drewek, Anna; Thommen, Christoph; Dettling, Marcel; Wieser, Simon,
2024.
Improving risk adjustment in Switzerland with pharmaceutical cost groups [paper].
In:
6th Swiss Health Economic Workshop, Lucerne, Switzerland, 7 June 2024.
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Bürgin, Reto; Stucki, Michael; Vetsch-Tzogiou, Christina; Kauer, Lukas; Kohler, Andreas; Drewek, Anna; Thommen, Christoph; Dettling, Marcel; Wieser, Simon,
2024.
Wirkungsanalyse zum Risikoausgleich mit pharmazeutischen Kostengruppen (PCG) : Schlussbericht.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30489
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Thommen, Christoph; Stucki, Michael; Scholz-Odermatt, Stefan; Höglinger, Marc,
2023.
SSRN.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4635352
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Thommen, Christoph,
2023.
Ist ChatGPT der bessere Arzt?.
Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.
Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2023/06/08/ist-chatgpt-der-bessere-arzt/
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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/
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Thommen, Christoph,
2022.
»Breast is best!» oder doch nicht?.
Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.
Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2022/06/09/breast-is-best-oder-doch-nicht/
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Wirth, Brigitte; Stucki, Michael; Jörg, Reto; Thommen, Christoph; Pahud, Olivier; Höglinger, Marc,
2022.
Obsan Bulletin
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Neuchâtel:
Schweizerisches Gesundheitsobservatorium (Obsan).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26601
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Maurer, Matthias; Wieser, Simon; Kohler, Andreas; Thommen, Christoph,
2022.
LSE Consulting.
Available from: https://www.phssr.org/findings
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Thommen, Christoph; Hintermann, Beat,
2022.
Price versus commitment : managing the demand for off-peak train tickets in a field experiment.
Basel:
Universität Basel.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5451/unibas-ep89789
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Thommen, Christoph,
2021.
Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.
Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2021/11/25/ein-glas-auf-den-babybauch/
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Thommen, Christoph,
2024.
The direct costs of automated vs. conventional drug dispensing.
In:
16. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (dggö), Halle (Saale), Deutschland, 4.-5. März 2024.
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Thommen, Christoph; Stucki, Michael; Scholz-Odermatt, Stefan; Höglinger, Marc,
2023.
In:
15. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), Hannover, Deutschland, 13.-14. März 2023.
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Thommen, Christoph; Stucki, Michael; Höglinger, Marc; Scholz-Odermatt, Stefan,
2022.
In:
13th EuHEA Conference, Oslo, Norway, 5-8 July 2022.
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Thommen, Christoph; Hintermann, Beat,
2022.
Price versus commitment : managing the demand for off-peak train tickets.
In:
Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES/SGVS), Fribourg, Switzerland, 23-24 June 2022.
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Thommen, Christoph; Hintermann, Beat,
2022.
In:
Young Swiss Economists Meeting (YSEM) 2022, Zürich, Switzerland, 17-18 February 2022.
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Thommen, Christoph,
2021.
Political budget cycles in public health care expenditure in Switzerland.
In:
Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics Annual Congress 2021, online, 10-11 June 2021.
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Thommen, Christoph; Schoeman, Beaumont,
2020.
The impact of inter-sector business cycles on the gender wage gap : evidence from Switzerland.
In:
Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS) Annual Conference 2020 : Gender Economics, Köln, Deutschland, 27.-30. September 2020.