Christina Tzogiou

Position at the ZHAW

Research Associate

Educational background

2014 M.A. HSG in Economics, University of St. Gallen
2011 B.S. in Economics, University of Piraeus

Professional milestones

Since Oct. 2014 Research Associate, WIG
2013-2014 Project assistant of Prof. PhD Simon Evenett, SIAW-HSG

Membership of networks

• International Health Economics Association iHEA
• European Health Economics Association EuHEA
• Swiss Society of Health Economics sggö
• International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe IMISCOE
• Swiss School of Public Health SSPH+

• The societal costs of Cystic Fibrosis in Switzerland / Team member / Project completed
• Integration of Vulnerable Groups in the Healthcare System / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Health Technology Assessment: Self-measurement of blood glucose in patients with non-insulin treated diabetes mellitus type 2 / Team member / Project completed
• Leistungs- und Ertragsentwicklung niedergelassener Ärzte unter TARMED / Team member / Project completed
• Incidence and costs of hypoglycemia in insulin-treated diabetes mellitus in Switzerland / Team member / Project completed
• Burden of micronutrient deficiencies and cost-effectiveness of interventions with fortified foods / Team member / Project completed

• Tzogiou, Christina; Boes, Stefan; Brunner, Beatrice,

  2021.

  What explains the inequalities in health care utilization between immigrants and non-migrants in Switzerland?.

  BMC Public Health.

  21(530).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10393-9

• Wieser, Simon; Brunner, Beatrice; Tzogiou, Christina; Plessow, Rafael; Zimmermann, Michael B.; Farebrother, Jessica; Soofi, Sajid; Bhatti, Zaid; Ahmed, Imran; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.,

  2018.

  Reducing micronutrient deficiencies in Pakistani children : are subsidies on fortified complementary foods cost-effective?.

  Public Health Nutrition.

  21(15), pp. 2893-2906.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980018001660

• Wieser, Simon; Brunner, Beatrice; Tzogiou, Christina; Plessow, Rafael; Zimmermann, Michael; Farebrother, Jessica; Soofi, Sajid; Bhatti, Zaid; Ahmed, Imran; Zulfiqar, Bhutta,

  2017.

  Societal costs of micronutrient deficiencies in 6- to 59-month-old children in Pakistan.

  Food and Nutrition Bulletin.

  38(4), pp. 485-500.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572117720012

• Plessow, Rafael; Arora, Narendra Kumar; Brunner, Beatrice; Tzogiou, Christina; Eichler, Klaus; Brügger, Urs; Wieser, Simon,

  2015.

  Social costs of iron deficiency anemia in 6–59-month-old children in India.

  PLOS ONE.

  10(8), pp. 1-16.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136581

• Wieser, Simon; Tzogiou, Christina,

  2017.

  Does it work? Is it worth it? : evaluating the costs and benefits of nutritional interventions

  .

  In:

  Biesalski, Hans Konrad; Drewnowski, Adam; Dwyer, Johanna; Strain, JJ; Weber, Peter; Eggersdorfer, Manfred, eds.,

  Sustainable nutrition in a changing world.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 343-353.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55942-1_27

• Tzogiou, Christina; Brunner, Beatrice; Carlander, Maria; Felber Dietrich, Denise; Stronski, Susanne; Wieser, Simon; Wirth, Brigitte; Höglinger, Marc,

  2021.

  Health inequalities and risk factors of inadequate health care among vulnerable groups : children, elderly with chronic conditions, and immigrants [poster].

  In:

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

  Available from: https://sphc21.ispm.ch/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/SPHC_2021_Poster_Carlander.pdf

• Carlander, Maria; Tzogiou, Christina; Felber Dietrich, Denise; Stronski, Susan; Wieser, Simon; Höglinger, Marc,

  2020.

  The use of pediatric health care services in Switzerland : a claims data analysis (preliminary results) [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2020 : «From Evidence to Public Health Policy and Practice», Virtual Conference, 2-3 September 2020.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22369

• Carlander, Maria; Tzogiou, Christina; Felber Dietrich, Denise; Stronski, Susan; Wieser, Simon; Höglinger, Marc,

  2020.

  The use of pediatric health care services in Switzerland : a claims data analysis (preliminary results) [poster].

  In:

  19. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung, Online, 30. September - 1. Oktober 2020.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3205/20dkvf436

• Eichler, Klaus; Tzogiou, Christina; Knöfler, Fabio; Slavik, Eva; Monteverde, Settimio; Wieser, Simon,

  2019.

  Health technology assessment : self-measurement of blood glucose in patients with non-insulin treated diabetes mellitus type 2.

  Bundesamt für Gesundheit.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19405

• Tzogiou, Christina; Boes, Stefan; Brunner, Beatrice,

  2019.

  What explains the inequalities in healthcare use between immigrants and natives in Switzerland? : Lecture held at Research Seminar in Health Sciences, University of Lucerne/Department of Health Sciences and Medicine, 8 April 2019.

• Wieser, Simon; Brunner, Beatrice; Tzogiou, Christina; Plessow, Rafael; Soofi, Sajid; Bhatti, Zaif; Ahmed, Imran; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.,

  2016.

  Reducing micronutrient deficiencies in Pakistan : cost-effectiveness of subsidies on fortified packaged complementary food [poster].

  In:

  Micronutrient Forum Global Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 23-28 October 2016.

• Wieser, Simon; Brunner, Beatrice; Plessow, Rafael; Tzogiou, Christina,

  2016.

  Does it work? Is it worth it? Evaluating the costs and benefits of micro-nutritional interventions [poster].

  In:

  Micronutrient Forum Global Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 23 - 28 October 2016.

• Brunner, Beatrice; Eichler, Klaus; Hess, Sascha; Plessow, Rafael; Tzogiou, Christina; Spieldenner, J.; Eggersdorfer, M.; Detzel, P.; Péter, S.; Wieser, Simon,

  2016.

  Impact of maternal malnutrition on child health : what do we know about its social costs and the cost-effectiveness of food-fortification? [poster].

  In:

  Micronutrient Forum Global Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 23 - 28 October 2016.

• Wieser, Simon; Brunner, Beatrice; Tzogiou, Christina; Plessow, Rafael; Zimmermann, Michael B.; Farebrother, Jessica; Soofi, Sajid; Bhatti, Zaid; Ahmed, Imran; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.,

  2016.

  Societal costs of micronutrient deficiencies in 6-59-month-old children in Pakistan [poster].

  In:

  Micronutrient Forum Global Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 23 - 28 October 2016.

• Wieser, Simon; Tzogiou, Christina; Hess, Sascha; Plessow, Raffael; Schmidt, Marion; Eichler, Klaus; Azoulay, Marie; Djalali, Sima; Rosemann, Thomas; Brändle, Michael,

  2015.

  Impact of hypoglycemic events occurring in diabetic patients treated with insulin in Switzerland : a health-economic analysis [poster].

  In:

  4. Symposium zur Versorgungsforschung im Gesundheitswesen, Bern, 9. November 2015.

  Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften SAMW.

• Tzogiou, Christina; Boes, Stefan; Brunner, Beatrice,

  2019.

  What explains the inequalities in healthcare use between immigrants and natives in Switzerland?.

  In:

  iHEA 2019 World Congress on Health Economics, Basel, Switzerland, 13-17 July 2019.

• Tzogiou, Christina; Boes, Stefan,

  2018.

  Decomposition of health inequalities between immigrants and natives in Switzerland.

  In:

  15th International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion IMISCOE Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 July 2018.

• Tzogiou, Christina,

  2018.

  Die Treiber der gesundheitlichen Ungleichheiten zwischen der Migrationsbevölkerung und Einheimischen in der Schweiz.

  In:

  3. Nationale Tagung «Gesundheit & Armut», Bern, 22. Juni 2018.

• Tzogiou, Christina; Boes, Stefan,

  2017.

  Driving factors of health inequalities between immigrants and natives in Switzerland : a decomposition analysis.

  In:

  2017 International Health Economics Association (iHEA) Biennial World Congress, Boston, USA, 8-11 July 2017.

• Wieser, Simon; Tzogiou, Christina; Hess, Sascha; Eichler, Klaus; Azoulay, Marie; Djalali, Sima; Rosemann, Thomas; Brändle, Michael,

  2016.

  Costs of hypoglycemia in insulin-treated diabetes in Switzerland : a health-economic analysis.

  In:

  Mt Hood Diabetes Challenge 2016, St. Gallen, 17 September 2016.

• Wieser, Simon; Tzogiou, Christina; Hess, Sascha; Eichler, Klaus; Azoulay, Marie; Djalali, Sima; Rosemann, Thomas; Brändle, Michael,

  2016.

  Costs of hypoglycemia in insulin-treated diabetes in Switzerland : a health-economic analysis.

  In:

  EuHEA Conference 2016: “Know the Ropes - Balancing Costs and Quality in Health Care”, Hamburg, 13 to 16 July 2016.

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