Prof. Dr. Simon Wieser

Management role

Director of Institute, Winterthur Institute of Health Economics

Position at the ZHAW

Senior Lecturer, Head of Institute

www.zhaw.ch/wig

Professional development teaching

• MAS Managed Health Care
• CAS Gesundheitsökonomie
• CAS Gesundheitsökonomische Evaluationen und HTA

Expertise and research interests

health economics, health care spending, health economic evaluations, health technology assessment, development of prospective payment systems, health economics of nutrition, international price differentiation, e-learning

Educational background

2017 (March-July) Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2012 J-PAL Europe Advanced Executive Education Course, Evaluating Social Program, Paris, France
2011 Advanced Methods for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, University of York, York, UK
2009 Health Economics of Pharmaceuticals and other Medical Interventions, European Health Economics, Cannes, France
2007 Economics of Health and Healthcare, Summer School of the European Science Days, Steyr, Austria
2006 Dr. oec. publ., University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1996 Dottore in economia e commercio, Università la Sapienza, Rome, Italy

Professional milestones

2011 Professor for Health Economics at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Winterthur, Switzerland
since 2006 lecturer for economics at the School of Management and Law at ZHAW and head of health economic research at Winterthur Institute of Health Economics at ZHAW
2001-2013 lecturer for economics at ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1997-2007 researcher at KOF Swiss Economic Institute of the ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Membership of networks

• International Health Economics Association
• European Association of Health Economics
• Swiss Learning Health System
• Center for Health Trends and Forecasts
• Swiss Society of Health Economics
• Swiss School of Public Health
• ResearchGate
• Google Scholar

• Cardiovascular diseases in Switzerland: How much do changed risk factors and medical measures contribute to lower mortality? / Team member / Project ongoing
• Epidemiology, Treatment and Costs of Prostate Cancer in Switzerland / Project leader / Project ongoing
• The societal costs of Cystic Fibrosis in Switzerland / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Integration of Vulnerable Groups in the Healthcare System / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Feasibility and cost description of intensive rehabilitation involving new technologies in patients with sub-acute stroke: A multicenter single arm trial of the Swiss RehabTech Initiative / Team member / Project ongoing
• Health Technology Assessment: Self-measurement of blood glucose in patients with non-insulin treated diabetes mellitus type 2 / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Development of LOA V / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in Switzerland / Team member / Project ongoing
• Decomposition of Health Care Spending in Switzerland / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Evaluation a of falls prevention programme / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Incidence and costs of hypoglycemia in insulin-treated diabetes mellitus in Switzerland / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Kosten-Nutzwert-Studie bei orthopädischen Operationen an der oberen Extremität / Team member / Project ongoing
• Komplexität von Spitexleistungen und Ihre Abbildung im Vergütungssystem / Team member / Project completed
• Effizienzpotential in der OKP / Project leader / Project completed
• The state of health of the elderly in Switzerland / Team member / Project completed
• The burden of smoking in Switzerland: Estimate for 2015 and Prognosis up to 2050 / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Iron therapy for iron deficiency without anaemia: Cost-comparison and budget impact analysis / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Development ST Reha / Project leader / Project completed
• FMH Praxiskostenbarometer / Team member / Project completed
• Prevalence, treatment and costs of asthma and COPD in Switzerland / Project leader / Project completed
• Leistungs- und Ertragsentwicklung niedergelassener Ärzte unter TARMED / Project leader / Project completed
• Fortified food for nutritional deficiencies / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Ärztliches Referenzeinkommen: Datengrundlagen und Berechnungsmethoden / Project leader / Project completed
• Nursing DRG external evaluation 2016 / Project leader / Project completed
• Fachklinik Sune-Egge: Zukünftiger Bedarf und Trendszenarien / Team member / Project completed
• Epidemiology and costs of ovarian cancer in Switzerland / Project leader / Project completed
• Entwicklung eines Patientenklassifikationssystems (PCS) für die geriatrische Rehabilitation in der Schweiz / Project leader / Project completed
• TARPSY / Project leader / Project completed
• Job-Stress-Index / Project leader / Project completed
• Costs of physical inactivity in Switzerland / Project leader / Project completed
• Cost of non communicable diseases in Switzerland / Project leader / Project completed
• Übergang zur Einheitskrankenkasse: Schätzung der Systemwechselkosten / Team member / Project completed
• PPS Paraplegiology / Project leader / Project completed
• Inpatient hospital costs of febrile neutropenia as a consequence of chemotherapy for breast cancer and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Switzerland / Team member / Project completed
• The societal costs of schizophrenia in Switzerland / Project leader / Project completed
• HTA Hand Transplantation / Team member / Project completed
• Burden of micronutrient deficiencies and cost-effectiveness of interventions with fortified foods / Project leader / Project completed
• Cost of illness: acute coronary syndrome in Switzerland / Project leader / Project completed
• Cantonal and regional health insurance / Team member / Project completed
• Health economic aspects of the KoLe Statistic / Project leader / Project completed
• KoLe / Team member / Project completed
• SWING / Team member / Project completed
• Health Literacy / Team member / Project completed

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Wieser, Simon; Schmidt, Marion; Kind, André B.; Heinzelmann-Schwarz, Viola A.,

  2020.

  Reply to comment on: Wieser et al. Ovarian cancer in Switzerland: incidence and treatment according to hospital registry data. Swiss Med Wkly.2018;148:w14647.

  Swiss Medical Weekly.

  2020(05-06).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19593

• 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/10.21256/zhaw-5014

• Wieser, Simon; Eichler, Klaus,

  2019.

  Measuring the gap to universal health coverage.

  The Lancet Public Health.

  4(1),

  pp. e8-e9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3321

• Brunner, Beatrice; Igic, Ivana; Keller, Anita C.; Wieser, Simon,

  2019.

  Who gains the most from improving working conditions? : health-related absenteeism and presenteeism due to stress at work.

  The European Journal of Health Economics.

  20(8),

  pp. 1165-1180.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18607

• Huber, Carola; Wieser, Simon,

  2018.

  Die Schweiz zahlt hohen Preis für nicht-übertragbare Krankheiten : gesundheitsökonomische Studie identifiziert die teuersten Krankheiten der Schweiz.

  Schweizerische Ärztezeitung.

  99(33),

  pp. 1054-1056.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3394

• Wieser, Simon; Riguzzi, Marco; Pletscher, Mark; Huber, Carola A.; Telser, Harry; Schwenkglenks, Matthias,

  2018.

  How much does the treatment of each major disease cost? A decomposition of Swiss National Health Accounts.

  The European Journal of Health Economics.

  19(8),

  pp. 1-13.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3749

• Wieser, Simon; Schmidt, Marion; Kind, André B; Heinzelmann-Schwarz, Viola A,

  2018.

  Ovarian cancer in Switzerland : incidence and treatment according to hospital registry data.

  Swiss Medical Weekly.

  148(29-30),

  pp. 1-6.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3395

• Mattli, Renato; Wieser, Simon; Probst‐Hensch, Nicole; Schmidt‐Trucksäss, Arno; Schwenkglenks, Matthias,

  2018.

  Physical inactivity caused economic burden depends on regional cultural differences.

  Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports.

  29(1),

  pp. 95-104.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13311

• 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/10.21256/zhaw-3445

• 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/10.21256/zhaw-3686

• Plessow, Rafael; Arora, Narendra Kumar; Brunner, Beatrice; Wieser, Simon,

  2016.

  Cost-effectiveness of price subsidies on fortified packaged infant cereals in reducing iron deficiency anemia in 6-23-month-old children in urban India.

  PLOS ONE.

  11(4),

  pp. 1-21.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4675

• Obeid, Rima; Pietrzik, Klaus; Oakley, Godfrey; Kancherla, Vijaya; Holzgreve, Wolfgang; Wieser, Simon,

  2015.

  Preventable spina bifida and anencephaly in Europe.

  Birth Defects Research.

  103(9),

  pp. 763-771.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/bdra.23400

• 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/10.21256/zhaw-4672

• Pletscher, Mark; Mattli, Renato; Reich, Oliver; von Wyl, Agnes; Wieser, Simon,

  2015.

  The societal costs of schizophrenia in Switzerland.

  The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics.

  18(2),

  pp. 93-103.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2014.08.1253

• Péter, Szabolcs; Eggersdorfer, Manfred; van Asselt, Dieneke; Buskens, Erik; Detzel, Patrick; Freijer, Karen; Koletzko, Berthold; Kraemer, Klaus; Kuipers, Folkert; Neufeld, Lynnette; Obeid, Rima; Wieser, Simon; Zittermann, Armin; Weber, Peter,

  2014.

  Selected nutrients and their implications for health and disease across the lifespan: a roadmap.

  Nutrients.

  6(12),

  pp. 6076-6094.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4365

• Mannion, Anne F.; Wieser, Simon; Elfering, Achim,

  2013.

  Association between beliefs and care-seeking behavior for low back pain.

  Spine.

  38(12),

  pp. 1016-1025.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828473b5

• Wieser, Simon; Plessow, Rafael; Eichler, Klaus; Malek, Olivia; Capanzana, Mario V.; Agdeppa, Imelda; Brügger, Urs,

  2013.

  Burden of micronutrient deficiencies by socio-economic strata in children aged 6 months to 5 years in the Philippines.

  BMC Public Health.

  2013(13),

  pp. 1167-1181.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3953

• Pletscher, Mark; Plessow, Rafael; Eichler, Klaus; Wieser, Simon,

  2013.

  Cost-effectiveness of dabigatran for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in Switzerland.

  Swiss Medical Weekly.

  2013(143),

  pp. 1-12.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4681

• Wieser, Simon; Rüthemann, Isabelle; De Boni, Sylvia Nadine; Eichler, Klaus; Pletscher, Mark; Radovanovic, Dragana; Ulle, Tanja; Auerbach, Holger,

  2012.

  Cost of acute coronary syndrome in Switzerland in 2008.

  Swiss Medical Weekly.

  142(w13655).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3954

• Eichler, Klaus; Wieser, Simon; Rüthemann, Isabelle; Brügger, Urs,

  2012.

  Effects of micronutrient fortified milk and cereal food for infants and children : a systematic review.

  BMC Public Health.

  12(1),

  pp. 506-519.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4050

• Kessler, Reto; Keusch, Gérard; Szucs, Thomas; Wittenborn, John; Hoerger, Thomas; Brügger, Urs; Wieser, Simon,

  2012.

  Health economic modelling of the cost-effectiveness of microalbuminuria screening in Switzerland.

  Swiss Medical Weekly.

  142,

  pp. 1-13.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4765

• Wieser, Simon; Horisberger, Bruno; Schmidhauser, Sara; Eisenring, Claudia; Brügger, Urs; Ruckstuhl, Andreas; Dietrich, Jürg; Mannion, Anne F.; Elfering, Achim; Tamcan, Özgür; Müller, Urs,

  2011.

  Cost of low back pain in Switzerland in 2005.

  Journal of Health Economics.

  12(5),

  pp. 455-467.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-010-0258-y

• Müller, Urs; Mannion, Anne F.; Wieser, Simon; Tamcan, Özgür; Ruckstuhl, Andreas; Elfering, Achim; Eisenring, Claudia; Schmidhauser, Sara; Horisberger, Bruno,

  2009.

  Dem Rückenschmerz ein Gesicht geben.

  Schweizerisches Medizin-Forum.

  9(26),

  pp. 484-486.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4414/smf.2009.06862

• Eichler, Klaus; Wieser, Simon; Brügger, Urs,

  2009.

  The costs of limited health literacy : a systematic review.

  International Journal of Public Health.

  2009(54),

  pp. 313-324.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5025

• Bachmann, Stefan; Wieser, Simon; Oesch, Peter; Schmidhauser, Sarah; Knüsel, Otto; Kool, Jan,

  2009.

  Three-year cost analysis of function-centred versus pain-centred inpatient rehabilitation in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.

  Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine.

  41(11),

  pp. 919-923.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3961

• Bachmann, Stefan; Wieser, Simon; Oesch, Peter; Schmidhauser, Sarah; Knüsel, Otto; Kool, Jan,

  2008.

  Aktives Training ist besser für den Rücken als Fangopackungen.

  Schweizerisches Medizin-Forum.

  8(39),

  pp. 734-735.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4414/smf.2008.06605

• Melloh, Markus; Röder, Christoph; Elfering, Achim; Theis, Jean-Claude; Müller, Urs; Staub, Lukas P.; Aghayev, Emin; Zweig, Thomas; Barz, Thomas; Kohlmann, Thomas; Wieser, Simon; Jüni, Peter; Zwahlen, Marcel,

  2008.

  Differences across health care systems in outcome and cost-utility of surgical and conservative treatment of chronic low back pain : a study protocol.

  BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

  9(81).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3962

Books and monographs, peer-reviewed

• Wieser, Simon,

  2007.

  Internationale Preisdifferenzierung : drei Fallstudien mit Mikrodaten europäischer Konsumgütermärkte.

  Zürich:

  Universität Zürich.

Book parts, peer-reviewed

• Wieser, Simon; Schmidt, Marion; Brunner, Beatrice,

  2018.

  Die gesellschaftlichen Kosten der psychosomatischen Krankheiten

  .

  In:

  Böker, Heinz; Hoff, Paul; Seifritz, Erich, eds.,

  Psychosomatik heute : Psychosomatik in Klinik und Forschung.

  Bern:

  Hogrefe.

  pp. 334-346.

  Available from: https://elibrary.hogrefe.com/content/chapter/10.1024/85628-000/22.pdf

• 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

• Wieser, Simon; Schubert, Renate; Hettlage, Raphaela,

  2003.

  Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre an der ETH Zürich

  .

  In:

  Euler, Dieter; Wilbers, Karl, eds.,

  E-Learning an Hochschulen: an Beispielen lernen.

  St.Gallen:

  Universität St.Gallen.

  pp. 81-87.

  Hochschuldidaktische Schriften ; 5.

Conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Grobet, Cécile; Eichler, Klaus; Hess, Sascha; Flury, Matthias; Herren, Daniel; Glanzmann, Michael; Wieser, Simon; Audigé, Laurent,

  2014.

  Swiss health services research in orthopedics : gaining cost-utility data about common procedures in routine care [poster].

  In:

  3. Symposium zur Versorgungsforschung im Gesundheitswesen, Bern, 4. November 2014.

  SAMW Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://www.samw.ch/de/Foerderung/Versorgungsforschung-in-der-Schweiz/Symposium-2014.html

• Mattli, Renato; Eichler, Klaus; Pletscher, Mark; Wieser, Simon,

  2013.

  Inpatient hospital costs of febrile neutropenia as a consequence of chemotherapy for breast cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  ISPOR 16th Annual European Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 2-6 November 2013.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5038

• Wieser, Simon; Eichler, Klaus; Brügger, Urs,

  2008.

  Health Literacy : an economic perspective [poster].

  In:

  5th Annual Meeting HTAi, Montreal, Canada, 6-9 July 2008.

Other publications

• Kobler, Irene; Lenzin, Golda; Liberatore, Florian; Pöhlmann, Johannes; Schmidt, Marion; Wieser, Simon;

  2020.

  Biosimilars in der Schweiz : Medizin gegen die steigenden Gesundheitskosten?.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19674

• Eichler, Klaus; Rapold, Ronald; Wieser, Simon; Reich, Oliver; Blozik, Eva;

  2019.

  Real-world drug regimes for multiple myeloma in a Swiss population (2012 to 2017) : cost-outcome description.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19175

• 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

• Mattli, Renato; Riguzzi, Marco; Glinz, Dominik; Raatz, Heike; Bucher, Heinz C.; Wieser, Simon;

  2018.

  Economic evaluation of oral versus parenteral iron therapy for iron deficiency without anemia.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Gesundheit.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2788

• 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.

• Igic, Ivana; Elfering, Achim; Semmer, Norbert; Brunner, Beatrice; Wieser, Simon; Gehring, Katrin; Krause, Katrin;

  2017.

  Job-Stress-Index 2014 bis 2016 : Kennzahlen zu psychischer Gesundheit und Stress bei Erwerbstätigen in der Schweiz.

  Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz, Arbeitspapier

  ; 43.

  Bern:

  Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz.

  Available from: https://gesundheitsfoerderung.ch/assets/public/documents/de/5-grundlagen/publikationen/bgm/arbeitspapiere/Arbeitspapier_043_GFCH_2017-12_-_Job-Stress-Index_2014_bis_2016.pdf

• 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.

• Wieser, Simon; Riguzzi, Marco; Pletscher, Mark; Huber, Carola A; Tesler, Harry; Tomonaga, Yuki; Eichler, Klaus; Schwenkglenks, Matthias,

  2015.

  Health care expenditures by diseases and injuries in Switzerland in 2011 [poster].

  In:

  iHEA 11th World Congress in Health Economics, Milano, Italy, 12-15 July 2015.

• Wieser, Simon; Brunner, Beatrice; Plessow, Rafael; Eichler, Klaus; Malek, Olivia; Brügger, Urs,

  2014.

  Cost-effectiveness of price reductions in fortified powdered milk for the reduction of micronutrient deficiencies in 6-23 month old children in the Philippines [poster].

  In:

  2014 Micronutrient Forum, Addis Ababa, 2-6 June 2014.

  Sciencedomain International.

  pp. 436-437.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20898

• Wieser, Simon; Tomonaga, Yuki; Riguzzi, Marco; Fischer, Barbara; Telser, Harry; Pletscher, Mark; Eichler, Klaus; Trost, Melanie; Schwenkglenks, Matthias;

  2014.

  Die Kosten der nichtübertragbaren Krankheiten in der Schweiz : Schlussbericht.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Gesundheit.

• Mattli, Renato; Hess, Sascha; Maurer, Matthias; Eichler, Klaus; Pletscher, Mark; Wieser, Simon,

  2014.

  Gesellschaftliche Kosten der körperlichen Inaktivität in der Schweiz.

  BAG-Bulletin.

  36(14),

  pp. 587-590.

• Igic, Ivana; Keller, Anita; Elfering, Achim; Semmer, Norbert; Brunner, Beatrice; Wieser, Simon;

  2014.

  Job-Stress-Index 2014 : Erhebung von Kennzahlen zu psychischer Gesundheit und Stress bei Erwerbstätigen in der Schweiz.

  Bern:

  Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz.

  Available from: https://gesundheitsfoerderung.ch/assets/public/documents/de/5-grundlagen/publikationen/bgm/arbeitspapiere/Arbeitspapier_026_GFCH_2014-10_-_Job-Stress-Index_2014.pdf

• Wieser, Simon; Plessow, Rafael,

  2014.

  The social burden of folic acid deficiencies in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  Micronutrient Forum 2014, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 2-6 June 2014.

• Kool, Jan; Dettling, Marcel; Wieser, Simon; Brügger, Urs,

  2013.

  Development of a patient classification system for inpatient rehabilitation in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Health Economics Workshop, Luzern, 13. September 2013.

• Pletscher, Mark; Wieser, Simon,

  2012.

  Methylphenidat bei Kindern und Jugendlichen : Auswertung von Krankenversicherungsdaten zeigt Zunahme der Bezüge von Methylphenidat zwischen 2005 und 2008.

  BAG-Bulletin.

  2012(26),

  pp. 443-446.

  Available from: http://www.suchtmonitoring.ch/docs/library/pletscher_4hcaznm17bzo.pdf

• Wieser, Simon; Rüthemann, Isabelle; De Boni, Sylvia; Eichler, Klaus; Pletscher, Mark; Radovanovic, Dragana; Auerbach, Holger,

  2011.

  Cost of acute coronary syndrome in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  ISPOR 14th Annual European Congress, Madrid, Spain, 6-8 November 2011.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3343

• Wieser, Simon; Schleiniger, Reto; Pletscher, Mark; Plessow, Rafael; Brügger, Urs;

  2011.

  Kantonale oder regionale Krankenkasse (KRK) : ökonomische Beurteilung der Vor- und Nachteile.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Wieser, Simon; Mannion, Anne; Eisenring, Claudia; Elfering, Achim; Brügger, Urs; Müller, Urs; Horisberger, Bruno,

  2011.

  Production losses due to low back pain while at work and out of it [poster].

  In:

  Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine ISSLS.

  International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine ISSLS Annual Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden, 14-18 June 2011.

• Wieser, Simon; Kauer, Lukas; Schmidhauser, Sarah; Pletscher, Mark; Brügger, Urs; Jeanrenaud, Claude; Flügister-Dousse, Sylvie; Kohler, Dimitri; Marti, Joachim;

  2010.

  Synthesebericht : ökonomische Evaluation von Präventionsmassnahmen in der Schweiz.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/e-f/evalber-ncd-sucht/2001-2010/2010-oekonomische-evaluation-praevention-synthesebericht.pdf.download.pdf/2010-synthesis-report-final-oekevalpraev-d.pdf

• Kauer, Lukas; Pletscher, Mark; Wieser, Simon; Brügger, Urs;

  2009.

  Assessment of the availability and quality of Swiss data required to conduct a full CBA in the field of obesity prevention : part II of the project "Exploratory study on obesity: economic evaluation on health promotion and prevention".

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/fr/dokumente/e-f/evalber-ncd-sucht/2001-2010/2009-obesity-data-quality-schlussbericht.pdf.download.pdf/01-2009-bericht-obesity-data-q-e.pdf

• Wieser, Simon; Kauer, Lukas; Brügger, Urs;

  2009.

  Cost-benefit analysis of road accident prevention measures in Switzerland from 1975 to 2007 : Report commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/e-f/evalber-ncd-sucht/2001-2010/2009-cba-road-accidents-schlussbericht.pdf.download.pdf/01-2009-bericht-cba-road-accidents-e.pdf

• Kool, Jan; Wieser, Simon; Dettling, Marcel; Brügger, Urs;

  2009.

  Entwicklung eines Patientenklassifikationssystems (PCS) für die Rehabilitation in der Schweiz.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Wieser, Simon,

  2009.

  Lohnt sich Prävention? Die Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse gibt eine Antwort.

  Care Management.

  2(1),

  pp. 10-12.

  Available from: https://www.fmc.ch/_Resources/Persistent/513b2086ec17d08e51bdceeb3a5d78f82cc86f3c/CM_1_2009.pdf

• Schmidhauser, Sara; Wieser, Simon; Kauer, Lukas; Brügger, Urs;

  2009.

  Review of methodological literature on economic evaluation of health promotion and prevention with focus on cost-benefit analysis.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Eichler, Klaus; Wieser, Simon; Brügger, Urs,

  2008.

  Health literacy - an economic perspective : a systematic review [poster].

  In:

  ISPOR 11th Annual European Congress, Athens, Greece, 8-11 November 2008.

  pp. A363-A364.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1098-3015(10)66248-1

• Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH); UNIL University of Lausanne, Institute of Health Economics and Management (IEMS); ZHW Zürcher Hochschule Winterthur, Winterthurer Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie (WIG), eds.,

  2007.

  Assessing the return on investments (cost-benefits) in prevention in Switzerland : a feasibility study.

  Bern:

  Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4368

• Wieser, Simon,

  2006.

  Ein internetgestütztes Experiment im Ökonomie-Unterricht [poster].

  In:

  Seiler, Eva; Kälin, Siglinde; Sengstag, Christian, eds.,

  E-Learning - alltagstaugliche Innovation? : [... anlässlich der 11. Europäischen Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft (GMW), die vom 19. - 22. September 2006 an der Universität Zürich und ETH Zürich stattfand].

  GMW Tagung 2006, Zürich, 19.-22. September 2006.

  Münster:

  Waxmann.

  pp. 401.

  Medien in der Wissenschaft ; 38.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Brunner, Beatrice; Wieser, Simon; Keller, Anita; Igic, Ivana,

  2019.

  The indirect costs of work-related stress : evidence from a Swiss workplace survey.

  In:

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

• Eichler, Klaus; Rapold, Roland; Wieser, Simon; Gratwohl, Alois; Reich, Oliver; Blozik, Eva,

  2019.

  Multiple myeloma in a Swiss population : real-world drug regimens and costs of treatment (2012 - 2017).

  In:

  ISPOR Europe 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-6 November 2019.

  Available from: https://www.ispor.org/docs/default-source/euro2019/20190923-poster-v3-0-myeloma-ispor-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=d4e804e6_0

• Schmidt, Marion; Rapold, Roland; Brunner, Beatrice; Blozik, Eva; Wieser, Simon,

  2018.

  Asthma and COPD in Switzerland : prevalence and direct medical costs according to health insurance claims data and a large population survey.

  In:

  Wennberg International Collaborative Spring Policy Meeting 2018, Zürich, 12.-13. April 2018.

• Wieser, Simon; Dieleman, Joseph; Squires, Ellen,

  2018.

  Comparing US and Swiss health care spending by diseases : where the money goes in the highest spending countries.

  In:

  EuHEA Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands, 11-14 July 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.

• Mattli, Renato; Wieser, Simon; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno; Schwenglenks, Matthias,

  2017.

  Disability and early deaths attributable to physical inactivity in Switzerland in 2015.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2017, Basel, 22-23 November 2017.

  Public Health Schweiz.

• Keller, Patrick; Riguzzi, Marco; Dettling, Marcel; Wieser, Simon,

  2017.

  Prospective payment for inpatient psychiatric care : a system to be developed for Switzerland.

  In:

  Thirteenth Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry, Venice, Italy, 24-26 March 2017.

  International Center of Mental Health Policy and Economics.

• Mattli, Renato; Wieser, Simon; Schwenglenks, Matthias,

  2017.

  The burden of physical inactivity in Switzerland and the influence of cultural differences.

  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.

• Brunner, Beatrice; Wieser, Simon; Keller, Anita; Igic, Ivana,

  2016.

  Stress-induced productivity losses due to absenteeism and presenteeism in Switzerland in 2014-2015.

  In:

  EuHEA Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 13-16 July 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.

• Riguzzi, Marco; Keller, Patrick; Dettling, Marcel; Wieser, Simon,

  2016.

  Prospective payment for inpatient psychiatric care : a system to be developed for Switzerland.

  In:

  EuHEA Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 13-16 July 2016.

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

  2015.

  Cost-effectiveness of price reductions in fortified powdered milk for the reduction of micronutrient deficiencies in 6-23 month old children in the Philippines.

  In:

  iHEA 11th World Congress in Health Economics, Milano, Italy, 12-15 July 2015.

  International Health Economics Association (iHEA).

• Riguzzi, Marco; Wieser, Simon; Dettling, Marcel; Pletscher, Mark,

  2015.

  Design of a prospective payment system for inpatient psychiatric care in Switzerland.

  In:

  12. Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry, Venice, 27-29 March 2015.

• Riguzzi, Marco; Wieser, Simon; Dettling, Marcel; Pletscher, Mark,

  2015.

  Introducing cost groups and prospective payment to Swiss inpatient psychiatry.

  In:

  iHEA 11th World Congress in Health Economics, Milano, Italy, 12-15 July 2015.

• Eichler, Klaus; Hess, Sascha; Twerenbold, Claudia; Wieser, Simon; Grobet, C.; Flury, M.,

  2015.

  Patient reported outcome in health services research : a prospective study of orthopedic surgery in routine care in Switzerland.

  In:

  ISPOR 18th Annual European Congress, MIlan, Italy, 7-11 November 2015.

• Riguzzi, Marco; Wieser, Simon; Dettling, Marcel; Pletscher, Mark,

  2015.

  Prospective payment in Swiss inpatient psychiatry (implementing the Health Insurance Act of 1994).

  In:

  Second Health Economics Workshop, Lucerne, 11 September 2015.

• Mattli, Renato; Hess, Sascha; Maurer, Matthias; Eichler, Klaus; Pletscher, Mark; Wieser, Simon,

  2015.

  The social cost of physical inactivity in Switzerland in 2011.

  In:

  2015 Active Living Research Annual Conference (ALR2015), San Diego, 22-25 February 2015.

• Wieser, Simon; Dettling, Marcel; Riguzzi, Marco; Pletscher, Mark,

  2014.

  Design of a prospective payment system for inpatient psychiatric care in Switzerland.

  In:

  International Health Economics Association Congress 2014, Dublin, Ireland, July 2014.

• Wieser, Simon; Kauer, Lukas; Brügger, Urs,

  2012.

  Cost-benefit analysis of road accident prevention programmes in Switzerland from 1975 to 2007.

  In:

  European Conference on Health Economics, Zurich, 18-21 July 2012.

• Wieser, Simon; Schmidhauser, Sarah,

  2007.

  Cost-benefit analysis of road-accident prevention programmes in Switzerland.

  In:

  HTA for evidence based public health, VI Annual Meeting Health Technology Assessment International, Barcelona, Spain, 2007.

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