Présentations

1er jour de conférence

Jeudi 12 avril

9:00–10:30

Mots de bienvenue
Luca Crivelli (CH)
David Goodman (US)
Milo Puhan (CH)
Pascal Strupler (CH)

Plenary: Regional variation in health care
Conférenciers principaux:
Jonathan Skinner (US)

Intervenants:
Valérie Paris (FR)
Agne Ulyte et Raphaelle Guerbaai (Emerging health care leaders)

 

Parallel sessions

All abstracts of the parallel sessions are downloadable as PDF by clicking on abstract title.

11:00–12:30

Session 1
From birth to death

Chair: Maria Wertli
Invited speakers: Thérèse Stukel and Femke Atsma

1 11:00–
11:15		 Thérèse Stukel
(invited speaker)		 Who are the high cost, high need patients?
2 11:15–
11:30		 Femke Atsma
(invited speaker)
3 11:30–
11:45		 Mark Adams Use of evidence based practices affects outcome and difference between Swiss and US neonatal units
4 11:45–
12:00		 David Goodman Relationship between neonatal care intensity and outcomes across Texas hospitals
5 12:00–
12:15		 Oliver Gruebner Geographic clusters of high use of preoperative chest radiography in Switzerland
6 12:15–
12:30		 Caroline Baehler Regional differences in the intensity of treatment at the end-of-life

 

Session 2
Better data to address patients' needs

Chair: Thomas Rosemann

1 11:00–
11:15		 Urs Johannes Mueller Patient centered outcome registry (PCOR)
2 11:15–
11:30		 Stefanie Bachnick Patient-centered care, nurse work environment and rationing of nursing care in Swiss acute care hospitals
3 11:30–
11:45		 Florian Liberatore Ancient wisdom in organizational learning – Challenges in the development of a sensitive and informative patient satisfaction measure in elderly home care settings
4 11:45–
12:00		 Vasileios Nittas Electronic patient-generated health data – A conceptual framework and its potential application to the Swiss health care context 3
5 12:00–
12:15		 Laure Dutoit HomeCareData: a new database for long-term care planning
6 12:15–
12:30		    

 

Session 3
Regional variation to inform policy making

Chair: Thomas Zeltner
Invited Speaker: Catherine Gerard
Discussant: Bea Heim

1 11:00–
11:15		 Catherine Gerard
(invited speaker)		 From atlases to action: reducing unwarranted variation in New Zealand
2 11:15–
11:45		 Barthold Vonen From health care atlas to policy and governance towards reduced variations
3 11:30–
11:45		 Barthold Vonen From health care atlas to policy and governance towards reduced variations
4 11:45–
12:00		 Reto Joerg A GIS based model to detect regional differences in health care supply structures
5 12:00–
12:15		 Jan Fehr Ending the HIV-Epidemic – The SwissPrEPared program
6 12:15–
12:30		    

 

Session 4
Preventive care

Chair: Arnaud Chiolero

1 11:00–
11:15		 Maurane Riesen Exploring variation in human papillomavirus vaccination uptake in Switzerland: A multi-level spatial analysis of a national vaccination coverage survey
2 11:15–
11:30		 Daniela Anker Screening for and treatment of hypertension among older adults: less is more? A critical review of evidence
3 11:30–
11:45		 Emanuele Prati Colorectal cancer testing in Swiss primary care practices: A cross-sectional study in the Sentinella Network
4 11:45–
12:00		 Yonas Martin Colorectal cancer screening practices in Swiss primary care: Variation in care between physicians reporting for the Sentinella Network
5 12:00–
12:15		 Phung Lang Evaluation of the school vaccination programs in Switzerland, 2005-2016
6 12:15–
12:30		    

 

Session 5
Improving emergency health care

Chair: Peter Suter
Invited Speaker: Arnaud Perrier

1 11:00–
11:15		 Arnaud Perrier
(invited speaker)		 Improving emergency health care in an ageing population
2 11:15–
11:30		 Ksenija Slankamenac Need for early identification of palliative patients in the emergencydepartment to decide best supportive strategies
3 11:30–
11:45		 Jean Odermatt How can evidence based interior design contribute to the process of getting better (salutogenesis)?
4 11:45–
12:00		 Jean Odermatt How can evidence based interior design contribute to the process of getting better (salutogenesis)?
5 12:00–
12:15		 Dominik von Stillfried How many are a crowd? Why health policy needs to take a closer look at crowding in emergency departments
6 12:15–
12:30		    

 

Session 6
Mental health care

Chair: Emiliano Albanese

1 11:00–
11:15		 Alexandra Wüest Improving care for patients with depressive and anxiety disorders
2 11:15–
11:30		 Markus Wolf Improving care for patients with depressive and anxiety disorders
3 11:30–
11:45		 Mandy Schulz Mild cognitive impairment as a pre-dementia stage - Analysis of German nationwide claims data
4 11:45–
12:00		 Amélie Rouche

A stress index based on ambulatory claims data: individual versus ecological aspects in the relationship between stress and demand for health services
5 12:00–
12:15		    
6 12:15–
12:30		    

 

15:25–17:00

Séance plénière «ping-pong»: Encouragements pour un système de santé plus intelligent
Conférenciers principaux:
Sabina Nuti (IT)
Stefan Spycher (CH)

Intervenants:
Gwyn Bevan (UK)
Emiliano Soldini et Kornelia Basinska (Emerging health care leaders)

 

2e jour de conférence

Vendredi 13 avril

9:00–10:30

Séance plénière: Combler l’écart séparant la recherche et la politique en matière de santé
Conférenciers principaux:
Diane Watson (AU)
Martin McKee (UK)

Intervenants:
David Goodman (US)
Alexandra Wüest et Roxanne Maritz (Emerging health care leaders)

 

Parallel sessions

All presentations of the parallel sessions are downloadable as PDF by clicking on presentation title.

11:00–12:30

Session 7
Public health surveillance (DE/FR session)
Session 8
Over-use and under-use

Chair: Roger von Moos

1 11:00–
11:15		 Roberto Grilli Overuse in cancer care. A review of European studies
2 11:15–
11:30		 Leander Muheim Potential overuse and medical costs of proton pump inhibitors inSwitzerland: A claims data based observational study
3 11:30–
11:45		 Helene Aschmann How individualized quantitative benefit harm assessments can inform preference-sensitive guidelines
4 11:45–
12:00		 Marco Kaufmann Participants from the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Registry (SMSR) who are not under regular medical care: Is there evidence for underuse?
5 12:00–
12:15		 Elisa Haller Antidepressant prescription practices in the Swiss health care system
6 12:15–
12:30		 Kim Youngran Decomposing regional variation in publicly funded newborn care

 

Session 9
Health care planning

Chair: Stefan Boes
Invited Speaker: Marina Davoli

1 11:00–
11:15		 Marina Davoli
(invited speaker)		 Regional outcome evaluation program (P.Re.Val.E.): reduction of inequality in access to effective health care in the Lazio region of Italy (2012‐2015)
2 11:15–
11:30		 Ulrich Wagner Regional health care cata in the federated health care policy system of Switzerland – a bright or dooming future?
3 11:30–
11:45		 Malena Haenni Emmenegger Still not expensive enough? - Non-economic considerations and intercantonal cooperation in the Swiss hospital sector
4 11:45–
12:00		 André Moser Evaluation of the Basel hospital merger project in Switzerland
5 12:00–
12:15		 Justus Gallati Simulation model for a needs‐based health care planning in Switzerland: the example of coronary heart disease
6 12:15–
12:30		    

 

Session 10
The cantonal and federal perspective (DE/FR session)

Chair: Morten Keller
Invited speakers: Hans Stöckli and Christoph Bosshard

1 11:00–
11:15		 Hans Stöckli
(invited speaker)		  
2 11:15–
11:30		 Christoph Bosshard
(invited speaker)		 Health policy in Switzerland – Position der FMH
3 11:30–
11:45		 Christine Cohidon Développement d’un modèle de coordination des soins en médecine de familleadapté au contexte du canton de Vaud, Suisse
4 11:45–
12:00		 Jonas Willisegger / Hannes Blatter Tarifverhandlungen im Schweizer Gesundheitswesen
5 12:00–
12:15		 Lea Sgier Die Demenzdiagnose zwischen Gesundheits- und Sozialpolitik
6 12:15–
12:30		    

 

Session 11
Analysis from administrative data bases

Chair: Nino Künzli

1 11:00–
11:15		 Marion Schmidt Asthma and COPD in Switzerland: Prevalence and direct medical costs according to health insurance claims data and a large population survey
2 11:15–
11:30		 Maria Fantini Inter‐regional variation in opioid prescription patterns in Emilia‐Romagna and Tuscany
3 11:30–
11:45		 Humza Malik Variation in the adoption of index laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis and gallstone pancreatitis in the UK
4 11:45–
12:00		 Marc Hoeglinger Variation in the role of primary care physicians in trauma care
5 12:00–
12:15		 Agne Ulyte Systematic selection of indicators for healthcare service utilization research with claims data: a model example of diabetes mellitus in Switzerland
6 12:15–
12:30		    

 

Session 12
Planning the health care professional workforce

13:30–15:00

Session 13
International perspectives

Chair: Milo Puhan
Invited speaker: Jack Wennberg

1 13:30–
13:45		 David Goodman
(invited speaker)		 On the overuse of U.S. acute care hospitals in managing chronic illness
2 13:45–
14:00		 Wenjia Wei Variation of preoperative chest radiography utilization in Switzerland and its influencing factors: a multilevel study with claims data
3 14:00–
14:15		 Chiara Seghieri Variation of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) following orthopaedic surgery in Emilia‐Romagna and Tuscany
4 14:15–
14:30		 Maria M. Wertli Regional variation in hip and knee replacements in Switzerland: a small areavariation analysis
5 14:30–
14:45		 Joachim Marti Geographic and socioeconomic variation in breast cancer treatment in Scotland: an empirical analysis using linked patient‐level data
6 14:45–
15:00		    

 

Session 14
Integrated care

Chair: Ulrich Wagner
Invited speakers: Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux

1 13:30–
13:45		 Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux
(invited speaker)		 -
2 13:45–
14:00		 Stuart McLennan The spectrum of ethical issues in a learning health care system: asystematic qualitative review
3 14:00–
14:15		 Emily Reeves Palliative care networks in Switzerland. A regional comparison
4 14:15–
14:30		 Troels Kristensen Point-of-care testing of HbA1c in Type 2 diabetes care in general practice and the effect on hospital outpatient visits and inpatient admissions related to diabetes care: Evidence from a natural experiment in Danish general practice
5 14:30–
14:45		    
6 14:45–
15:00		    

 

Session 15
Health policy and politics

Chair: Rolf Marti
Invited speakers: Valérie Paris and Guenther Fink

1 13:30–
13:45		 Valérie Paris
(invited speaker)		 Health policy and politics. A short introduction.
2 13:45–
14:00		 Guenther Fink
(invited speaker)		 Integrating early childhood development programs into the health sector ‐ evidence from Sao Paulo’s western region
3 14:00–
14:15		 Gwyn Bevan Why does a cost‐effective behavioural change programme have a negligible impact on the projected epidemic of type 2 diabetes?
4 14:15–
14:30		 Phung Lang Association between measles vaccine refusal during the period 2005‐2016 and the popular voting on the revision of the Epidemics Act in 2013 in Switzerland
5 14:30–
14:45		 Rosemarie James Public health services and universal health coverage: An unbalanced relationship
6 14:45–
15:00		    

 

Session 16
Patient-sharing networks - a new concept to support outcome-oriented health policy interventions?

Chair: Dominik von Stillfried

1 13:30–
13:40		 Dominik von Stillfried Patient-sharing networks – a new concept to link research and health policy
2 13:40–
13:55		 Thomas Czihal Applying social network analysis to ambulatory care in Germany
3 13:55–
14:10		 James O'Malley Social network analysis and beyond - tools to identify cooperation of providers
4 14:10–
14:20		 Alessandro Lomi Inter-Hospital patient referral networks: What do we know and what we would like to know?
5 14:20–
14:40		 Jonathan Skinner The elusive link between health care spending and health outcomes
6 14:40–
14:50		 Therese Stukel Measuring and evaluating the performance of integrated health systems for complex chronic desease patients
7 14:50–
15:00		 Leonie Sundmacher / Ronja Flemming Using networks to reduce avoidable hospitalizations in 4 German regions?

 

Session 17
Elderly care

Chair: Samia Hurst

1 13:30–
13:45		 Kornelia Basinska Stakeholders rating components of a newly developed Swiss nurse-led care model: Modified RAND/ UCLA appropriateness method
2 13:45–
14:00		 Rahel Schneider Prescription patterns, polypharmacy and potentially inappropriatemedication in Swiss nursing homes: A descriptive analysis based onclaims data
3 14:00–
14:15		 Franziska Zuniga Preventable hospitalizations from Swiss nursing homes: analysis of Swiss discharge data
4 14:15–
14:30		 Nicolas Carvalho Gender difference on long‐term care arrangements: an older citizen study in Switzerland
5 14:30–
14:45		    
6 14:45–
15:00		    

 

15:00–16:30

  Séance plénière: Politique de santé en Suisse
Conférenciers principaux::
Thomas Heiniger (CH)
Jerome Bickenbach (CAN/CH)
Marina Carobbio (CH)

Intervenants:
Thomas Zeltner (CH)
Ana Gurau (Emerging health care leader)