Health

Demographic developments and a growing desire for a healthy lifestyle pose a new challenge for our society. We must re-think answers to fundamental questions regarding the organization of the health sector. What level of medical care can we afford as a society? How can we ensure optimal quality levels while becoming more efficient and effective?

Swiss Economics supports you in finding answers to today's challenges in the health sector using rigorous economic analysis.

Preference measurement. We evaluate patients' preferences and willingness to pay for new treatments and pharmaceuticals. We use established quantitative methods from economics that allows us to extract insights from aggregated consumption data or patient level survey data.

Design of reimbursement policies and incentive schemes. We analyze whether reimbursement policies are compatible with good incentives or whether they are likely to lead to unwanted behavior by patients, service providers, or producers.

Benchmarking and efficiency measurement. We support hospitals during regulatory cost and efficiency reviews. We assess cost drivers and output dimensions in order to identify efficiency frontiers conditional on size and case mix.

Antitrust proceedings. We provide you with conceptual and quantitative evidence during competition authorities' proceedings regarding excessive pricing, agreements, or pay for delay allegations.