Members of the CSS Institute for Empirical Health Economics
Prof. Dr. Konstantin Beck (Managing Director)
Studies
Economics at the University of Zurich (1981 - 1987)
PhD studies at the University of Zurich (1987 - 1991)
Graduated as
lic. oec. publ. (Master in Economics) in 1987
Dr. oec. publ. (PhD in Economics) in 1991
Habilitation in Health Economics and Empirical Research
at the University of Zurich (2004)
Research Topics
Risk adjustment, risk selection, managed care financing (capitation), reforms of the mandatory health insurance system
Members of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
at CSS Insurance
Bernhard Keller
Studies
Economics at the University of Zurich (1990 – 1996)
Graduated as
lic. oec. publ. (Master in Economics) in 1996
Research Topics
Health insurance, risk adjustment, capitation, forecasting health care expenditures, customer values
Ute Kunze
Studies
Hydrology University of Freiburg, Germany (1985 – 1991)
Advanced Studies in Applied Statistics ETH Zurich (1997 – 1999)
Graduated as
Bachelor in Hydrology in 1991
Diploma of Advanced Studies ETH in Applied Statistics in 1999
Research Topics
Health Insurance, forecasting of health care expenditures, economic rating of physicians, analysis of nutrients in Swiss lakes, analysis of air pollution
Monika Buholzer
Studies
Mathematics at the University of Zurich (2003 - 2007)
Actuary SAV (2009 - 2011)
Graduated as
Master of Science in Mathematics in 2007
Actuary SAV in 2011
Research Topics
Health insurance, forecasting of health care expenditures, economics of supplementary health insurance, managed care
Andreas Schläpfer
Studies
Mathematics, Economics and Philosophy at the
University of Berne (2004 - 2010)
Graduated as
Dipl. Math. (Master of Science in Mathematics) in 2010
Research Topics
Risk adjustment, Swiss Solvency Test
Roger Gabriel
Studies
Mathematics, Actuarial Sciences and Biology at the University of Zurich (2003 - 2008)
Graduated as
Dipl. Math. (Master of Science in Mathematics) in 2008
Research Topics
Accident insurance, collective insurance for sickness allowance, collective health insurance, generalised linear models
Affiliated Members
Maria Trottmann (www.trottmann-analytics.ch)
Studies
Economics at the University of Zurich (2000 – 2005)
PhD studies in health economics at the University of Zurich, Boston University, and the Swiss School of Public Health (2006-2011)
Graduated as
lic. oec. publ. (Master in Economics) in 2005
Dr. oec. publ. (PhD in Economics) in 2011
Research Topics
Health insurance, risk adjustment, capitation, efficiency in health care provision, prediction of health care expenditures, regulation