Members

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

Dr. Viktor von Wyl (Senior Researcher)

Studies
Biology and Economics at the University of Basel (1996 - 2002)
PhD studies at the University Hospital Zurich and the ETH Zurich (2005 - 2008)
Graduated as
Dipl. Biol. (Master of Science in Integrative Biology) in 2002
Dr. sc. ETH (PhD in Epidemiology) in 2008
Research Topics
Risk adjustment, risk selection indices, stochastic simulations

Project-specific collaborators

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

Former members of the CSS Institute

Urs Käser

Stefan von Rotz

Ute Studer-Merkle

Bettina Breiter