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helsana-report
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Helsana report: Household income and the use of healthcare services

The Helsana report “Household income and the use of healthcare services” examines how income affects the use of healthcare services.

Organspenden
/ News, Research

Does the opt-out system lead to crowding-out of living organ donations? The answer remains open.

Commentary by Stefan Felder on the study by Güntürkün et al. (2025): The claimed decline in living organ donations under opt-out systems does not hold up. Observed changes are driven by pandemic disruptions, not consent legislation.

Authors
/ News, Research

2 new publications

In two recently published journal articles, Stefan Felder and colleagues examine the question of how to determine the optimal sequence for diagnostic tests and whether opt-out legislation for organ donation reduces the willingness to make…

health insurance companies
/ News

Who benefits? And what are the expenses? The most important questions about the 'premium cap'

Health insurance contributions in Basel are to be capped at ten percent of income, as decided by the Grand Council (Grosser Rat). What sounds simple is highly complex.

nzz
/ News

Health insurance premiums: Higher expenses due to weight loss injections

In this NZZ article, Prof. Dr. Stefan Felder comments on the so-called "weight loss injections".

zofingen hospital
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Private companies want to take over public hospitals

Public hospitals are in crisis, cantons have to inject millions. This calls private players onto the scene.

luzerner forum
/ Events, People

The future of hospital care in Central Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Stefan Felder outlined his ideas for sustainable hospital care in Central Switzerland at the "Future of hospital care in Central Switzerland" panel discussion.

advisory_board_2025
/ People

1. Annual meeting of the bche Advisory Board

On January 21, 2025, the bche Advisory Board met for the first time at the WWZ of the University of Basel.

/ Research

Helsana Report: Income & Premiums

The level of income plays a major role in the premium decision of insured persons. A finding that seems unsurprising at first glance.

/ Research

Accompanying research "Réseau de l'Arc"

bche and Swiss TPH sign contract for accompanying research on the "Réseau de l'Arc"

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