Search Results - "Boes, Stefan"
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What explains the inequalities in health care utilization between immigrants and non-migrants in Switzerland?
Published in BMC public health (18-03-2021)“…Inequalities in health care use between immigrants and non-migrants are an important issue in many countries, with potentially negative effects on population…”
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Fluid Dynamics in the HeartMate 3: Influence of the Artificial Pulse Feature and Residual Cardiac Pulsation
Published in Artificial organs (01-04-2019)“…Ventricular assist devices (VADs), among which the HeartMate 3 (HM3) is the latest clinically approved representative, are often the therapy of choice for…”
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Hydraulic Characterization of Implantable Rotary Blood Pumps
Published in IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering (01-06-2019)“…Objective: The hydraulic properties of implantable rotary blood pumps (RBPs) determine their interaction with the cardiovascular system. A systematic…”
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External validation of EPIC's Risk of Unplanned Readmission model, the LACE+ index and SQLape as predictors of unplanned hospital readmissions: A monocentric, retrospective, diagnostic cohort study in Switzerland
Published in PloS one (12-11-2021)“…Readmissions after an acute care hospitalization are relatively common, costly to the health care system, and are associated with significant burden for…”
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Validity of screening instruments for the detection of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in hospital inpatients: A systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies
Published in PloS one (25-07-2019)“…As the population ages, Alzheimer's disease and other subtypes of dementia are becoming increasingly prevalent. However, in recent years, diagnosis has often…”
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Assessing social preferences in reimbursement negotiations for new Pharmaceuticals in Oncology: an experimental design to analyse willingness to pay and willingness to accept
Published in BMC health services research (16-03-2021)“…Price negotiations for specialty pharmaceuticals take place in a complex market setting. The determination of the added value of new treatments and the related…”
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Assessing the excess costs of the in-hospital adverse events covered by the AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators in Switzerland
Published in PloS one (05-02-2024)“…There currently exists no comprehensive and up-to date overview on the financial impact of the different adverse events covered by the Patient Safety…”
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Effect of Income on General Life Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction
Published in Social indicators research (01-01-2010)“…Increasing evidence from the empirical economic and psychological literature suggests that positive and negative well-being are more than opposite ends of the…”
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Control of the Fluid Viscosity in a Mock Circulation
Published in Artificial organs (01-01-2018)“…A mock circulation allows the in vitro investigation, development, and testing of ventricular assist devices. An aqueous‐glycerol solution is commonly used to…”
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Initial prescriptions and medication switches of biological products: an analysis of prescription pathways and determinants in the Swiss healthcare setting
Published in BMJ open (21-11-2023)“…ObjectivesBiological products have contributed to extraordinary advances in disease treatments over the last decade. However, the cost-saving potential of…”
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Identification and assessment of a comprehensive set of structural factors associated with hospital costs in Switzerland
Published in PloS one (17-02-2022)“…Structural factors can influence hospital costs beyond case-mix differences. However, accepted measures on how to distinguish hospitals with regard to…”
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3D Printing of Functional Assemblies with Integrated Polymer-Bonded Magnets Demonstrated with a Prototype of a Rotary Blood Pump
Published in Applied sciences (01-08-2018)“…Conventional magnet manufacturing is a significant bottleneck in the development processes of products that use magnets, because every design adaption requires…”
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Potentially inappropriate medications and medication combinations before, during and after hospitalizations: an analysis of pathways and determinants in the Swiss healthcare setting
Published in BMC health services research (28-05-2021)“…Abstract Background A hospitalization phase represents a challenge to medication safety especially for multimorbid patients as acute medical needs might…”
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How to capture the individual and societal impacts of syndemics: the lived experience of COVID-19
Published in BMJ global health (01-10-2021)“…The value of syndemic thinking is that it ‘brings together the environment and individual embodied experience to think about what types of interventions…”
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Transdisciplinary sarcoma care: a model for sustainable healthcare transformation
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Opioid prescriptions after knee replacement: a retrospective study of pathways and prognostic factors in the Swiss healthcare setting
Published in BMJ open (08-03-2023)“…ObjectivesThe optimal use of opioids after knee replacement (KR) remains to be determined, given the growing evidence that opioids are no more effective than…”
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The impact of reimbursement negotiations on cost and availability of new pharmaceuticals: Evidence from an online experiment
Published in Health economics review (21-05-2020)“…Background: The necessity to measure and reward "value for money" of new pharmaceuticals has become central in health policy debates, as much as the…”
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Adjustments in the housing market after an environmental shock: evidence from a large-scale change in aircraft noise exposure
Published in Oxford economic papers (01-10-2017)“…The impact of aircraft noise on housing is a much-debated topic. To meet the increasing demand for air transportation, airports seek to expand their…”
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ConVes: The Sutureless Aortic Graft Anastomotic Device
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-05-2018)“…Less invasive left ventricular assist device implantation became feasible with the development of smaller devices. This study evaluated a sutureless aortic…”
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Challenges and potential improvements in the admission process of patients with spinal cord injury in a specialized rehabilitation clinic - an interview based qualitative study of an interdisciplinary team
Published in BMC health services research (26-06-2017)“…The admission process of patients to a hospital is the starting point for inpatient services. In order to optimize the quality of the health services…”
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