1. Bern University of Applied Sciences
  2. School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering
  3. Research + Consulting services
  4. Research areas
  5. Public Health & Physiotherapy Related Health Economics
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Public Health & Physiotherapy Related Health Economics

The aim of our research is to better understand the costs of various physiotherapeutic diseases, as well as evaluate cost effectiveness or cost-benefits of physiotherapy health interventions.

We use the infrastructure of the Bern Movement Lab, the Bern Mobility Centre and the Bern Pain & Stress Lab for our research.

Further employees

Come join our team

For Master's theses

For current opportunities to work on a Master's thesis, please contact Prof Dr Jan Taeymans directly.

For PhD theses

We currently have no open PhD position.

Projects

Our research projects in the field of public health and physiotherapy-related health economics:

  • Changes in body composition, symptoms and costs during a menstrual cycle: An exploratory evaluation and cost analysis 
  • The economic burden of stroke in the Basel region 
  • Lifestyle intervention in overweight people with chronic back pain: An international randomised controlled trial (SNSF-funded) 

Partnerships

  • Institute of Health Economics at Bern University of Applied Sciences
  • SUPSI, Landquart

  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgien) 

  • Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgien) 

Publications