Public Health & Physiotherapy Related Health Economics Group | Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH

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.

Management & Team

Prof. Dr. Jan Taeymans
- Dozent
- +41 31 848 45 54
- Show e-mail
- See profile
Prof. Dr. Irene König
- Co-Leiterin BSc Physiotherapie
- +41 31 848 45 24
- Show e-mail
- See profile
Melanie Nadia Liechti
- Doktorandin
- +41 31 848 52 53
- Show e-mail
- See profile
Dr. Eefje Luijckx
- Dozentin
- +41 31 848 37 98
- Show e-mail
- See profile
Dr. Nathanael Lutz
- Dozent, Co-Leiter WAT
- +41 31 848 50 51
- Show e-mail
- See profile
Dr. Renato Mattli
- Projektleiter "Lifestyle Interventions"
- +41 31 848 52 50
- Show e-mail
- See profile
Alexander Philipp Schurz
- Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
- +41 31 848 52 57
- Show e-mail
- See profile

Further employees

Francesca Primani, MSc, BFH graduate

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

National partnerships

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

International partnerships

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgien)
Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgien)

Publications

12 publications