Urs Brügger

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

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Klaus Eichler

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Simon Wieser

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Sascha Hess

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Aloïs Gratwohl

University of Basel

Bruno Horisberger

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Lukas Kauer

University of Lucerne

Rafael Plessow

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Fabio Knöfler

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Mark Pletscher

Bern University of Applied Sciences

Marco Riguzzi

University Hospital of Zurich

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Cost of low back pain in Switzerland in 2005

The European Journal of Health Economics (2010)

Simon Wieser Bruno Horisberger Sara Schmidhauser Claudia Eisenring Urs Brügger

Low back pain (LBP) is the most prevalent health problem in Switzerland and a leading cause of reduced work performance and disability. This study estimated the total cost of LBP in Switzerland in 2005 from a societal perspective using a bottom-up prevalence-based cost-of-illness approach. The study considers more cost categories than are typically investigated and includes the costs associated with a multitude of LBP sufferers who are not under medical care. The findings are based on a questionnaire completed by a sample of 2,507 German-speaking respondents, of whom 1,253 suffered from LBP in the last 4 weeks; 346 of them were receiving medical treatment for their LBP. Direct costs of LBP were estimated at €2.6 billion and direct medical costs at 6.1% of the total healthcare expenditure in Switzerland. Productivity losses were estimated at €4.1 billion with the human capital approach and €2.2 billion with the friction cost approach. Presenteeism was the single most prominent cost category. The total economic burden of LBP to Swiss society was between 1.6 and 2.3% of GDP.

10.1007/s10198-010-0258-y

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Wenn die Evidenz fehlt

Bulletin des Médecins Suisses (2015)

Urs Brügger Aloïs Gratwohl

Cet article se penche sur la pratique du «Coverage with evidence development», qui offre la possibilité de financer des nouvelles prestations de manière anticipée, même lorsque l’évidence scientifique fait encore défaut. Cette procédure a désormais fait l’objet d’une évaluation, qui démontre la nécessité de nouvelles mesures.

10.4414/bms.2015.03759

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Entwicklung eines Patientenklassifikationssystems (PCS) für die Rehabilitation in der Schweiz

Jan Kool Simon Wieser Marcel Dettling Urs Brügger

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Current state of medical registries in Switzerland 2015 : more questions than answers

Claudia Twerenbold Klaus Eichler Urs Brügger Steve Hostettler

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Globale Mikrostrukturen der Weltgesellschaft

Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. Sonderheft (2005)

Karin Knorr Cetina Urs Brügger

10.1007/978-3-322-80779-3_7

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Design considerations for a contactless electromagnetic transducer for implantable hearing aids

Martin Kompis Carsten Kuhn M. Affolter Urs Brügger Rudolf Häusler

Totally or partially implantable hearing aids may overcome many drawbacks of current conventional hearing aids. The expected advantages of these implantable aids include higher sound fidelity, reduced feedback, and better cosmetic appearance. The output transducer is the single most important component of an implantable hearing aid. In this work, an electromagnetic transducer design consisting of a permanent magnet and a coil separated by a short air gap is investigated. When compared to other, more complex transducers, this contactless design offers several advantages including the absence of bias forces and a reduced risk of malfunction due to wear and time. However, the design of these transducers is demanding due to a lack of simple general analytic approximations to predict the generated force. Using a combination of theoretical considerations and computer simulations, a set of design rules for this type of electromagnetic transducer is developed. It is shown that in order to obtain an energy efficient transducer, the coil should be as short as possible (i.e. 1 mm or less), and the coil diameter should be optimized according to the intended gap width between coil and permanent magnet. Approximate design rules are given.

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Electromagnetic acoustic transducer

10.1109/iembs.1998.746167

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Swiss medical board: what is the impact on routine care in Switzerland? : a case study

Klaus Eichler Sascha Hess Marco Riguzzi Ünal Can Urs Brügger

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