Flurina Meier

Work at ZHAW

Position

Stv. Head Health Services Research

Focus

Care of older and/or chronically ill persons, financing of long-term care, integrated care, systematic reviews

Experience

• Deputy Head of Health Services Research Unit, WIG
  ZHAW
  07 / 2017 - today
• Scientific Collaborator, WIG
  ZHAW
  04 / 2012 - 02 / 2017
• Scientific Collaborator
  SwissTPH Basel und ISPM Basel
  2009 - 03 / 2012

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Diploma in higher education / Biology
  ETH Zurich
  2007 - 2010
• MSc in Human Movement Science / Human Movement Science
  ETH Zurich
  2003 - 2009

Continuing Education

MAS ZFH in Managed Health Care
ZHAW
09 / 2018

Network

Membership of networks

• Public Health Switzerland
• ETH Alumni - Health Sciences and Technology (HST)

Projects

• Integrated Care – Need and options for action in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• COVID-19 Social Monitor / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Health Technology Assessment: Infliximab reference product versus biosimilar for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Evaluation of the health economic impact of the AO Foundation / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Fortified food for nutritional deficiencies / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Analysis of Needs for Hospice Beds in the Health Care Region of Winterthur / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Robotics and autonomous devices in social and health care / Team member / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Meier Schwarzer, Flurina; Probst-Hensch,Nicole; Kwiatkowski,Marek; Höglinger, Marc,

  2024.

  Long-term development of loneliness in older people and associations with stringency of COVID-19 measures : an observational cohort study.

  Age and Ageing.

  53(4), pp. afae069.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae069

• Grobet, Cécile; Audigé, Laurent; Eichler, Klaus; Meier, Flurina; Marks, Miriam; Herren, Daniel B.,

  2022.

  Cost-utility analysis of thumb carpometacarpal resection arthroplasty : a health economic study using real-world data.

  Journal of Hand Surgery (American Volume).

  47(5), pp. 445-453.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2022.01.013

• Grobet, Cécile; Glanzmann, Michael C.; Eichler, Klaus; Rickenbacher, Dominik; Meier, Flurina; Brunner, Beatrice; Audigé, Laurent,

  2021.

  Cost-utility analysis of total shoulder arthroplasty : a prospective health economic study using real-world data.

  Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.

  30(9), pp. 1998-2006.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2021.03.136

• Grobet, Cécile; Audigé, Laurent; Eichler, Klaus; Meier, Flurina; Brunner, Beatrice; Wieser, Simon; Flury, Matthias,

  2020.

  Cost-utility analysis of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair : a prospective health economic study using real-world data.

  Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation.

  2(3), pp. 193-205.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asmr.2020.02.001

• Eichler, Klaus; Höglinger, Marc; Meier, Flurina; Knöfler, Fabio; Scholz-Odermatt, Stefan M.; Brügger, Urs; Denk, Eberhard; Gutzwiller, Felix; Prein, Joachim; Renner, Nikolaus; Joeris, Alexander,

  2020.

  Impact of osteosynthesis in fracture care : a cost comparison study.

  Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research.

  9(7), pp. 483-496.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2217/cer-2019-0194

• Eichler, Klaus; Hess, Sascha; Twerenbold, Claudia; Sabatier, Magalie; Meier, Flurina; Wieser, Simon,

  2019.

  Health effects of micronutrient fortified dairy products and cereal food for children and adolescents : a systematic review.

  PLOS ONE.

  14(1).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210899

• Joeris, Alexander; Höglinger, Marc; Meier, Flurina; Knöfler, Fabio; Scholz, Stefan; Brügger, Urs; Denk, Eberhard; Gutzwiller, Felix; Prein, Joachim; Renner, Nikolaus; Eichler, Klaus,

  2019.

  The impact of the AO foundation on fracture care : an evaluation of 60 years AO foundation.

  Injury.

  50(11), pp. 1868-1875.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2019.07.016

• Wanner, Miriam; Martin, Brian W.; Autenrieth, Christine S.; Schaffner, Emmanuel; Meier, Flurina; Brombach, Christine; Stolz, Daiana; Bauman, Adrian; Rochat, Thierry; Schindler, Christian; Kriemler, Susi; Probst-Hensch, Nicole,

  2016.

  Associations between domains of physical activity, sitting time, and different measures of overweight and obesity.

  Preventive Medicine Reports.

  3, pp. 177-184.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.01.007

• Wanner, Miriam; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Kriemler, Susi; Meier, Flurina; Autenrieth, Christine; Martin, Brian W.,

  2016.

  Validation of the long international physical activity questionnaire : influence of age and language region.

  Preventive Medicine Reports.

  3, pp. 250-256.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.03.003

• Wanner, Miriam; Martin, Brian W; Meier, Flurina; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Kriemler, Susi,

  2013.

  Effects of filter choice in GT3X accelerometer assessments of free-living activity.

  Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

  45(1), pp. 170-177.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0b013e31826c2cf1

• Schikowski, Tamara; Schaffner, Emmanuel; Meier, Flurina; Phuleria, Harish C.; Vierkötter, Andrea; Schindler, Christian; Kriemler, Susi; Zemp, Elisabeth; Krämer, Ursula; Bridevaux, Pierre-Olivier; Rochat, Thierry; Schwart, Joel; Künzli, Nino; Probst-Hensch, Nicole,

  2013.

  Improved air quality and attenuated lung function decline : modification by obesity in the SAPALDIA cohort.

  Environmental Health Perspectives.

  121(9), pp. 1034-1039.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206145

• Wanner, Miriam; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Kriemler, Susi; Meier, Flurina; Bauman, Adrian; Martin, Brian W.,

  2013.

  What physical activity surveillance needs : validity of a single-item questionnaire.

  British Journal of Sports Medicine.

  48(21), pp. 1570-1576.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2012-092122

• Rimmele, Ulrike; Meier, Flurina; Lange, Tanja; Born, Jan,

  2010.

  Suppressing the morning rise in cortisol impairs free recall.

  Learning & Memory.

  2010(17), pp. 186-190.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.1728510

• Becker, Heidrun Karin; Scheermesser, Mandy; Früh, Michael; Treusch, Yvonne; Auerbach, Holger; Hüppi, Richard Alexander; Meier, Flurina,

  2013.

  Robotik in Betreuung und Gesundheitsversorgung.

  1. Auflage.

  Zürich:

  vdf Hochschulverlag.

  TA-Swiss ; 58.

  ISBN 978-3-7281-3520-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3218/3521-6

• Meier, Flurina; Heiniger, Sarah; Egger, Thomas; Kobler, Irene,

  2024.

  Leistungsintensität von Spitex-Klientinnen und -Klienten und ihre Abbildung im Vergütungssystem : Schlussbericht.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30824

• Meier, Flurina; Gabriel, Rainer,

  2023.

  Pro Senectute Altersmonitor : Bezug von Betreuungs- und Pflegeleistungen im Alter.

  Zürich:

  Pro Senectute.

  ISBN 978­3­907481­00­4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30212

• Höglinger, Marc; Heiniger, Sarah; Egger, Thomas; Meier, Flurina; Moser, André; Schmelzer, Sarah,

  2023.

  Lebensqualität, psychische Gesundheit, Einsamkeit und Adhärenz an Schutzmassnahmen während der Covid-19-Pandemie : Schlussbericht zum Covid-19 Social Monitor.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2458

• Meier, Flurina,

  2022.

  Vor dem Tsunami zieht sich das Wasser zurück.

  Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.

  Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2022/06/23/vor-dem-tsunami-zieht-sich-das-wasser-zurueck/

• Mattli, Renato; Grobet, Cécile; Sharakin, Maxim; Pöhlmann, Johannes; Vinci, Linda; Syleouni, Maria-Eleni; Carlander, Maria; Meier, Flurina; Egli, Philipp; Gerber-Grote, Andreas; Wieser, Simon,

  2022.

  Infliximab reference product versus biosimilar for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG.

  Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/versicherungen/krankenversicherung/krankenversicherung-leistungen-tarife/hta/hta-projekte/infliximab.html

• Heiniger, Sarah; Meier, Flurina; Moser, André; Schmelzer, Sarah; Höglinger, Marc,

  2021.

  Ausgewählte Ergebnisse des Covid-19 Social Monitors : Lebensqualität, psychische Befindlichkeit und Adhärenz an Schutzmassnahmen im Verlauf der Corona-Pandemie von März 2020 bis Juni 2021.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/mt/k-und-i/aktuelle-ausbrueche-pandemien/2019-nCoV/social-monitor-zwischenbericht2021.pdf

• Meier, Flurina; Carlander, Maria,

  2021.

  Ergänzende Modelle zur Verzögerung von Heimeintritten : Schlussbericht vom 26.02.2021.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW School of Management and Law.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27783

• Meier, Flurina; Heiniger, Sarah; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Höglinger, Marc,

  2021.

  Loneliness in older persons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference, Bern, 25.-26. August 2021.

• Meier, Flurina; Brunner, Beatrice; Lenzin, Golda; Heiniger, Sarah; Carlander, Maria; Huber, Andrea,

  2020.

  Betreuung von Seniorinnen und Senioren zu Hause : Bedarf und Kosten.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22644

• Meier, Flurina; Brunner, Beatrice,

  2020.

  Wie viel würde eine bedarfsgerechte Betreuung älterer Personen zu Hause kosten? Und wieso ist das wichtig?.

  Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.

  Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2020/10/15/wie-viel-wuerde-eine-bedarfsgerechte-betreuung-aelterer-personen-zu-hause-kosten-und-wieso-ist-das-wichtig/

• Meier, Flurina; Huber, Andrea; Hollenstein, Eva,

  2020.

  Begleitevaluation Drehscheibe RegioArbon : Schlussbericht.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30262

• Pöhlmann, Johannes; Mattli, Renato; Syleouni, Maria-Eleni; Carlander, Maria Johanna; Meier, Flurina; Egli, Philipp; Gerber-Grote, Andreas; Wieser, Simon,

  2020.

  Infliximab reference product versus biosimilar for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis : scoping report.

  Bundesamt für Gesundheit.

  Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/kuv-leistungen/leistungen-und-tarife/hta/berichte/h0047infx-scoping-report.pdf.download.pdf/h0047infx-scoping-report.pdf

• Meier, Flurina; Huber, Andrea; Hollenstein, Eva,

  2019.

  Begleitevaluation Drehscheibe RegioArbon : eine Studie im Auftrag des Kantons Thurgau.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW School of Management and Law.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27786

• Meier, Flurina; Huber, Andrea; Höglinger, Marc; Schmidt, Marion; Mattli, Renato; du Bois-Reymond, Alard,

  2019.

  Mit hohem Pflegebedarf in der eigenen Wohnung - Quartierstützpunkte und Thurvita Care : Erfahrungsbericht der Thurvita AG und Zusammenfassung der wissenschaftlichen Begleitstudie 2014-2018.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3380

• Eichler, Klaus; Höglinger, Marc; Meier, Flurina; Knöfler, Fabio; Brügger, Urs,

  2018.

  Health economic impact of the AO Foundation in fracture care over 60 years [poster].

  In:

  AO Davos 60th Anniversary Meeting, Davos, 2.-12. Dezember 2018.

  Academia Raetica.

• Meier, Flurina; Brunner, Beatrice; Grobet, Cécile; Wieser, Simon; Audigé, Laurent; Flury, Matthias; Eichler, Klaus,

  2018.

  Real-world cost-utility analysis of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2018, Neuchâtel, 7-8 November 2018.

  Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+).

• Eichler, Klaus; Hess, Sascha; Twerenbold, Claudia; Sabatier, Magalie; Meier, Flurina; Wieser, Simon,

  2017.

  Health effects of micronutrient-fortified milk and cereal food for children and adolescents : a systematic review [poster].

  In:

  ISPOR 20th Annual European Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, 4-8 November 2017.

• Eichler, Klaus; Grobet, Cécile; Meier, Flurina; Flury, Matthias; Wieser, Simon; Audigé, Laurent,

  2017.

  Increasing evidence for value of health care in orthopedics : update from a Swiss health services research study of rota-tor cuff repair [poster].

  In:

  5th Annual Swiss Symposium for Health Services Research (SAMW), Bern, 1. März 2017.

• Angerer, Alfred; Meier, Flurina,

  2016.

  Dank Lean fit für den Wandel.

  Heime und Spitäler.

  2016(1), pp. 14-15.

  Available from: https://www.heimeundspitaeler.ch/archiv-redaktion/2016/maerz-2016/dank-lean-fit-fuer-den-wandel/

• Maurer, Matthias; Meier, Flurina; Schmidt, Robin,

  2015.

  Kantonale Unterschiede in der Finanzierung der Universitätsspitäler : Schlussbericht.

  Bern:

  Gesundheits- und Fürsorgedirektion.

  Available from: https://www.gef.be.ch/gef/de/index/direktion/ueber-die-direktion/aktuell.assetref/dam/documents/portal/Medienmitteilungen/de/2016/01/2015-01-08-finanzierung-universit%C3%A4tsspit%C3%A4ler-schlussbericht-analyse.pdf

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Becker, Heidrun Karin; Früh, Michael; Treusch, Yvonne; Hüppi, Richard Alexander; Meier, Flurina,

  2014.

  Robotics and autonomous devices in health care : a technology assessment study of opportunity and risks [paper].

  In:

  Michalek, Tomáš; Hebakova, Lenka; Hennen, Leonhard; Scherz, Constanze; Nierling, Linda; Hahn, Julia, eds.,

  Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions : Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 Conference in Prague.

  PACITA 2013 Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 13-15 March 2013.

  Prague:

  Technology Centre ASCR.

  pp. 289-294.

  Available from: http://www.pacitaproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Conference-Book.pdf

• Meier, Flurina; Auerbach, Holger,

  2013.

  Analysis of needs for hospice beds in the health care region of Winterthur [poster].

  In:

  Nationale Konferenz für Forschung in Palliative Care, Bern, 26. November 2013.

  Bern:

  Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften.

• Wieser, Simon; Meier, Flurina; Schärer, Xavier; Marzetta, Jacopo; Stucki, Michael,

  2024.

  Decomposing long-term care spending by diseases : a comparison of methods.

  In:

  EuHEA Conference, Vienna, Austria, 30 June - 3 July 2024.

• Grobet, Cécile; Eichler, Klaus; Flury, Matthias; Meier, Flurina; Wieser, Simon; Brunner, Beatrice; Schwyzer, Hans-Kaspar; Audigé, Laurent,

  2021.

  Cost-utility analysis of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair : real-world data of reintegration.

  In:

  EUMASS Congress & SIM Annual Meeting, online, 16-17 September 2021.

• Meier, Flurina; Huber, Andrea; Schmidt, Marion; Mattli, Renato,

  2020.

  Nursing home lead reha-program after hospital stay : evaluation of effectiveness and costs.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2020, Luzern (Virtual Conference), 2.-3. September 2020.

• Joeris, Alexander; Höglinger, Marc; Meier, Flurina; Knöfler, Fabio; Scholz, Stefan; Brügger, Urs; Denk, Eberhard; Gutzwiller, Felix; Prein, Joachim; Renner, Nikolaus; Eichler, Klaus,

  2019.

  Health economic impact of the technology “osteosynthesis” on fracture care : an economic analysis for 17 high income countries over the course of 60 years.

  In:

  ISPOR 2019 Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA, 18-22 May 2019.

  Elsevier.

  pp. S218.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2019.04.1010

• Grobet, Cécile; Audigé, Laurent; Eichler, Klaus; Meier, Flurina; Wieser, Simon; Flury, Matthias,

  2018.

  Is arthroscopic rotator cuff repair cost effective? : a prospective Swiss health-economic study.

  In:

  78. Jahreskongress Swiss Orthopaedics, Montreux, 6.-8. Juni 2018.

• Grobet, Cécile; Audigé, Laurent; Eichler, Klaus; Meier, Flurina; Wieser, Simon; Herren, Daniel,

  2018.

  Is surgery for trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis cost effec-tive? : a Swiss health-economic study.

  In:

  Kongress der schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie (SGH-/SGHR) 2018, St. Gallen, 22-23 November 2018.

• Grobet, Cécile; Audigé, Laurent; Meier, Flurina; Eichler, Klaus; Wieser, Simon; Flury, Matthias,

  2018.

  Ist die arthroskopische Rotatorenmanschetten-Rekonstruktion kosteneffektiv? : eine prospektive, gesundheitsökonomische Studie aus der Schweiz.

  In:

  35. Kongress der Gesellschaft für Arthroskopie und Gelenkchirurgie, Linz, Österreich, 13.-15. September 2018.

• Angerer, Alfred; Meier, Flurina; Drevs, Florian,

  2015.

  “You can’t teach a grumpy dog new tricks” : the interplay between employee satisfaction and lean transformation practices affecting hospital performance – findings from the swiss hospital market.

  In:

  15th EURAM Annual Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 17-20 June 2015.

• Schikowski, Tamara; Schaffner, Emmanuel; Meier, Flurina; Harish, Phuleria; Schindler, Christian; Vierkötter, Andrea; Krämer, Ursula; Rochat, Thierry; Künzli, Nino; Probst-Hensch, Nicole,

  2011.

  Air pollution decline, body mass index and pulmonary function : the role of gender.

  In:

  Abstracts of the 23rd Annual Conference of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE).

  23rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), Barcelona, 13-16 September 2011.

  Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP).

  Available from: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/isee.2011.00733

• Meier, Flurina; Kriemler, Susi; Imboden, Medea; Dratva, Julia; Rochat, Thierry; Probst-Hensch, Nicole,

  2011.

  Long-term follow-up of the SAPALDIA cohort : new insights into chronic disease.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2011, Basel, 25-26 August 2011.

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