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| Type | Master's Thesis |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Value-Based Care in Switzerland: utopia or dystopia? |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Faculty | Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics |
| Number of Pages | 108 |
| Date | 2019 |
| Abstract Text | In international standards, Switzerland has a highly praised and top-notched healthcare system. Nonetheless in accordance with most mature economies, the country faces huge pressures with rising costs and must find innovative solutions to maintain its sustainability. This thesis sheds light on the major barriers to entry in the Swiss landscape of a ground-breaking healthcare strategy. The value-based care is a patient-centric and systematic cost-efficient approach to enhance value creation for patients. The research contributes to the scarce literature assessing Swiss healthcare with regards to value-based care. The study has been built upon a comparative analysis between the high-profile features of the system at present time and the value proposition of the overarching framework. The mandatory statutory health-insurance system, preliminary remuneration changes, and the high reliance on market-based competition are pillars providing strong foundations for a value-based approach. Nevertheless, four main barriers have been identified. The global satisfaction of the Swiss population, the legislative structure of the country, the limited usage of digital health, and the absence of consistent measurement and transparency are likely to underpin the ease of preliminary enabling stages. |
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