Contextual accompaniment

The Interface  team is tasked with providing expert advice to the decision-makers at the Center for Democracy Studies Aarau. A policy analysis of rising health costs prepared by Interface serves as a basis for the project team. This analysis identifies five topics (basic insurance, hospitals, expansion of services, coordination of care, health promotion and prevention) and related reform proposals that are associated with rising health costs.

In addition to Interface's advisory services, experts with thematic expertise are consulted for the process. Their task is to provide content-related input on a specific aspect of a topic and to answer questions in direct exchange with the Citizens' Assembly participants (the applicable principles for knowledge transfer and for the selection of experts are summarized in the Concept & Program document).

Experts support the Citizens' Assembly participants with their expertise and provide information. Based on the interests of the participants, the experts are available to answer questions, explain and expand on the most important facts on the topic, and provide expert assessments.

The following people will be present on the launch weekend:

• Andreas Balthasar (Professor of Health Policy, University of Lucerne and Interface)
• Carlo de Pietro (Professor of Health Policy, Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana SUPSI)
• Chantal Grandchamp (Health Economist, Unisanté & University of Lucerne)
• Christian von Plessen (Doctor & Professor of Health Policy, Unisanté)
• David Weisstanner (Assistant Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of Lucerne)
• Francesca Bosisio (Professor and Head of the Competence Group for Health System Management, Haute École d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud HEIGVD)
• Marc Höglinger (Professor and Head of Health Services Research, Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW)
• Monika Rüegg (Head of Staff Unit, Federal Office of Public Health FOPH)
• Stefan Felder (Professor of Health Economics, University of Basel)
• Tamara Bischof (Health Economist, Interface)
• Valérie d'Acremont (Professor of Global Health, Unisanté)