Implementation science in Switzerland: It’s time to seize the opportunity

Bianca Albers; Marie-Therese Schultes; Peter Brauchli; Rahel Naef; Viktor von Wyl; Lauren Clack

doi:10.57187/smw.2022.40021

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Implementation science in Switzerland: It’s time to seize the opportunity

Bianca Albers
Marie-Therese Schultes
Peter Brauchli
Rahel Naef
Viktor von Wyl
Lauren Clack

DOI: https://doi.org/10.57187/smw.2022.40021
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2022;152:40021
Published: 10.12.2022

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[1] Khan S, Chambers D, Neta G. Revisiting time to translation: implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in cancer control. Cancer Causes Control. 2021 Mar;32(3):221–30. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-020-01376-z DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-020-01376-z

[2] Albers B, Shlonsky A, Mildon R. En Route to Implementation Science 3.0. Implementation Science 3.0. Cham: Springer Nature; 2020. pp. 1–38. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03874-8 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03874-8_1

[3] de Pietro C, Camenzind P, Sturny I, Crivelli L, Edwards-Garavoglia S, Spranger A, et al. Switzerland - Health system review. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; 2015.

[4] Ladner A, Soguel N, Emery Y, Weerts S, Nahrath S. Swiss Public Administration - Making the State Work Successfully. palgrave macmillan; 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92381-9

[5] Birrenbach T, Kraehenmann S, Perrig M, Berendonk C, Huwendiek S. Physicians’ attitudes toward, use of, and perceived barriers to clinical guidelines: a survey among Swiss physicians. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2016 Dec;7:673–80. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2147/amep.s115149 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S115149

[6] Neuner-Jehle S. Prävention von Fehl- und Überversorgung: was kann der praktizierende Arzt dazu beitragen? Ther Umsch. 2021;78(2):111–7. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a001246 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a001246

[7] Eggli Y, Stadelmann P, Piaget-Rossel R, Marti J. Heterogeneity in The drivers of health expenditures financed by health insurance in a fragmented health system: the case of Switzerland. Health Policy. 2019 Dec;123(12):1275–81. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.10.010 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.10.010

[8] Riou J, Panczak R, Althaus CL, Junker C, Perisa D, Schneider K, et al. Socioeconomic position and the COVID-19 care cascade from testing to mortality in Switzerland: a population-based analysis. Lancet Public Health. 2021 Sep;6(9):e683–91. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00160-2 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00160-2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00160-2

[9] Dhaini SR, Mielke J, Brunkert T, Wyss K, Utzinger J, De Geest S. Swiss Implementation Science Network (IMPACT): A Crucial Building Block to Strengthen the Swiss Research Pipeline for Real-World Translation. Int J Public Health. 2021 Apr;66:1604081. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604081 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604081

[10] Cooke J. A framework to evaluate research capacity building in health care. BMC Fam Pract. 2005 Oct;6(1):44. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-6-44 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-6-44