Mag. (FH) Claudia Fischer PhD MMSc
Post Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +43 1 40160 - 34846
E-Mail: claudia.fischer@muv.ac.at
Location: Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1st floor, room 135
Claudia Fischer joined the Department of Health Economics in May 2018. She works as a post-doc scientist on the European H2020 project PECUNIA.
She holds a Phd in Public Health from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. During her PhD she also stayed at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London. In her doctoral thesis she focused on the validity and reliability of quality indicators used for benchmarking quality of hospital care.
She holds a Master degree in Public Health from the Erasmus University Rotterdam as well as Master degree in Health Science specialization `Lifestyle and Chronic Disorders´ from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Further she obtained a diploma degree in Health Care Management from the University of Applied Sciences Carinthia (passed with distinction). She previously held appointments at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) and Philips Research (Cambridge/UK).
Her work at Philips Research focussed on the development of telemedicine products for chronically ill patients as well as on the development of strategies to improve population health. Her main research interest includes the area of health system performance measurement and the development and the evaluation of quality indicators. She conducted qualitative and quantitative research in national and international projects (e.g. EU 7th framework project: HSR Europe).
Selected Bibliography
- Huijben, JA, Wiegers EJA, de Keizer NF, Maas AIR, Menon D, Ercole A, Gterio G, Lecky F, Wilson L, Cnossen MC, Polinder S, Steyerberg EW, Van der Jagt M, Lingsma HF, and the Delphi panel (2019): Development of a quality indicator set to measure and improve quality of ICU care for patients with traumatic brain injury. Critical Care. 2019: 23:95. doi.org/10.1186/s13054-019-2377-x.
- Gaveikaite V, Fischer C, Schonenberg H, et al. (2018): Telehealth for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a systematic review and metaanalysis protocol. BMJ Open. 8:e021865. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021865
- Fischer C, Lingsma H, Klazinga N, Hardwick R, Cromwell D, Steyerberg E, Groene O. Volume-outcome revisited: The effect of hospital and surgeon volumes on multiple outcome measures in oesophago-gastric cancer surgery. PLoS One. 2017 Oct 26;12(10).
- Botje D, Ten Asbroek G, Plochg T, Anema H, Kringos DS, Fischer C, Wagner C, Klazinga NS. Are performance indicators used for hospital quality management: a Qualitative interview study amongst health professionals and quality managers in the Netherlands. BMC Health Services Research. 2016 Oct 13:16(1):574.
- Fischer C, Lingsma H, Anema H, Kievit J, Steyeberg EW, Niek NS. Testing the construct validity of hospital care quality indicators: A case study on hip replacement. BMC Health Services Research. 2016 Oct 13; 16(1):574.
- Fischer C, Lingsma H, Hardwick R, Cromwell DA, Steyerberg E, Groene O. Risk adjustment models for short-term outcomes after surgical resection for oesophagogastric cancer. British Journal of Surgery. 2016. 103(1): 105-116.
- Fischer C, Steyerberg EW, Fonarow GC, Ganiats TG, Lingsma HF. A systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between quality of hospital care and readmission rates in patients with heart failure. American Heart Journal 2015 Nov;170(5):1005-17.
- Fischer C, Lingsma H, van Leersum N, Tollenaar RA, Wouters MW. Steyerberg EW. Comparing colon cancer outcomes: The impact of low hospital case volume and case-mix adjustment. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2015; 41(8).
- Fischer C, Lingsma H, Marang van de Mheen P, Kringos SD, Klazinga NS, Steyerberg EW. Is the readmission rate a valid quality indicator? A review of the evidence. PloS One. 2014; 9 (11)
- Aghaei HA, Ravaghi H, Kringos DS, Ogbu UC, Fischer C, Azami SR, Klazinga NS. Using quality measures for quality improvement: the perspective of hospital staff. PLoS One. 2014; 23;9(1).
- Anema HA, van der Veer SN, Kievit J, Krol-Warmerdam E, Fischer C, Steyerberg E, Dongelmans DA, Reidinga AC, Klazinga NS, de Keizer NF. Influences of definition ambiguity on hospital indicator scores: examples from The Netherlands. European Journal of Public Health. 2014;24(1):73-8.
- Anema HA, Kievit J, Fischer C, Steyerberg EW, Klazinga NS. Influences of hospital information systems, indicator data collection and computation on reported Dutch hospital performance indicator scores. BMC Health Services Research. 2013.12;13(1):212.
- Fischer C, Anema H, Klazinga N. The validity of indicators for assessing quality of care: A review of the European literature on the readmission rate. European Journal of Public Health. 2011 Dec 1-8. (Received the editor’s choice)
- Klazinga N, Fischer C, ten Asbroek A. Health services research activities related to performance indicators and benchmarking in Europe. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 2011 Jul; 16 Suppl 2:38-47.
- Fischer C, Brug J, Tak N, Yngve A, te Velde S. Differences in fruit and vegetable intake and their determinants among 11-year-old schoolchildren between 2003 and 2009. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2011 Dec 22; 8:141.
- Fischer C, Yıldırım M, Salmon J, Chinapaw M. Comparing different accelerometer cut points for sedentary time in children. Pediatrics exercise science 2012;24(2):220-8.
