Call for paper - Secondary analysis of insurance claims for policymaking

Guest Editors

Eva Blozik, PhD, MPH, Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, SWICA Healthcare Organisation, Switzerland
Dennis Häckl, PhD, Institute of Public Finance and Public Management, Leipzig University, Germany

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 2 May 2025

BMC Health Services Research is calling for submissions to our Collection on secondary analysis of insurance claims for policymaking. This collection aims to showcase research leveraging claims data to inform healthcare policy, enhance delivery, and improve patient outcomes. We welcome original research, systematic reviews, and scoping reviews on topics such as the impact of insurance policies on healthcare utilization, cost-effectiveness, healthcare expenditure trends, access and equity in coverage, predictive modeling for policy planning, quality of care assessments, policy interventions to reduce disparities, and methodological advances in claims data analysis.

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Meet the Guest Editors

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Eva Blozik, PhD, MPH, Institute of Primary Care, University Hospital, & SWICA Healthcare Organisation, Switzerland

Dr Blozik is a physician specialized in public health medicine, health services researcher involved in various research and implementation projects that aim to evaluate and increase quality and efficiency of the Swiss and German healthcare system. Dr Blozik is heading the department of health services research at SWICA, a large Swiss health insurance company with many activities in the field of integrated care. She is affiliated with the Institute of Primary Care, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.

Dennis Häckl, PhD, Institute of Public Finance and Public Management, Leipzig University, Germany

Dr Häckl is director of the Institute of Public Finance and Public Management and associate professor for Health Economics and Management at Leipzig University. He is founder and director of the WIG2 Institute in Leipzig. As part of Dr Häckl's research work, Dennis focuses on the financing of the health care system and the economic evaluation of civilization diseases such as type II diabetes mellitus or obesity. His research and publications are mainly based on the analysis of health claims data of sickness funds in Germany.

About the Collection

BMC Health Services Research is calling for submissions to our Collection on secondary analysis of insurance claims for policymaking.

Secondary analysis of health insurance claims data provides a rich resource for understanding healthcare utilization, costs and patient outcomes. The collection focuses on harnessing this data to inform and enhance healthcare policymaking by re-examining previous insurance claims to uncover valuable insights. The aim is to showcase research that leverages claims data to provide evidence-based policy decisions, optimize healthcare delivery, and improve patient outcomes. This Collection invites original research articles, systematic reviews, and scoping reviews that highlight innovative methodologies, significant findings, and practical implications for healthcare systems and policy frameworks, addressing both the challenges and opportunities in utilizing claims data for policy analysis. Topics may include but are not limited to:

Impact of insurance policies on healthcare utilization
Cost-effectiveness analysis using claims data
Trends in healthcare expenditure and outcomes
Evaluating access and equity in healthcare coverage
Predictive modeling for health policy planning
Integration of claims data with other health data sources
Quality of care assessments based on claims data
Policy interventions to reduce healthcare disparities
Economic evaluations of health policy changes
Methodological advances in claims data analysis

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being.

There are currently no articles in this collection.

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Secondary analysis of insurance claims for policymaking" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.