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Monitoring in the FOPH

Monitoring and indicator systems are systematic collections of data. They make a fundamental contribution to evidence-based health policy. This page provides an overview of selected data sources and monitorings relevant to the fulfilment of the FOPH’s tasks.

Monitoring and indicator systems are routine, permanent and systematic collections of comparable data. They allow various actors to identify changes and/or trends in the implementation and impact of government measures and the behaviour of target groups. Monitoring only observes. There is no judgment. The monitoring elements are the indicators defined as the subject of observation. The results are the data and the changes/trends identified using the selected indicators.

Surveillance is the systematic and ongoing monitoring of diseases and deaths in the population. Surveillance is particularly used for infectious diseases (epidemiology).

Overview of Monitorings and surveillances

Non-communicable diseases, addiction, prevention and health promotion

• MonAM – Swiss Monitoring System of Addiction and Noncommunicable Diseases

• Health and lifestyle Survey (Topics: tobacco and nicotine and other risk factors such as cannabis or physical inactivity)

• act-info: monitoring on addiction, care and therapy

• DroMedArio Dashboard: data on residues of drugs, medicaments, alcohol and tobacco in wastewater

• Data on mental health and on psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care in Switzerland

• Monitoring Dementia and the care situation in Switzerland: facts and figures

• Data situation on suicides and attempted suicides in Switzerland

• Swiss Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey (HBSC)

Communicable diseases

• Infectious Diseases Dashboard: data on respiratory viruses and tick-borne diseases

• Surveillance of respiratory viruses: reports from hospital-based sentinel surveillance of the flu and COVID-19

• Figures on infectious diseases: infectious diseases requiring notification, Sentinella reporting system and surveillance of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases

• Swiss Paediatric Surveillance Unit (SPSU): surveillance system for rare paediatric diseases

• Swiss Antibiotic Resistance Report (SARR): national report on the antibiotic resistance situation in Switzerland

• ANRESIS – Monitoring system for antibiotic resistance and antibiotic consumption in the area of human medicine

Biomedicine

• Monitoring of the Transplantation Act: key figures on transplant medicine in Switzerland

• Monitoring of the Reproductive Medicine Act: facts & figures on reproductive Medicine in Switzerland

• Statistic on assisted reproductive technology: data on in vitro fertilization methods (IVF)

Radiation protection

• Radenviro – Monitoring of environmental radioactivity and radiation doses in Switzerland

• Monitoring of diagnostic radiation exposure in medicine

Health and accident insurance

• Health insurance dashboard (Compulsory health insurance)

• Statistics on compulsory health insurance

• Monitoring of health insurance cost trends (MOKKE)

• Monitoring of the effectiveness of reducing premiums

• Outpatient before inpatient (AvS): monitoring of the shift of interventions from inpatient care to outpatient care and the financial impact

• Monitoring of the new regulation on psychological psychotherapy (report at the bottom of the website)

• Monitoring of the Analysis List (Laboratory analyses in the outpatient sector covered by compulsory health insurance)

• Key operating figures for Swiss hospitals

• Quality indicators for Swiss acute hospitals

• Key operating figures for nursing homes

Health professions / Health services

• Statistics of medical professions: figures on pre- and postgraduate education in university medical professions

• Statistics on recognitions of foreign university degrees and postgraduate education qualifications in psychology professions

• National Monitoring of Nursing Professions

• Monitoring of the Federal Act on the Electronic Patient Record

• Research reports on International Health Policy Survey of the Commonwealth Fund Foundation

• Swiss Health Care Atlas

Catalogue of federal policy research topics in the FOPH 2025-2028 (PDF, 2 MB, 15.12.2023)(only in German)

Considering gender in federal studies and statistics (PDF, 96 kB, 29.02.2024)(in German)

Health indicators:

Monitoring of the legislature plan:

Swiss Federal Government and Parliament (all political sectors)

Research Database:

The ARAMIS information system

Legislation regarding evaluation & research

The acquisition of knowledge through evaluation and research is conducted on the basis of legislation.

Further information

Research in the FOPH

Research provides the FOPH with knowledge that is useful for guiding its decisions and practices.

Research reports

Research provides the FOPH with the knowledge it needs to guide decisions and actions, and so fulfil its duties. Recent research reports can be found here.

Figures & statistics

Evaluation in the FOPH

Evaluation assesses the value and benefit of health policy measures.

Last modification 11.07.2024

Contact

Federal Office of Public Health FOPH
Management Services Division
Evaluation and Research Service
Schwarzenburgstrasse 157
3003 Bern
Switzerland
E-mail

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