Dr. Sveja Eberhard

Guest scientist

E-mail: sveja.eberhard@nds.aok.de; eberhard.sveja@mh-hannover.de

 

Activity profile

  • Epidemiological analyses with SHI routine data, currently in particular long-term developments of prevalences, morbidity spectrum, Covid-19
  • Health communication and health policy issues
  • Issues of evidence-based medicine
  • Research collaborations, including innovation funds

 

Career history

  • Since 2017 Head of the Research, Policy and Press Department, AOK Lower Saxony
  • 2013 - 2016 Establishment and management of the Health Services Research Department, AOK Lower Saxony
  • 2009 - 2013 Dr. rer. Biol. Hum. at the Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research at Hannover Medical School on the topic of hypertension care and routine data
  • 2007 - 2008 Master's thesis at the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and the Pain Outpatient Clinic of the MHH on the topic of placebotherapy
  • 2005 - 2008 Part-time studies for a Master of Science in Epidemiology at the Medical Faculty of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • 2005 - 2012 Deputy Head of the Policy Department, AOK Lower Saxony
  • 2003 Internship at the European Representation of the German Social Insurance in Brussels
  • 2001 - 2005 Consultant for health policy, AOK Lower Saxony
  • 2001 Degree in health insurance, diploma thesis on asthma care and patient education

 

Memberships

German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi), German Network for Evidence-based Medicine (EbM Network), Scientific Advisory Board of the Center for Health Economic Research Hannover (CHERH), Advisory Board of the Academy for Social Medicine (LVG & AFS), Scientific Advisory Board of the Clinical Cancer Registry of Lower Saxony (KKN)

 

Publications

Schütte S, Eberhard S, Burger B, Hemmerling M , Rossol S, Stahmeyer JT (2023). Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome. Internal Medicine 64, 482-489, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s00108-023-01510-4

de Jong L, Schmidt T, Stahmeyer JT, Eberhard S, Zeidler J, Damm K (2023). Informal Nursing and employment: factors influencing readiness. Journal of Evidence, Education and Quality in Health Care ZEFQ. VOLUME 178, P29-36, May 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2023.01.008

de Jong L, Schmidt T, Stahmeyer JT, Eberhard S, Zeidler J, Damm K (2023). Willingness to provide informal care to older adults in Germany: a discrete choice experiment. Eur J Health Econ. 2023;24(3):425-436. DOI:10.1007/s10198-022-01483-5

Geyer S, Eberhard S (2022). Compression and expansion of morbidity. A comparison of cohorts of the same age at different points in time. Compression and expansion of morbidity-secular trends among cohorts of the same age. Dtsch Ärzteblatt Int 2022; 119:810-5; DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0324

Stahmeyer JT, Märtens C, Eidt-Koch D, Kahl K, Zeidler J, Eberhard S (2022). Care situation of people diagnosed with depression. An analysis based on routine data from statutory health insurance. The state of care for persons with a diagnosis of depression-an analysis based on routine data from a German statutory health insurance carrier. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2022; 119: 458-65; DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0204

Epping J, Geyer S, Eberhard S, Tetzlaff J (2021). Completely different or quite similar? The sociodemographic structure of the AOK Lower Saxony compared to the general and working population in Lower Saxony and Germany. The Healthcare System S02, Vol 83, S77-86, 2021. DOI: 10.1055/a-1553-3565

Geyer S, Eberhard S (2021). Sick later and healthy longer? Hogrefe 2021

Stahmeyer J, Hamp S, Zeidler J, Eberhard S (2021). Health expenditure and the role of age: A detailed analysis of the costs of survivors and decedents. Federal Health Gazette Health Research Health Protection. DOI: 10.1007/s00103-021-03385-y

Gornyk D, Scharlach M, Buhr-Riehm B, Klett-Tammen CJ, Eberhard S, Stahmeyer JT, Großhennig A, Smith A, Meinicke S, Bautsch W, Krause G, Castell S (2021). Effectiveness of Trainings of General Practitioners on Antibiotic Stewardship: Methods of a Pragmatic Quasi-Experimental Study in a Controlled Before-After Design in South-East-Lower Saxony, Germany (WASA). Front Pharmacol. 2021 Apr 22;12:533248. DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.533248.

de Jong L, Stahmeyer JT, Eberhard S, Zeidler J, Damm K (2021). Willingness and preparedness to provide care: interviews with individuals of different ages and with different caregiving experiences. BMC Geriatr. 2021 Mar 25;21(1):207. DOI: 10.1186/s12877-021-02149-2

Stahmeyer JT, Hemmerling M, Burger B, Eberhard S, Krauth C, Zeidler J, Herr A, Weseloh H, Rossol S (2021). The incidence of diagnosed fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the German population - An analysis based on SHI routine data. Z Gastroenterol. 2021 Mar 23. DOI:10.1055/a-1402-1263.

van Baal K, SchraderS, Schneider N, Wiese B, Stahmeyer JT, Eberhard S, Geyer S, Stiel S, Afshar K (2020). Quality indicators for the evaluation of end-of-life care - A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of statutory health insurance data. BMC Palliative Care (2020) 19:187. doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00679-x

Jong dL, Stahmeyer J, Eberhard S, Zeidler J, Damm K (2020). "But then you often fail because of special features" - Care consultants on legislative changes and the challenges of their work: A qualitative study. Journal for Evidence, Continuing Education and Quality in Healthcare ZEFQ 2020, Volumes 150-152, April 2020, Pages 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2020.03.008

Stahmeyer S, Stubenrauch S, Geyer S, Weißenborn K, Eberhard S (2019). Prevalence of stroke. German Medical Journal, 2019, 116(42):711-717

Hessmann P, Zeidler J, Stahmeyer J, Eberhard S, Vogelgsang J, Abdel-Hamid M, Wolff-Menzler C, Wiltfang J, Kis B (2019). Prescription Patterns of Tricyclic Antidepressants among Patients with Dementia in Germany: A Claims Data Analysis. Frontiers in Pharmacology, July 24, 2019, section Neuropharmacology. DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00841

Bachus L, Eberhard S, Weissenborn, Muschik, Epping J, Geyer S (2019). Morbidity compression in stroke? Long-term analyses of changes in the incidence of stroke. Healthcare, 2019, 81(04): 351-360. DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-109860

Geyer S, Tetzlaff J, Eberhard S, Sperlich S, Epping J (2019). Health inequalities in terms of myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality: a study with German claims data covering 2006 to 2015. International Journal of Public Health, 2019, 64(3)387-397. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-019-01224-1

Jong dL, Plöthner M, Stahmeyer J, Eberhard S, Zeidler J, Damm K (2019). Informal and formal care preferences and expected willingness of providing elderly care in Germany: protocol for a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(1): e023253. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023253

Goetz G, Klora M, Zeidler J, Eberhard S, Bassler S, Mayer S, Gosemann JH, Lacher M (2018). Surgery for Pediatric Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction-Comparison of Outcomes in Relation to Surgical Technique and Operating Discipline in Germany. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb;29(1):33-38. DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1668149. PMID: 30112743.

Hessmann P, Zeidler J, Neubauer S, Abdel-Hamid M, Stahmeyer J, Eberhard S, Wolff-Menzler C, Wiltfang J, Kis B (2018). Continuity of treatment with benzodiazepines in dementia patients: an analysis of German health insurance claims data. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2018, Sep;33(5):282-289

Eberhard S (2018). Is old age losing its terror? Health and Society, 2018, 21(5):22-27

Tetzlaff J, Epping J, Sperlich S, Eberhard S, Stahmeyer JT, Geyer S (2018). Widening inequalities in multimorbidity? Time trends among the working population between 2005 and 2015 based on German health insurance data. International Journal for Equity in Health 2018, Jul 16;17(1):10. DOI: 10.1186/s12939-018-0815-z

Stahmeyer JT, Geyer S, Epping J, Tetzlaff J, Eberhard S (2018). Health expenditure trends and the influence of demographic change. Federal Health Gazette - Health Research - Health Protection. Federal Health Gazette 2018, 61(4), 432-441. DOI: 10.1007/s00103-018-2713-3

Geyer S, Eberhard S, Schmidt BMW, Epping J, Tetzlaff (2018). Morbidity compression in myocardial infarction 2006 to 2015 in terms of changing rates and age at occurrence A longitudinal study using claims data from Germany. PLOS ONE 2018 Aug 23;13(8):e0202631. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202631.

Riedel O, Ohlmeier C, Enders D, Elsässer A, Vizcaya D, Michel A, Eberhard S, Schlothauer N, Berg J, Garbe E (2018). The Contribution of Comorbidities to Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 2018, Jun;107(6):487-497. DOI: 10.1007/s00392-018-1210-x

Kuhn B, Steinhäuser J, Eberhard S, Hufenbach R, Amelung V (2018). The role of municipalities in Lower Saxony for future medical care - results of a cross-sectional study. Healthcare 2018, 80(08/09):711-718. DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-121602

Gerdau-Heitmann C, Sarah Mümken S, Eberhard S, Koppelin F (2017). Mental disorders in working age. Federal Health Gazette - Health Research - Health Protection 2017, 60(12):1346-1355

Tetzlaff J, Muschik D, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S (2017). Expansion or compression of multimorbidity? 10-year development of life years spent in multimorbidity based on health insurance claims data of Lower Saxony, Germany. International Journal of Public Health, 2017, 62(6):679-686. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-0962-9

Muschik D, Tetzlaff J, Lange K, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S (2017). Change in life expectancy with type 2 diabetes: a study using claims data from lower Saxony, Germany. Population Health Metrics, 2017, 15:5. DOI: 10.1186/s12963-017-0124-6

Tetzlaff J; Ulrike Junius-Walker; Muschik D; Epping J; Eberhard S; Geyer S (2017). Identifying time trends in multimorbidity - Defining multimorbidity in times of changing diagnostic practices. Journal of Public Health, 2017, 25 (2):215-222. DOI: 10.1007/s10389-016-0771-2

Muschik D, Icks A, Tetzlaff J, Epping J, Eberhard S, Geyer S (2017). "Morbidity compression, morbidity expansion, or dynamic equilibrium? The time trend of type 2 diabetes in Germany". Journal of Public Health, 2017, 25 (1):19-28. DOI: 10.1007/s10389-016-0756-1

Eberhard S (2016). Soul shadows in the light of numbers. Health and Society, 2016, 19(1):30-35

Hartmann J, Jacobs S, Eberhard S, Lengerke T, Amelung VE (2016). Analyzing predictors for future high-cost patients using German SHI data to identify starting points for prevention. European Journal of Public Health, 2016, 26 (4):549-555. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv248

Jacobs S, Hartmann J, Eberhard S, Ruof J, Amelung VE (2015). How does the framework of integrated care programs influence the possibilities of evaluation? Journal of Evidence, Training and Quality in Health Care, 2015, 109(8):615-620. DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2015.08.004

Eberhard S (2014). Depression and burnout - epidemic of the 21st century? Kompart-Verlag, Berlin 2014. ISBN 978-3-940172-32-7

Bowles D, Eberhard S, Lange A, Greiner W, Zeidler J (2014). Costs of socially recognized care dependency in the cross-section. Journal of Social Reform, 2014, 60(4):349-377

Kuhlmann K, Eberhard S, Geyer S (2013). Prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: A comparison of survey and SHI data. The health care system 2013, 75(08/09). DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1354005

Eberhard S (2013). Can SHI routine data be used to infer guideline-appropriate care? Health and Social Policy, 2013, 67(1):29-36

Jaunzehme J / Eberhard S / Geyer S (2013). How "representative" must AOK data be? Demographic and social differences and similarities between a SHI insured population, the population of Lower Saxony and the Federal Republic using the example of AOK Lower Saxony". Federal Health Gazette Health Research - Health Protection, 2013, 56(3):447-454

Peter J / Eberhard S (2012). Development perspectives in the health care system: Opportunities for change. RATUBUS No. 3/2012. TU Braunschweig, Institute of Law. ISSN 2190-5606

Bernateck M / Karst M / Eberhard S / Vivell W / Fischer MJ / Stichtenoth DO (2009). Placebotherapy. Analysis of scope and expectation in a maximum care Clinical Department. Pain, 2009 Feb;23(1):47-53. DOI: 10.1007/s00482-008-0733-x