Tim Bartling, M. Sc.

Guest scientist

Activity profile

Health economic analyses

Preference measurement of organ allocation

Career history

since 07/2023
Consultant Digital Health in the "FutureTech" service of ITSC GmbH, Hanover
Innovation and future research for and with statutory health insurance companies in Germany

10/2016-03/2023
Research assistant at the Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research

2015-2016
Studied M. Sc. "European Public Health" at Maastricht University, topic of Master's thesis: "Influenza vaccination in Germany: Exploring different factors affecting the use of influenza vaccination with emphasis on chronic diseases."

2015-2016
Tutor in the B.Sc. & M.Sc. "European Public Health" at Maastricht University

2016
Internship at the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin

2016
Internship at the office of Bettina Hornhues, Member of the Bundestag, Berlin

2012-2015
B.Sc. "European Public Health" at Maastricht University, topic of Bachelor thesis: "How are Petros' additions to the Wilson & Jungner criteria fulfilled in the Newborn Screening Programs of Germany and Great Britain? A literature review comparing the two different health systems"

2010
Internship in the press office AOK Bremen/Bremerhaven, Bremen

Publications

Winter J, Müller N, Bartling T, Schrot K (2025). Opportunities through AI for the sustainable profitability of statutory health insurance (SHI) - and what this means for the healthcare system. In: Pfannstiel, M.A. (eds) Artificial intelligence in use for the successful patient journey. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. S387-402. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-48573-3_20

Qu Z, Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Krauth C (2024). Factors influencing deceased organ donation rates in OECD countries: a panel data analysis. BMJ Open 2024;14:e077765. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077765

Bartling T, Oedingen C, Schrem H, Kohlmann T, Krauth C (2023). Setting Organ Allocation Priorities: A Discrete Choice Experiment with German Patients and Their Relatives. Patient Preference and Adherence 2023:17 827-838

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Krauth C (2023). PCR266 Transplant physicians' preferences in deceased organ allocation: a pilot discrete choice experiment. Value in Health 26(12):S501. Doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2023.09.2703.

Qu Z, Oedingen C, Bartling T, Krauth C, Schrem H (2023). Systematic review on the involvement and engagement of patients as advisers for the organization of organ transplantation services. BMJ Open 2023;13:e072091. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072091

Bartling T, Oedingen C, Kohlmann T, Schrem H, Krauth C (2022). How should deceased donor organs be allocated? The patient's perspective derived from semi-structured interviews. Patient Prefer Adherence. 16:2375-2385. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S372603.

Krauth C, Bartling T, Oedingen C (2022). Preference elicitation using discrete choice experiments in the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Forum 2022; 30(3): 193-197

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Mühlbacher AC, Krauth C (2002). P49 Public preferences in allocation: a discrete choice experiment regarding principles of distributive justice. Value in Health. 25(12):S12.

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Mühlbacher AC, Krauth C (2022). Public preferences in organ allocation: a discrete choice experiment regarding distributive justice. The Patient. 15(6):729-738. doi: 10.1007/s40271-022-00601-y.

Bartling T, Oedingen C, Schrem H, Kohlmann T, Krauth C (2021). 'As a surgeon, I am obliged to every single patient': evaluation of focus group discussions with transplantation physicians on the allocation of donor organs, Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation: October 2021 - Volume 26 - Issue 5 - p 459-467 - doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000908

Krauth C, Oedingen C, Bartling T, Dreier M, Spura A, de Bock F, von Rüden U, Betsch C, Korn L, Robra B-P (2021). Public Preferences for exit strategies from COVID-19 lockdown in Germany-A discrete choice experiment. International Journal of Public Health. 66: 591027. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2021.591027.

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Mühlbacher AC, Krauth C (2021). Public preferences for the allocation of donor organs for transplantation: A discrete choice experiment. Social Science & Medicine 287 (2021) 114360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114360

Qu Z, Oedingen C, Bartling T, Beneke J, Zink M, Krauth C, & Schrem H (2021). Systematic review on potential brain dead donor estimations and conversion rates to actually realized organ donations. Transplantation Reviews, 100638.

Bartling T, Oedingen C, Kohlmann T, Schrem H, Krauth C (2020). Comparing preferences of physicians and patients regarding the allocation of donor organs: A systematic review. Transplantation Reviews. 34(1): 100515. doi: 10.1016/j.trre.2019.100515 .

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Dierks M-L, Mühlbacher AC, Schrem H, Krauth C (2020). Public preferences for the allocation of donor organs for transplantation: Focus group discussions: Health Expectations. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13047.

Qu Z, Oedingen C, Bartling T, Schrem H, Krauth C (2020). Organ procurement and transplantation in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. In The Lancet 396 (10260), p. 1395. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32213-3.

Bartling T, Oedingen C, Krauth C (2019). Preference measurement for quality development in organ allocation. Public Health Forum, 27(3), pp. 217-220, doi:10.1515/pubhef-2019-0035 [Transfer title to Citavi project using this DOI]

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Mühlbacher AC, Schrem H, Krauth C (2019). Systematic Review of Public Preferences for the Allocation of Donor Organs for Transplantation: Principles of Distributive Justice. The Patient. 12: 475-489. Doi: 10.1007/s40271-019-00363-0 [Transfer title to Citavi project using this DOI] .

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Mühlbacher AC, Schrem H, Krauth C (2019). Public preferences for the allocation of donor organs for transplantation: Principles of distributive justice. Presentation at the 28th Annual Meeting of the German Transplantation Society (DTG). Transplant International. 32(Suppl. 3): 22-23. doi: 10.1111/tri.13499 .

Oedingen C, Bartling T, Krauth C (2018). Public, medical professionals' and patients' preferences for the allocation of donor organs for transplantation: study protocol for discrete choice experiments. BMJ Open 2018;8:e026040. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026040 [Transfer title to Citavi project using this DOI]

Krauth C, Bartling T. Is rehabilitation worthwhile: An overview of health economic analyses of rehabilitation in Germany. Federal Health Journal 2017; 60: 394-401.

Schaubert K, Bartling T, Jäger C, Krauth C (2017). Systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of interventions for heart valve replacement: Kristina Schaubert. Oral presentation at the 10th European Public Health Conference Sustaining resilient and healthy communities Stockholm, Sweden. European Journal of Public Health. 27(suppl_3): 92. doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx187.236 [Transfer title to Citavi project using this DOI] .

Bartling T. Infant mortality and nationwide newborn bloodspot screening programs in the European Union. In: Alban Med, No. 2, 2016, pp. 108 - 112.