title: Application of the Meikirch Model to independent medical evaluations for Social Security eligibility determinations in Switzerland and potential for use by physicians in many other situations.
abstract: The Meikirch Model of Bircher and Kuruvilla provides a new and very interesting definition of health and disease, based on a biopsychosocial framework and the idea of an interaction of an individual with social and environmental determinants of health. It is a modern systems approach, not only for acute, but particularly for chronic diseases. For this reason, I have adopted this analytic approach for conducting independent medical evaluations in the Swiss system of Social Security.
authors.affiliation: MEDAS Zentralschweiz, Rheumatologie FMH, EMBA, MAS Versicherungsmedizin, Chefarzt MEDAS Zentralschweiz, Hirschengraben 33, Luzern, 6003, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeger
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D064890:Social Determinants of Health