Population ageing combined with a shrinking potential workforce are main factors influencing future socio-economic development and the labour market. This paper has the objective to show the impact of population change on one important sector of the economy, the health care market. As the need...

This paper shows the impact of demographic change on the demand for and supply of health care workforce in Denmark. As the need for health care services increases with age, the population ageing is expected to have a direct influence on the demand for health care and its workforce. The future...

Background: The regional availability of specialized physicians is an important aspect in healthcare of patients with IBD. The association between physician density and healthcare is not yet clear. Most studies did not consider district type, which reflects population density. Our research...

This thesis contains three essays on topics from the field of Applied Health Economics. Two major subdivisions of the health care system, the health- and nursing care market, were closer investigated. In particular, the effect of public reporting on nursing home quality in Germany was analyzed....

[Purpose:] The purpose of this paper is to examine how access to health care for (rejected) asylum seekers in an eastern German state is structured and experienced and to consider the implications for their human rights. [Design/methodology/approach:] The paper is based on 12 in-depth interviews...

Über Jahrzehnte hinweg lassen sich politische Reformversuche wechselnder Intensität im Gesundheitssystem nachweisen. Der Erfolg blieb ihnen allerdings oftmals versagt. Die Autoren gehen in ihrer empirischen Analyse den Anlässen für Steuerungsversuche in verschiedenen Teilbereichen des...

* Telemedizin kann die Gesundheitsversorgung deutlich verbessern, indem sie medizinische Angebote zeit- und raumunabhangig zur Verfugung stellt. * Der Nutzen der Telemedizin fur eine Verbesserung der Versorgung ist in weiten Bereichen evidenzbasiert, die Verbreitung aber noch langsam. * Die...

Wie die Ergebnisse der Befragung von Nutzern gängiger Gesundheitsportale nahelegen, kann die häufige Inanspruchnahme solcher Webseiten enorme Auswirkungen auf das Arzt-Patient-Verhältnis entfalten. Folgen können ein reflektierterer und kritischerer Umgang mit Ärzten sein, aber auch ein...

Background: This paper analyses the volume-outcome relationship and the effects of minimum volume regulations in the German hospital sector. Methods: We use a full sample of administrative data from the unselected, complete German hospital population for the years 2005 to 2007. We apply...