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We suggest that a customer's option to switch suppliers, and to wait and see before switching, adds to customer value in uncertain markets, and affects the customer's switching behavior. We use a real options model to examine the value of this option and conduct sensitivity analyses based on...
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providers. There is an ongoing debate in Germany regarding the preferential treatment given to private health insurance (PHI … problem in the outpatient sector, in 2015 Germany introduced a reform that was aimed at providing SHI holders with … outpatient treatments in Germany and assessed the reform’s impact on this issue. We found a sizeable difference in waiting times …
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This paper uses individual level data to analyze the effect of changes in the compulsory benefit package of the German statutory health insurance scheme on the demand for private supplementary insurance. In particular, we aim at measuring the effect of excluding dentures from the benefit package...
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In response to increasing health expenditures and a high number of physician visits, the German government introduced a copayment for ambulatory care in 2004 for individuals with statutory health insurance (SHI). Because persons with private insurance were exempt from the copayments, this health...
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Deductibles in health insurance are often regarded as a means to contain health care costs when individuals exhibit moral hazard. However, in the absence of moral hazard, voluntarily chosen deductibles may instead lead to self-selection into different insurance contracts. We use a set of new...
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Gemäß § 31 Abs. 1 Risikostrukturausgleichs-Verordnung (RSAV) soll sich das Versichertenklassifikationsmodell für den morbiditätsorientierten RSA an 50-80 Krankheiten orientieren. Dabei sollen insbesondere Krankheiten mit schwerwiegendem Verlauf und kostenintensive chronische Krankheiten...
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Diese Studie verfolgt zwei Ziele. Erstens werden die Vergütungsunterschiede zwischen privat versicherten und gesetzlich versicherten Patienten in der ambulanten ärztlichen Versorgung sowohl relativ als auch in absoluten Zahlen quantifiziert. Zweitens wird berechnet, wie hoch die Belastung...
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Diese Studie geht der Frage nach, welche Auswirkungen die Einführung des Gesundheits-fonds im Hinblick auf die finanzielle Be- und Entlastung von verschiedenen Mitgliedergruppen in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung haben wird. Gegenstand unserer Arbeit ist es insbesondere, die finanziellen...
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