Ein zukunftsfähiges Gesundheitswesen erfordert es, das Zusammenspiel von Patienteninteressen, Mitarbeiterinteressen und Wirtschaftlichkeit stärker in den Blick zu nehmen. Und es bedeutet, die Konsequenzen der Reorganisationsprozesse der vergangenen Jahre zu thematisieren. Wichtige Ergebnisse...

Der Sammelband enthält die erweiterten Referate eines interdisziplinären Workshops über Rationalisierungsreserven im deutschen Gesundheitswesen, insbesondere in dem Bereich der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV). Das Themenspektrum umfasst Effizienzpotentiale im stationären Bereich,...

Using novel microdata, we document an unintended, first-order consequence of the Protestant Reformation: a massive reallocation of resources from religious to secular purposes. To understand this process, we propose a conceptual framework in which the introduction of religious competition shifts...

This paper investigates credit allocation before and after the 2003 banking system reform in China. We find that relationships between earnings quality and new short-term loans, long-term loans and total loans in listed companies changed significantly after the banking system reform, especially...

Using novel microdata, we document an unintended, first-order consequence of the Protestant Reformation: a massive reallocation of resources from religious to secular purposes. To understand this process, we propose a conceptual framework in which the introduction of religious competition shifts...

The objective of our study was to evaluate the efficiency of public, private for-profit, and private non-profit hospitals in Germany. First, bootstrapped data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used to evaluate the efficiency of a panel (n = 1,046) of public, private for-profit, and private...