structures in antitrust cases. For hospital markets, both dimensions are controversially discussed in the literature. Using data … for the German hospital market we aim at elaborating the need for differentiating the product market and at investigating … contribute to the scarce empirical evidence on the structure of the German hospital market. We find that the German hospital …

times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the …

how hospital efficiency varies with ownership, patient structure,and other exogenous factors, which are neither inputs nor … hospitals. -- Hospital efficiency ; ownership ; stochastic frontier analysis ; profit function …

In this paper we investigate the existence of a two-tier medical system in the German acute care hospital sector using … data from a survey of 483 German hospitals. The focus of our analysis lies on the impact of hospital concentration on the … hospitals by privileging profitable patients than hospitals in highly concentrated markets. -- Hospital markets ; Patients …

the German birth statistics 1996 to 2010 and German hospital data from 2006 to 2011, we estimate that since the …

the German birth statistics 1996 to 2010 and German hospital data from 2006 to 2011, we estimate that since the …

examine whether hospital policy can stimulate hospital TFP growth. We exploit variation across German federal states in the … period 1993 to 2013. State governments decide on hospital capacity planning (number of hospitals, departments and beds …), ownership, medical students, and hospital investment funding. We show that TFP growth in German hospital care reflects quality …

Since the introduction of the DRG system in 2004, the German hospital market experienced a stream of consolidations in … terms of mergers and acquisitions, resulting in a decreasing number of hospital owners. In this study, I examine the ex …-ante characteristics of hospitals prior to a merger or an acquisition occurring between 2005 and 2010 in Germany, predominantly focusing on …

observable hospital-specific and federal state-specific characteristics or unobservable factors. …Krankenhäuser in Deutschland erhalten gemäß dem Krankenhausfinanzierungsgesetz (KHG) Investitionsfördermittel von den …

performance. -- Hospital ownership ; financial performance …