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 …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals faced a unique predicament. Hospital care was urgently needed and society took …, emergency financing measures were implemented in many countries. We analyze how hospitals in Germany responded to a scheme that …

Public investment in hospitals in Germany has been insufficient for decades, making it difficultto finance digitization …. Due to dual financing, hospitals could alternatively use their own profitsto pay for digitization efforts. This raises the … question of whether there is a relationship betweenprofitability and digitization, i.e., whether profitable hospitals are more …

Hospital digitalization is to reduce costs, increase efficiency and productivity, and to improve quality of care …. However, the literature lacks clarity on the meaning of "hospital digitalization," how to measure it, and what quality it …Die Digitalisierung von Krankenhäusern hat das Potenzial, Kosten zu senken, die Effizienz zu steigern und die Qualität …

This study presents new evidence on the potential detrimental effects of hospital closures. We examine how hospital … closures affect the likelihood of incurring medical debt. Hospital closures can increase market concentration by removing a …'s ability to pay their bills. We combine 2011-2020 consumer credit bureau data with information on hospital closures from 2014 …

Hospital prices are almost completely irrational. They bear no relationship to the cost of providing the services, they … are opaque, and the prices vary wildly among hospitals and payers. The craziness of hospital pricing was laid bare when … the federal government released data on hospital charges in May 2013. In response to public shock and outrage, hospitals …

help. This hypothesis is examined for the case of demand for hospital care which covers the largest part of public … insurance expenditures. The paper applies various methods for count data analysis of the frequency of hospital trips. Contrary …

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 …