Der vorliegende Band enthält Referate der letzten von Peter Oberender organisierten Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe Wettbewerb im Verein für Socialpolitik. Behandelte Themen umfassen den Wettbewerb und die Wettbewerbspotenziale im deutschen Gesundheitswesen mit speziellem Fokus auf...

European health care systems will face major challenges in the near future. Demographic change and technological progress induce rising costs. In order to deal with these developments and to preserve the current level of health care provision, health care systems need to be highly efficient. Yet...

In the private health insurance (phi) market in Germany ageing provisions are used to reduce age-related premium increases in long-term contracts. Currently, the provisions are not transferred if the insured person switches to another provider. Thus, there are no incentives for the insured to...