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The Welfare Impact of Parallel Imports: A Structural Approach Applied to the German Market for Oral Anti-Diabetics
Duso, Tomaso; Herr, Annika; Suppliet, Moritz - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014
We investigate the welfare impact of parallel imports using a large panel data set containing monthly information on sales, ex-factory prices, and further product characteristics for all 700 anti-diabetic drugs sold in Germany between 2004 and 2010. We estimate a two-stage nested logit model of...
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Wettbewerb aller Krankenversicherungen kann Qualität verbessern und Kosten des Gesundheitswesens senken
Buchholz, Wolfgang; Edener, Birgit; Grabka, Markus; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001
A draft of a reform towards "socially bounded competition" within the health care system indicates, first of all, that … text book models or the proposals of various expert groups imply. Secondly, the necessary regulation is multifaceted and … implement increased competition in the health insurance system of Germany (or somewhere else), detailed analyses are needed and …
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Optionen der Weiterentwicklung des Risikostrukturausgleichs in der GKV
Breyer, Friedrich; Kifmann, Mathias - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001
competition among funds, others argue that there are still funds which engage heavily in risk selection and are thereby able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963882
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Die Einführung der Praxisgebühr und ihre Wirkung auf die Zahl der Arztkontakte und die Kontaktfrequenz: eine empirische Analyse
Grabka, Markus M.; Schreyögg, Jonas; Busse, Reinhard - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
As part of the Statutory Health Insurance Modernization Act a co-payment of €10 per quarter for the first contact at a physician's or a dentist's office has been introduced with effect of 1stJanuary 2004. Apart from contributing to the financial consolidation of the Statutory Health Insurance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068642
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Kassenwechsel in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung: welche Rolle spielt der Beitragssatz?
Schwarze, Johannes; Andersen, Hanfried H. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001
It is currently intensively discussed whether the system of risk structure adjustment (RSA) among German statutory sickness funds should be supplemented by morbidity indicators. It has been showed that employees who change their sickness funds are better risks and thus shift the morbidity...
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First Do No Harm. Then Do Not Cheat: DRG Upcoding in German Neonatology
Jürges, Hendrik; Köberlein, Juliane - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013
Since 2003 German hospitals are reimbursed according to diagnosis related groups (DRGs). Patient classification in neonatology is based inter alia on birth weight, with substantial discontinuities in reimbursement at eight different thresholds. These discontinuities create strong incentives to...
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New Networks, Competition and Regulation
Baake, Pio; Kamecke, Ulrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
structure with one firm choosing higher investments. While access regulation imposed on the dominant firm leads to lower prices … network effects leading to potentially increased demand, regulation can substantially lower aggregate social welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963931
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Allocative Efficiency Measurement Revisited: Do We Really Need Input Prices?
Badunenko, Oleg; Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
The traditional approach to measuring allocative efficiency is based on input prices, which are rarely known at the firm level. This paper proposes a new approach to measure allocative efficiency which is based on the output-oriented distance to the frontier in a profit - technical efficiency...
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Downsizing in German Chemical Manufacturing Industry during the 1990s: Why Small Is Beautiful?
Badunenko, Oleg - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
German chemical manufacturing industry is marked by two major structural changes during 1992-2004. Firstly, number of firms was ranging extensively: from 676 to 901, while only 96 firms represented balanced panel. Secondly, size of the firm dropped considerably-by 88%. This paper is intended to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069049
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Health Insurance Status and Physician-Induced Demand for Medical Services in Germany: New Evidence from Combined District and Individual Level Data
Jürges, Hendrik - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
Germany is one of the few OECD countries with a two-tier system of statutory and primary private health insurance. Both types of insurance provide fee-for-service insurance, but chargeable fees for identical services are more than twice as large for privately insured patients than for...
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