Herwartz, Helmut; Strumann, Christoph - 2011
competition for (low cost) patients. -- Hospital effciency ; data envelopment analysis ; spatial analysis ; diagnosis related …The introduction of hospital reimbursement based on diagnosis related groups (DRG) in 2004 has been a conspicuous … attempt to increase hospital efficiency in the German health sector. In this paper changes of hospital efficiency, quantified …