We investigated the role of spillover effects among hospitals in the diffusion of drug‐eluting stents (DES) in Germany and Italy during a period in which the relevant medical guideline clearly recommended their use over bare‐metal stents. We used administrative data of hospitalized patients...

ABSTRACT In this paper, we propose a methodological approach to measure the relationship between hospital costs and health outcomes. We propose to investigate the relationship for each condition or disease area by using patient‐level data. We examine health outcomes as a function of costs and...

International comparisons of healthcare costs are growing in importance for a number of different applications. The use of common approaches to converting costs such as GDP purchasing power parities (PPPs) often does not reflect price differences in healthcare in an appropriate manner. This...

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This paper aims (a) to determine whether variations in the hospital costs of appendectomy in EU member states are larger within individual countries or between different countries and (b) to explore causes for variations in costs between hospitals and countries. To do so, hospitalisation costs...

Cross-country comparisons of costs and quality between hospitals are often made at the macro level. The goal of this study was to explore methods to compare micro‐level data from hospitals in different health care systems. To do so, we developed a multi‐level framework in combination with a...