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Policy trends and reforms in the German DRG-based hospital payment system

Klein-Hitpaß, Uwe; Scheller-Kreinsen, David - In: Health Policy 119 (2015) 3, pp. 252-257

international comparison often are empirically addressed. In Germany relative weights are derived from a highly sophisticated …

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Regulatory space and the contextual mediation of common functional pressures: Analyzing the factors that led to the German Efficiency Frontier approach

Klingler, Corinna; Shah, Sara M.B.; Barron, Anthony J.G.; … - In: Health Policy 109 (2013) 3, pp. 270-280

There are no automatic links between the functional advantages and pressures associated with delegation to independent agencies for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and their emergence in national regulatory spaces. We argue that the rise of these organizations is mediated by contextual...

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Provision and financing of assistive technology devices in Germany: A bureaucratic odyssey? The case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Henschke, Cornelia - In: Health Policy 105 (2012) 2, pp. 176-184

The regulations for financing assistive technology devices (ATDs) are complex and fragmented and, thus, might influence adequate provision of these devices to people who need multiple ATDs. This study aims to explore and analyze patients’ problems with the provision and financing of ATDs for...

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Ensuring access to health care—Germany reforms supply structures to tackle inequalities

Ozegowski, Susanne; Sundmacher, Leonie - In: Health Policy 106 (2012) 2, pp. 105-109

Germany's ruling coalition has recently introduced a new bill to Parliament, the Care Structures Act (CSA), which aims …

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Evaluation of a possible predictor for Federal Joint Committee decisions on early benefit assessments according to the German act on the reform of the market for medicinal products

Schwander, Björn; Banz, Kurt; Kaier, Klaus; Walzer, Stefan - In: Health Policy 117 (2014) 3, pp. 334-344

As of 1st January 2011 the German drug market is regulated by the act on the reform of the market for medicinal products (AMNOG). Since then the normal procedure for reimbursement of a new pharmaceutical is a benefit assessment by the joint federal committee (G-BA) which determines one of six...

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Trends and levels of avoidable mortality among districts: “Healthy” benchmarking in Germany

Sundmacher, Leonie - In: Health Policy 109 (2013) 3, pp. 281-289

Germany between 2000 and 2008. …

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The new risk adjustment formula in Germany: Implementation and first experiences

Buchner, Florian; Goepffarth, Dirk; Wasem, Juergen - In: Health Policy 109 (2013) 3, pp. 253-262

In Germany risk adjustment is a core element of the regulatory framework of competition between sickness funds. It …

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Hospital ownership and efficiency: A review of studies with particular focus on Germany

Tiemann, Oliver; Schreyögg, Jonas; Busse, Reinhard - In: Health Policy 104 (2012) 2, pp. 163-171

, especially the US, the evidence from Germany suggests that private ownership (i.e., private non-profit and private for-profit) is …

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The German Central Health Fund—Recent developments in health care financing in Germany

Göpffarth, Dirk; Henke, Klaus-Dirk - In: Health Policy 109 (2013) 3, pp. 246-252

In 2009, Germany's Statutory Health Insurance System underwent a major financing reform. A uniform contribution rate …

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Do German hospital report cards have the potential to improve the quality of care?

Emmert, Martin; Hessemer, Stefanie; Meszmer, Nina; … - In: Health Policy 118 (2014) 3, pp. 386-395

quality information in Germany. …

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