hospital capacities, capital, and funding by the statutory health insurance (SHI). This prompts hospitals to hire more …

German hospitals receive subsidies for investment costs by federal states. Theoretically, these subsidies have to cover … the whole investment volume, but in fact only 50%-60% are covered. Balance sheet data show that public hospitals exhibit … higher levels of subsidies compared to for-profit hospitals. In this study, I examine the sources of this disparity by …

German hospitals receive subsidies for investment costs by federal states. Theoretically, these subsidies have to cover … the whole investment volume, but in fact only 50%-60% are covered. Balance sheet data show that public hospitals exhibit … higher levels of subsidies compared to for-profit hospitals. In this study, I examine the sources of this disparity by …

physicians to improve the quality of care. Their effectiveness is, however, ambiguous as it is often difficult to disentangle the …

malaria occur. To assess the quality of each health care provider (including, among others, public health centers and …

improve the quality of medical care. Evidence on the effect of non-monetary feedback incentives, predominantly in the form of … public quality reporting, on the quality of medical care is, however, ambiguous. This is often because empirical research to …: subjects take on the role of physicians and make treatment decisions for patients, receiving feedback on the quality of their …

overall level of reimbursement - with increasing prices for some hospitals and decreasing prices for others - without … affecting the relative prices for different types of patients. Based on administrative data, we find that hospitals do indeed …