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Introducing Risk Adjustment and Free Health Plan Choice in Employer-Based Health Insurance : Evidence from Germany
Pilny, Adam - 2017
To equalize differences in health plan premiums due to differences in risk pools, the German legislature introduced a simple Risk Adjustment Scheme (RAS) based on age, gender and disability status in 1994. In addition, effective 1996, consumers gained the freedom to choose among hundreds of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945801
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The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Karlsson, Martin - 2009
In 1999, in Germany, the statutory sick pay level was increased from 80 to 100 percent of foregone earnings for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199809
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'Do I Really Need to Go to Rehab? I'd Say No, No, No.' Estimating Price Elasticities of Convalescent Care Programs
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009
treatment at health spas. In Germany, the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) covers both forms of therapy if administered in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205853