The access and use of administrative health data in Germany is limited by several factors. Due to the large number and …-transparent manner. Linkage of health data with other data sources is hardly possible for legal and logistic reasons. These limitations … of individual administrative data, we propose several measures to improve access to health data in Germany. …

Since 2011 German health insurance funds have had to raise additional lump-sum contributions from members in case of … insufficient allotment from the central health funds. The new German government plans to replace the lump-sum contributions with … wage-related ones. Despite its contrary intentions, we argue that this reform would actually hurt poor members of health …

In 2009 the German central health fund was implemented. It was the result of a political compromise. One political … party intended to equalise the risk structure among 130 different health care funds, and the other wanted to intensify … competition and to improve efficiency among the different health insurances. The fund is fl anked by a health-based risk …

Although the introduction of a unified health insurance system in Germany would bring significant efficiency gains … - especially for the statutory health insurance system -, it has not been discussed seriously. Considering the challenges of the …

would be created, but the improved youth and health protection in a state-regulated cannabis market. While consumption of … for effective youth and health protection. …