be a hospital reform in 2015. The focus of the proposed reform is to maintain accessible and high-quality hospital care …

Deutschland leistet sich nach internationalen Maßstäben überdimensionierte Bettenkapazitäten, die sich auf zu viele und …By international standards, Germany maintains oversized bed capacities that are spread across too many hospitals that … remuneration of hospital services. The articles shows that the goals of the reform cannot be achieved in the proposed way. …

: restructuring hospital financing and overhauling emergency services. While past efforts to reform emergency care have failed, the … complexity of Germany's decentralised system and competing interests among federal, state and local governments, and service … providers hinder progress. The Minister's plan includes integrated emergency centres and improved coordination between hospital …