This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …

The challenges facing services of general interest in the health and care sectors are particularly severe, both in … health services. Some of these approaches are virtual and strongly needs-based, which means that spatial distance is of ever …

This paper surveys the decision-theoretic foundations of health care production and derives policy implications. The … that the efficiency in the adoption of new technology is enhanced. Neither central planning, nor an extension of … specific reforms in ambulatory, stationary and managed care that would help to enhance the innovative capacity and efficiency …

This paper surveys the global health economy, with special emphasis on the allocation of resources, the measurement of … industrialized countries and assesses recent and current developments in the German, British and US health systems. …

health, demand for medical services and patient's compliance. The models imply that in addition to existing information … care has a negative impact on the self-related health and that neighbourhood and environmental conditions have an impact … too. Furthermore, patient's compliance positively affects the self-related health and in most cases, labour conditions are …

neglect the fact that the production of health not only depends on the medical services supplied by the physician but is also …