Dieses Gutachten untersucht den Zusammenhang von Mengen‐ und Kostenveränderungen in der stationären Krankenhausversorgung. Ziel ist die Bestimmung des Fixkostenanteils an den Fallpauschalen (G‐DRG) für zusätzliche Leistungen. Für diese Fragestellung wird ein empirischer Ansatz auf...

In times of peak demand hospitals may fail to deliver the high standard of treatment quality that they are able to offer their patients at regular times. To assess the magnitude of these effects, this study analyzes the effects of low staff-to-patients ratios on patient outcomes empirically. We...

This paper investigates cost and profit efficiency of German hospitals. More specifically, it deals with the question how hospital efficiency varies with ownership, patient structure,and other exogenous factors, which are neither inputs nor outputs of the production process. We conduct a...

This paper investigates the relationship between health outcomes and variations in staffing levels as approximated by admissions on weekdays versus admissions on weekends. Because days of admission are potentially endogenous, we instrument on emergency admissions only, which are reasonably...