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Effects of the German reference drug program on ex-factory prices of prescription drugs : a panel data approach

Augurzky, Boris; Göhlmann, Silja; Greß, Stefan; … - In: Health economics 18 (2009) 4, pp. 421-436

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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards

Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018

This paper examines weight loss and the formation of healthy habits through cash rewards in the context of a multi-phase randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese individuals. We find effects of monetary incentives for weight loss of up to EUR 300 on body weight during all experimental...

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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards

Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018

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Demand, Selection and Patient Outcomes in German Acute Care Hospitals

Schwierz, Christoph; Augurzky, Boris; Focke, Axel; … - 2008

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...

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Does the Quality of Hospital Treatment Vary by Days of the Week?

Schwierz, Christoph; Augurzky, Boris; Wasem, Jürgen - 2009

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...

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Ownership and Financial Performance in the German Hospital Sector

Augurzky, Boris; Engel, Dirk; Schmidt, Christoph M.; … - 2009

This paper considers the role of ownership form for the financial performance of German acute care hospitals and its development over time. We measure financial performance by a hospital-specific yearly probability of default (PD). Using a panel of hospital data, our models allow for state...

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Copayments in the German Health System - Do They Work?

Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Schaffner, Sandra - 2006

This paper examines the effect of copayments on doctor visits using the German health care reform of 2004 as a natural … experiment. In January 2004, copayments of 10 euros for the first doctor visit in each quarter have been introduced for all … exempted from these copayments. We use them as control groups in a difference-in-differences approach to identify the causal …

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Is there a Future for Small Hospitals in Germany?

Augurzky, Boris; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2010

We analyse the financial performance of small German hospitals based on balance sheet data of about 1,000 hospitals in 2007. Measures of financial performance are the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) and the probability of default (PD). We find that, on...

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Are profitable hospitals more digitally mature? An explorative study using data from the German DigitalRadar Project

Vogel, Justus; Hollenbach, Johannes; Haering, Alexander; … - 2023

Public investment in hospitals in Germany has been insufficient for decades, making it difficultto finance digitization. Due to dual financing, hospitals could alternatively use their own profitsto pay for digitization efforts. This raises the question of whether there is a relationship...

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Small Cash Rewards for Big Losers – Experimental Insights Into the Fight Against the Obesity Epidemic

Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2014

We complement the empirical evidence on the sustainability of weight loss achieved through cash rewards and, for the first time, rigorously examine the potential of cash rewards to prevent weight cycling. In a three period randomized controlled trial, about 700 obese persons were first assigned...

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