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Is there a future for small hospitals in Germany?

Augurzky, Boris; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2010

performance. -- Hospital ownership ; financial performance …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008933294

Does the quality of hospital treatment vary by days of the week?

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

variation in mortality rates between weekend and weekday admissions. Patients admitted during the weekend exhibit higher in-hospital … probability to be readmitted as emergency cases. -- Hospital quality ; weekend effect ; inpatient outcomes …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003841585

Is There a Future for Small Hospitals in Germany?

Augurzky, Boris - 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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138568

Ownership and Financial Performance in the German Hospital Sector

Augurzky, Boris - 2009

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 dependence in the PD as well as unobserved individual heterogeneity. We find that … because the German hospital market has substantial excess capacities …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155413

The relationship between nurse staffing levels and objective and subjective quality of care : a panel data approach for Germany

Augurzky, Boris; Bünnings, Christian; Wübker, Ansgar - 2017

In this study we investigate the relationship between nursing staffing levels and hospital quality in Germany. We use … measures. To analyze the association between nursing staffing levels and hospital quality indicators empirically, we estimate … linear regression models and control for a wide range of hospital and patient characteristics that might bias the results. In …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764538

Demand, Selection and Patient Outcomes in German Acute Care Hospitals

Schwierz, Christoph; Augurzky, Boris; Focke, Axel; … - 2009

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212021

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...