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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
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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
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480334
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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
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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
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Gewinneffizienz und die Trägerschaft deutscher Krankenhäuser
Herr, Annika; Schmitz, Hendrik; Augurzky, Boris - In: Wettbewerb und Gesundheitskapital : [ausgewählte …, (pp. 49-71). 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008807188
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Does higher cost inefficiency imply higher profit inefficiency? : evidence on inefficiency and ownership of German hospitals
Herr, Annika; Schmitz, Hendrik; Augurzky, Boris - 2009
how hospital efficiency varies with ownership, patient structure,and other exogenous factors, which are neither inputs nor … hospitals. -- Hospital efficiency ; ownership ; stochastic frontier analysis ; profit function …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003877661
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Does Higher Cost Inefficiency Imply Higher Profit Inefficiency? Evidence on Inefficiency and Ownership of German Hospitals
Herr, Annika; Schmitz, Hendrik; Augurzky, Boris - 2009
how hospital efficiency varies with ownership, patient structure,and other exogenous factors, which are neither inputs nor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202098
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Who Gets the Credit? Determinants of the Probability of Default in the German Hospital Sector
Augurzky, Boris; Engel, Dirk; Schwierz, Christoph - 2007
Huge underinvestment increases the need for private borrowing in the German hospital sector, the access to which is … regression techniques this paper provides first empirical evidence of its kind to evaluate the PD in the hospital sector and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014053387
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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