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Studies on the effect of ageing on health care expenditures (HCE) have revealed the importance of controlling for time-to-death (TTD). These studies, however, are subject to possible endogeneity if HCE influences remaining life expectancy. This paper introduces a ten year observational period on...
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The "red herring" hypothesis contends that the high health care expenditure in old age is caused by proximity to death rather than calendar age. Dissenters point to longitudinal data and claim that health care expenditure age profiles tend to steepen over time. The present paper tests the...
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Deutschland leistet sich ein im internationalen Vergleich hohes Angebot an medizinischer Versorgung. Im Krankenhausbereich weist Deutschland eine um mehr als 50% höhere Bettendichte auf als die OECD-Länder im Durchschnitt. In der OECD ist in den vergangenen 10 Jahren ein massiver Bettenabbau...
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