Augurzky, Boris; Engel, Dirk; Schmidt, Christoph M.; … - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
This paper considers the role of ownership form for the financial performance of German acute care hospitals and its … private ownership is more likely to be associated with sound levels in financial performance than public ownership. Moreover …, state dependence in the PD is substantial, albeit not ownership-specific.Finally, our evidence suggests that overall …