German hospital sector. Methods: We use a full sample of administrative data from the unselected, complete German hospital … population for the years 2005 to 2007. We apply regression methods to analyze the association between volume and hospital quality …. We measure hospital quality with a binary variable, which indicates whether the patient has died in hospital. Using …

hospital sector. We use a full sample of administrative data from the unselected, complete German hospital population for the … years 2005 to 2007. We apply regression methods to analyze the association between volume and hospital quality. We measure … hospital quality with a binary variable, which indicates whether the patient has died in hospital. Using simulation techniques …

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 use the variation of patient admissions over time as a proxy … demand on outcomes is biased upwards. The reason is that when demand is high more patients with a higher unobservable frailty …