This paper considers the role of ownership form for the financial performance of German acute care hospitals and its 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...

This paper shows that patients with private health insurance (PHI) are being offered significantly shorter waiting times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the higher expected profitability of PHI relative to SHI...

Schon vor der Corona-Krise war die wirtschaftliche Lage der Krankenhäuser kontinuierlich schlechter geworden. Nun verschärft die gegenwärtige Pandemie-Situation die Schwierigkeiten weiter. Damit auch in Zukunft eine konsequente Orientierung am Patientenwohl gemeinsam mit einer hohen...