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Driving factors of growth in Hungary - a decomposition exercise
Kátay, Gábor; Wolf, Zoltán - 2008
Applications tend to ignore that measured TFP reflects the variation of output that cannot be explained by changes in inputs. Such a change is not necessarily technological, so measured TFP differences across firms are an amalgam of technological, efficiency and other differences in attributes,...
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The Economics of Hospital Trips and Health Care Reform
Million, Andreas; Rotte, Ralph; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
help. This hypothesis is examined for the case of demand for hospital care which covers the largest part of public … insurance expenditures. The paper applies various methods for count data analysis of the frequency of hospital trips. Contrary …
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Cost and Technical Efficiency of German Hospitals – A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Frohloff, Annika - 2007
Using a newly available and multifaceted dataset provided by the German Federal Statistical Office, this paper is the first to investigate both technical and cost efficiency of more than 1500 German general hospitals conducting a stochastic frontier analysis. The empirical results for the years...
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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 …
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Kränkelnde Krankenhäuser – Ursachen und Auswirkungen des Rückgangs der Krankenhausinvestitionen der Länder
Rösel, Felix - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 20 (2013) 5, pp. 3-15
zunehmende Patientenwanderung zwischen den ändern. Ein steigender Anteil von Patienten wählt zur Behandlung ein Krankenhaus …
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Measuring the relationship between costs and outcomes: The example of Acute Myocardial Infarction in German hospitals
Stargardt, Tom; Schreyögg, Jonas; Kondofersky, Ivan - 2012
In this paper, we propose a methodological approach to measure the relationship between hospital costs and health … ensure the available information is exploited. To demonstrate its application, data on mortality following hospital treatment … in hospital costs by 100 to increase the hazard of dying, i.e. mortality, by 0.43%. The negative association between …
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Einschätzung der Infektionsdynamik von Covid-19 und der Belastung des Gesundheitssystems
Albrecht, Martin; Häussler, Bertram; Javanbakht, Mehdi - 2020
Epidemiologische Analysen aus der Zeit der großflächigen Eindämmungsmaßnahmen von März bis April zeigen, dass sich das neuartige Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Deutschland bereits früh deutlich abgeschwächt verbreitet. Auffällig ist die im internationalen Vergleich geringe Zahl der...
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Antitrust Treatment of Nonprofits: Should Hospitals Receive Special Care?
Capps, Cory S.; Carlton, Dennis W.; David, Guy - 2010
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M&A im Bereich Erneuerbarer Energien
Fritz-Morgenthal, Sebastian G.; Hach, Sebastian T.; … - 2010
Several top deals already closed, a still highly fragmented industry and strong pressure for further consolidation following the financial crisis - renewable energy certainly has become a red-hot topic in M&A. Surveying 220 companies in the solar photovoltaic, utility and financial sector as...
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Merger and collusion in contests
Huck, Steffen; Konrad, Kai A.; Müller, Wieland - 2001
Verkaufsanstrengungen auf alle Produkte verteilen („Kollusion“) oder ob sie die Anzahl ihrer Produkte reduzieren („Fusion“). Wir zeigen, daß …, in denen Kooperation in Form von „Kollusion“ oder „Fusion“ für die kooperierenden Unternehmen profitabel ist. …
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