The paper attempts to provide an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines with particular emphasis on hospitals being managed by the DOH. The paper begins with an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines, describing the size, location, and utilization of hospital services. To...

As a recognition of the valuable role of private sector in the healthcare delivery system, this paper attempts to collate vital information on private hospitals in the Philippines. This paper looks at the different characteristics and structures of private hospitals sector with regard to...

Implementing performance pay requires that workers' output be measured. When measurement costs differ among firms, those with a measurement cost advantage choose to implement performance pay. They attract the best workers, and both the level and variability of compensation are higher at these...

Die Gesundheitsausgaben sind in Deutschland vergleichsweise hoch. Die WHO hat den Output und die Performance (Verhältnis von Input und Output) des deutschen Gesundheitssystems als nur durchschnittlich beurteilt. Auch in den Qualitätsindikatoren der OECD schneidet das deutsche Gesundheitssystem...

This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that...

Chronische Erkrankungen, Multimorbidität und vermehrte Behandlungsmöglichkeiten auf der Patienten- und höhere Arbeitsteiligkeit und Spezialisierung auf der Versorgungsseite machen für einen wachsenden Teil der Patienten eine Vielzahl verschiedener Helfer in einer Reihe von unterschiedlichen...

Regulation fostering Managed Care alternatives in health insurance is spreading. This work reports on an experiment designed to measure the amounts of compensation asked by the Swiss population (in terms of reduced premiums) for Managed-Care type restrictions in the provision of health care. It...