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Grenzen des Wettbewerbs im Gesundheitswesen
Kumpmann, Ingmar - 2008
Many health economists demand more competition in the health care system. They focus on the competition between … sickness funds for insured and the competition between health care providers for contracts with sickness funds. But they … neglect the competition between health care providers for patients which is crucial for medical quality. This third field of …
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The Regulation and Privatisation of the Public Water Supply and the Resulting Competitive Effects
Wackerbauer, Johann - In: CESifo DICE Report 04 (2006) 4, pp. 42-49
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The Impact of Private versus Social Health Insurance on Offered Waiting Times in German Acute Care Hospitals
Schwierz, Christoph; Wübker, Ansgar; Kuchinke, Björn A. - 2009
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...
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The effect of private health insurance on medical care utilization and self-assessed health in Germany
Hullegie, Patrick; Klein, Tobias J. - 2010
In Germany, employees are generally obliged to participate in the public health insurance system, where coverage is …
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Wettbewerb ohne Risikoselektion auf dem deutschen Krankenversicherungsmarkt
Jankowski, Markus; Zimmermann, Anne - 2003
In dieser Arbeit wollen wir die beiden Mechanismen zur Vermeidung von Risikoselektion in einem kompetitiven Krankenversicherungsmarkt vergleichend gegenüberstellen. Wir werden zeigen, dass einkommensabhängig oder über Kopfpauschalen finanzierte Systeme in Verbindung mit einem...
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Gesundheitspolitik
Breyer, Friedrich - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 79 (2010) 1, pp. 44-55
Themen für Effizienz, Qualität und Nachhaltigkeit der Gesundheitsversorgung in Deutschland ebenso wichtig: mehr … insurance (GKV) his most important project for the next 4 years. Indeed such a reform would greatly enhance competition in the …, better methods for evaluating new pharmaceuticals, more competition in private health insurance, and the procurement of more …
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Dualität aus gesetzlicher und privater Krankenversicherung überholt?
Jacobs, Klaus; Breyer, Friedrich; Wasem, Jürgen; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 92 (2012) 10, pp. 651-666
Derzeit ist Deutschland europaweit das einzige Land mit einem Nebeneinander von zwei Systemen der Kranken … hier für unterschiedliche Wege in Richtung eines einheitlichen Krankenversicherungssystems in Deutschland. …The present division between statutory and private health insurance in Germany (GKV and PKV) is hard to justify. If it …
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Übertragbarkeit von Alterungsrückstellungen in der privaten Krankenversicherung
Meier, Volker - In: ifo Schnelldienst 56 (2003) 24, pp. 5-8
Die Private Krankenversicherung (PKV) in Deutschland ist ein System lebenslanger Verträge. Im Rahmen derartige Verträge …
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Effect of type of insurance and income on waiting time for outpatient care
Roll, Kathrin; Stargardt, Tom; Schreyögg, Jonas - 2011
This paper analyzes the impact of type of insurance, income, and reason for appointment on waiting time for an appointment and waiting time in the physician's practice in the outpatient sector. Data were obtained from a German patient survey conducted between 2007 and 2009. We differentiated...
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A Note on Health Insurance and Growth
Bräuninger, Michael - 2003
This paper compares public health care with private health insurance in an overlapping generations endogenous growth model. It is shown that economic growth is higher when there is a private health insurance.
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