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Comparing the German and Japanese nursing home sectors : implications of demographic and policy differences
Karmann, Alexander; Sugawara, Shinya - 2022
Germany, our results are consistent with moral hazard due to the generous design of the welfare program, while in Japan, our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013270567
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Physician density in a two-tiered health care system
Gächter, Martin; Schwazer, Peter; Theurl, Engelbert; … - 2011
We investigate the density of private physicians in a two-tiered health care system, i.e., one with co-existing public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009731103
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Pricing and competition in specialist medical services : an overview for South Africa
Kumar, Ankit; De Lagasnerie, Grégoire; Maiorano, Frederica - 2014
Major disparities in the cost of health care have made the pricing of specialist and hospital services a contentious issue in South Africa, particularly in the private sector. To help inform policy debate, this paper profiles selected experiences on the pricing of health services, competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010366197
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The German Health Care System in an International Comparison: Assessments and Reform Options
Osterkamp, Rigmar - In: CESifo Forum 02 (2001) 3, pp. 56-63
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695666
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The German Health Care System in an International Comparison: Assessments and Reform Options
Osterkamp, Rigmar - In: CESifo Forum 2 (2001) 3, pp. 56-63
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005010166
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Regional differences in health care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Germany
Lange, Ansgar; Prenzler, Anne; Bachmann, Frank Oliver; … - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 29, pp. 1-11
Background: The regional availability of specialized physicians is an important aspect in healthcare of patients with … healthcare of IBD patients in Germany?" Methods: We combined a claims dataset from a German health insurance fund with population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472028
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A comparative study of the Turkish and German health care systems with regard to quality management in psychiatric hospitals
Yilmaz, Fatma Kantas; Ugur, Tarik Naci Norbert; Rese, … - In: International journal of management, economics and … 8 (2019) 3, pp. 223-241
Mental Health Research and Training Hospital located in Istanbul/Turkey and LVR-Klinik Viersen in Germany. A comparison of … management systems have been undergoing radical changes. Social health insurance system was established in Germany in 1880s and …, which is similar to the health care system in Germany, was set up. Differences are observed in the delivery of health care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115876
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On the Efficiency of Public, Welfare and Private Hospitals in Germany Over Time - A Sectoral DEA-Study
Helmig, Bernd; Lapsley, Irvine - 2007
This paper examines the efficiency of the German hospital sector over time and the relative efficiency of public, welfare (both nonprofit) and private (for-profit) hospital sectors using data from the Federal Statistics Office of German hospitals. Efficiency scores were computed using Data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049864
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Measuring and comparing the (in)efficiency of German and Swiss hospitals
Steinmann, Lukas; Dittrich, Gunnar; Karmann, Alexander; … - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001825667
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Measuring and comparing the (in)efficiency of German and Swiss hospitals
Steinmann, Lukas; Dittrich, Gunnar; Karmann, Alexander; … - 2003
A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and … effect on efficiency is related to differences in hospital planning in Germany and Switzerland. Based on the comparable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507017