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Does quality disclosure improve quality? : responses to the introduction of nursing home report cards in Germany

Herr, Annika; Nguyen, Thu-Van; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2015

Since 2009, German nursing homes have been evaluated regularly with quality report cards published online. We argue that most of the information in the report cards does not reliably measure quality of care, but a subset of seven measures does. Using a sample of more than 3,000 nursing homes...

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Higher prices, higher quality? : evidence from German nursing homes

Herr, Annika; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2016

Objectives: This study investigates the relationship between prices and quality of 7,400 German nursing homes controlling for income, nursing home density, demographics, labour market characteristics, and infrastructure at the regional level. Method: We use a cross section of public quality...

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Care choices in Europe : to each according to his needs?

Heger, Dörte; Korfhage, Thorben - 2016

Growing long-term care (LTC) needs represent a major challenge for our ageing societies. Understanding how utilization patterns of different types of care are influenced by LTC policies or changes in the population composition such as age patterns or health can provide helpful insight on how to...

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Comparing the German and Japanese nursing home sectors : implications of demographic and policy differences

Karmann, Alexander; Sugawara, Shinya - 2022

This research provides a comparative study of the Japanese and German nursing home sectors. Faced with aging populations, both countries share similar long-term care policies based on social insurance. However, descriptive statistics indicate significant differences in the outcomes and costs in...

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Explaining Differences in Remuneration Rates of Nursing Homes in Germany

Mennicken, Roman; Augurzky, Boris; Rothgang, Heinz; … - 2010

Statistical Office for 2005 on all nursing homes that off er full-time residential care for the elderly. We find that differences …

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Should the unemployed care for the elderly? : the effect of subsidized occupational and further training in elderly care

Dauth, Christine; Lang, Julia - 2017

Demographic change implies an increasing demand for elderly care and a lower labor force potential at the same time … subsidized training in elderly care professions for the unemployed in Germany over 12 years. We find that subsidized further … training and retraining in elderly care improves the employment chances of unemployed workers substantially in the long term …

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Umsetzung der Inklusion hörbeeinträchtigter Studierender in deutschen Hochschulen

Weckwert, Alica - 2020

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Using online platforms for competence tests : a component of the demographic policy of Germany

Spermann, Alexander - 2014

Lifelong learning represents a key response to the demographic challenge in Germany. In terms of professional success, not only hard skills but also soft skills hold importance. Indeed, the OECD competence tests PISA and PIAAC have come to the fore, although acquired skills are still relevant....

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Umsetzung der Inklusion hörbeeinträchtigter Studierender in deutschen Hochschulen

Weckwert, Alica - 2020

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Social return on investment of mutual support based housing projects : potential for socio-economic cost savings and higher living quality

Borgloh, Sarah; Westerheide, Peter - 2010

Our paper describes the results of a Social Return on Investment analysis of four new housing projects in Germany. A common characteristic of all projects is the central importance of mutual neighborly support to meet the demand for the assistance of older residents. All projects share some...

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