examine whether hospital policy can stimulate hospital TFP growth. We exploit variation across German federal states in the … period 1993 to 2013. State governments decide on hospital capacity planning (number of hospitals, departments and beds …), ownership, medical students, and hospital investment funding. We show that TFP growth in German hospital care reflects quality …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals faced a unique predicament. Hospital care was urgently needed and society took …, emergency financing measures were implemented in many countries. We analyze how hospitals in Germany responded to a scheme that …

the German birth statistics 1996 to 2010 and German hospital data from 2006 to 2011, we estimate that since the …

the German birth statistics 1996 to 2010 and German hospital data from 2006 to 2011, we estimate that since the …

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 …

the German birth statistics 1996 to 2010 and German hospital data from 2006 to 2011, we estimate that since the …

the German birth statistics 1996 to 2010 and German hospital data from 2006 to 2011, we estimate that since the …