In den letzten Jahren hat das Interesse am Thema "soziale Ungleichheit und Gesundheit" erheblich zugenommen. Auch in der aktuellen gesundheitspolitischen Diskussion wird immer häufiger die Frage gestellt, ob und warum Personen aus der unteren sozialen Schicht einen besonders schlechten...

Germany is one of the few OECD countries with a two-tier system of statutory and primary private health insurance. Both types of insurance provide fee-for-service insurance, but chargeable fees for identical services are more than twice as large for privately insured patients than for...

In Germany, employees are generally obliged to participate in the public health insurance system, where coverage is universal, co-payments and deductibles are moderate, and premia are based on income. However, they may buy private insurance instead if their income exceeds the compulsory...