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...

Auf der Basis von Daten der Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe 1993 wird die Einkommenselastizität der Nachfrage nach Gesundheitsleistungen geschätzt. Dabei werden für privat und gesetzlich Krankenversicherte getrennte Schätzungen durchgeführt. Es zeigt sich, dass die...