Deductibles in health insurance are often regarded as a means to contain health care costs when individuals exhibit …, 2004, and 2006 that measure individual health more accurately and include risk-attitudes towards health in order to … determine the price elasticity of demand for health care. A latent class approach that takes into account the panel structure of …

Deductibles in health insurance are often regarded as a means to contain health care costs when individuals exhibit …, 2004, and 2006 that measure individual health more accurately and include risk-attitudes towards health in order to … determine the price elasticity of demand for health care. A latent class approach that takes into account the panel structure of …

providers. There is an ongoing debate in Germany regarding the preferential treatment given to private health insurance (PHI …Long waiting lines are a common feature and a major concern in many public health care delivery systems. The waiting …) holders while statutory health insurance (SHI) holders face continuously increasing waiting times. In order to tackle this …

. - Health services research, health economic evaluations, claims data, secondary data, health care process …

In Germany, employees are generally obliged to participate in the public health insurance system, where coverage is … instead if their income exceeds the compulsory insurance threshold. Here, premia are based on age and health, individuals may … private insurance coverage on the number of doctor visits, the number of nights spent in a hospital and self-assessed health …