period 1993 to 2013. State governments decide on hospital capacity planning (number of hospitals, departments and beds …

practices is among the causes. Hospitals suffer from demand and lead time uncertainty, and the current COVID-19 pandemic … industry and trade, but has been neglected as a variability reduction method in healthcare operations research and practice …. Based on a survey with 223 German hospitals, this study explores how ten risk pooling methods can be adapted and applied in …

period 1993 to 2013. State governments decide on hospital capacity planning (number of hospitals, departments and beds …

German hospitals receive subsidies for investment costs by federal states. Theoretically, these subsidies have to cover … the whole investment volume, but in fact only 50%-60% are covered. Balance sheet data show that public hospitals exhibit … higher levels of subsidies compared to for-profit hospitals. In this study, I examine the sources of this disparity by …