This paper shows that patients with private health insurance (PHI) are being offered significantly shorter waiting times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the higher expected profitability of PHI relative to SHI...

This paper shows that patients with private health insurance (PHI) are being offered significantly shorter waiting times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the higher expected profitability of PHI relative to SHI...

Background: International studies (e.g. Asplin et al. 2005) show that waiting time for inpatient treatment depends on how the claimed services are financed. In Germany there is an ongoing debate about the assumption that privately insured patients do not only receive more benefits than members...

Mit dem vorliegenden fünften Band der Reihe "DIBOGS-Beiträge zur Gesundheitsökonomie und Sozialpolitik" werden nun wieder ausgewählte Workshopbeiträge einer breiten Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Der Schwerpunkt dieses Bandes liegt auf der Analyse von Marktstrukturen und Marktverhalten in den...