In the United States the delivery of health care traditionally has been hierarchical and strictly controlled by physicians. Physicians typically provided patients with little information about their diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plan; patients were expected to follow their physicians'...

The 2009 pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) was relatively mild, but a subsequent outbreak of pandemic influenza could be much worse. According to projections from the Department of Health and Human Services, the potential health consequences of a severe (1918-like) influenza pandemic in the United...

Das deutsche Gesundheitswesen ist zahlreichen Reformbemühungen ausgesetzt, die meist das Ausgabenwachstum dämpfen bzw. eine stabile Finanzierung erreichen sollen. Mit den Instrumenten der Neuen Institutionenökonomik analysiert Dennis Häckl den gesellschaftlichen Nutzen der Telemedizin und...