Nach jahrelanger Recherche auf fünf Kontinenten haben zwei junge Epidemiologen ihre haarsträubenden Ergebnisse zu einem provokanten und dringlichen Pamphlet zusammengefasst: Es beweist, dass die aktuelle Sparpolitik nicht nur ökonomisch widersinnig agiert, sondern eine nicht wieder...

The report is a result of the Ageing, Health Status and Determinants of Health Expenditure (AHEAD) project within the EC 6th Framework programme. The objective of the research was to present the model of future health care system revenues and expenditures in selected Central and Eastern European...

Many health economists demand more competition in the health care system. They focus on the competition between sickness funds for insured and the competition between health care providers for contracts with sickness funds. But they neglect the competition between health care providers for...