This article focuses on the changing role of the state in financing, providing and regulating health care services under the German health care system from 1970-2000. While a reduced role of the state can be observed in terms of financing, our analysis of service provision indicates inconsistent...

This paper discusses the influence of recent health care reform acts in Germany on choice, guidance and access from the perspective of patients, insured, insurers, and health care providers. Particular emphasis is put on health policy reforms since 2004, i.e. the Social Health Insurance...

Das Gesundheitssystem in Deutschland ist in den letzten dreißig Jahren nicht nur Gegenstand zahlreicher Reformversuche gewesen, es sind nunmehr tatsächlich nachhaltige Veränderun-gen im Steuerungssystem festzustellen. Der einstmals große Einfluss der relativ autonomen gemeinsamen...