Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die zukünftige Entwicklung der Finanzierungskosten von Krankenhäusern vor dem Hintergrund (i) des anhaltenden Rückzugs der öffentlichen Hand aus der Finanzierung von Investitionen und des dadurch entstandenen Investitionsstaus und (ii) der von Banken im...

Health expenditures in Germany - as in almost all industrialized countries - grow more rapidly than the gross domestic product. Since a large portion of German health expenditures is financed by non-voluntary health premiums proportional to personal wages and collected by social health...

Remuneration rates of German nursing homes are prospectively negotiated between long-term care insurance (LTCI) and social assistance on the one side and nursing homes on the other. They differ considerably across regions while there is no evidence for substantial differences in care provision....