examine whether hospital policy can stimulate hospital TFP growth. We exploit variation across German federal states in the … period 1993 to 2013. State governments decide on hospital capacity planning (number of hospitals, departments and beds …), ownership, medical students, and hospital investment funding. We show that TFP growth in German hospital care reflects quality …

Hospital prices are almost completely irrational. They bear no relationship to the cost of providing the services, they … are opaque, and the prices vary wildly among hospitals and payers. The craziness of hospital pricing was laid bare when … the federal government released data on hospital charges in May 2013. In response to public shock and outrage, hospitals …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals faced a unique predicament. Hospital care was urgently needed and society took …

increasing prices. We test this prediction based on a reform of hospital financing in Germany. Uniquely, this reform changed the …

increasing prices. We test this prediction based on a reform of hospital financing in Germany. Uniquely, this reform changed the … erbringen. Wir testen diese Vorhersage auf Grundlage einer Reform der Krankenhausfinanzierung in Deutschland. Das Besondere an …

spending is distributed across the population. This paper uses administrative National Health Service (NHS) hospital records to … examine key features of public hospital spending in England. We describe how costs vary across the lifecycle, and the … after age 70. Spending is highly concentrated in a small section of the population: with 32% of all hospital spending …

of hospital. These studies use either objective quality indicators based on quantitative figures, or if subjective … reputation scores are used, scores based on the opinion of hospital market insiders. We contribute to the current debate by using … a subjective reputation score resorting to patient perceptions and examine its impact on the choice of hospital of …

sampling basis.Findings: The results of the study reveal that there is an association between the selection of hospital and … services and the cost of the services offered in the hospital and it is found that the cost of services incurred makes an … impact in the selection of hospital for medical treatment. The study also revealed that in private hospitals patients could …