the quantity and quality of care that newborns receive. Based on the universe of hospital births in Germany from the years …Birth weight manipulation is common in per-case hospital reimbursement systems, in which hospitals receive more money …

the quantity and quality of care that newborns receive. Based on the universe of hospital births in Germany from the years …Birth weight manipulation is common in per-case hospital reimbursement systems, in which hospitals receive more money …

providers. There is an ongoing debate in Germany regarding the preferential treatment given to private health insurance (PHI … problem in the outpatient sector, in 2015 Germany introduced a reform that was aimed at providing SHI holders with … outpatient treatments in Germany and assessed the reform’s impact on this issue. We found a sizeable difference in waiting times …

The public/private mix in Irish health care is nowhere more evident than in the acute hospital system where both public … the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry Scheme, this study investigates this public/private mix and its impact on utilisation of … hospital services. Demand- and supply-side factors were both found to be statistically significant in explaining the ratio of …