International comparisons of healthcare costs are growing in importance for a number of different applications. The use of common approaches to converting costs such as GDP purchasing power parities (PPPs) often does not reflect price differences in healthcare in an appropriate manner. This...

Cross-country comparisons of costs and quality between hospitals are often made at the macro level. The goal of this study was to explore methods to compare micro-level data from hospitals in different health care systems. To do so, we developed a multi-level framework in combination with a...

Wie funktioniert Gesundheitspolitik anderswo und warum? Seit März 2003 berichten Experten aus sechzehn Industrieländern zweimal jährlich zu aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Gesundheitspolitik. Schwerpunkte des vorliegenden zweiten Reports "Gesundheitspolitik in Industrieländern" (Zeitraum...