During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals faced a unique predicament. Hospital care was urgently needed and society took …, emergency financing measures were implemented in many countries. We analyze how hospitals in Germany responded to a scheme that …

The introduction of hospital reimbursement based on diagnosis related groups (DRG) in 2004 has been a conspicuous … attempt to increase hospital efficiency in the German health sector. In this paper changes of hospital efficiency, quantified … of negative spatial spillovers among German hospital performance can be diagnosed. This result is in line with a rise of …

des Zielerreichungsgrades hinsichtlich der Partialeffizienzen auf Krankenhausdienstleistungsmärkten in Deutschland. Auf …

reduced charge prices by 3.9% (which corresponds to savings of $1,164 per hospital stay) but also diminished negotiated prices … by 15.9% and hospital costs by 4.7%. Our estimation results show that the effects on charge prices do not last as long as … negotiated prices, while low-price hospitals increase charges; (2) hospital characteristics such as ownership, case mix, and …

design to examine effects of the expansion on health insurance coverage, hospital use, and patient health. We then link these … changes to effects on hospital finances. We show that a substantial share of the federally-funded Medicaid expansion … hospital revenue and profitability, with larger gains for government hospitals. On the benefits side, we do not detect …

We examine whether obtaining prescription drug insurance through the Medicare Part D program affected hospital … Medicare Part D was associated with an 8% decrease in the number of hospital admissions, a 7% decrease in Medicare expenditures …

2 (SARS-CoV-2) admitted to a Spanish hospital between February 26 and May 21, 2020. Direct medical costs from the … perspective of the hospital were calculated. We analyzed diagnostic tests, drugs, medical and nursing care, and isolation ward and …-CoV-2, and patients who tested negative. Results: The impact on the hospital's budget for the 3 months was calculated at €15 …