“white coat” workers (doctors and nurses) about the hospital training offer. This work presents similarities and differences … between assessments of doctors and nurses. A short description of the hospital as well as its weaknesses and strengths has … use of the quality map in the process of hospital management. This tool allows us to get answers about which areas …

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 …

absence from work, we also consider effects on doctor/hospital visits and subjective health indicators. We also add to the … reform reduced the average number of days spent in hospital by almost half a day, but we cannot find robust evidence for …