performance. -- Hospital ownership ; financial performance …

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 …

the German birth statistics 1996 to 2010 and German hospital data from 2006 to 2011, we estimate that since the …

the German birth statistics 1996 to 2010 and German hospital data from 2006 to 2011, we estimate that since the …

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 …

effect on efficiency is related to differences in hospital planning in Germany and Switzerland. Based on the comparable …A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and … countries. Finally, hospital beds are treated as a discretionary input in one DEA and as a fixed input in the other, and the …

help. This hypothesis is examined for the case of demand for hospital care which covers the largest part of public … insurance expenditures. The paper applies various methods for count data analysis of the frequency of hospital trips. Contrary …

the German birth statistics 1996 to 2010 and German hospital data from 2006 to 2011, we estimate that since the …

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 …