Background and objective: The COVID-19 pandemic started in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Although there are some doubts about the reporting of cases and deaths in China, it seems that this country was able to control the epidemic more effectively than many other countries. In this paper, we...

Die COVID-19-Krise hatte erhebliche Auswirkungen auf die Grenzregion Polen - Deutschland. Der Beitrag untersucht, ob die Pandemie tatsächlich den Abstand zwischen der Grenzregion als strukturschwacher Region und dem Rest von Deutschland erhöhen wird, oder ob die Krise sogar eine Chance bietet....

Teleemergency doctors support ambulance cars at the emergency site by means of telemedicine. Currently, each district has its own teleemergency doctor office (decentralized solution). This paper analyses the advantages and disadvantages of a centralized solution where several teleemergency...

Background: Helicopter emergency services (HEMS) are of increasing relevance for emergency medical services (EMS) of developed countries. Despite the known cost intensity of HEMS, there is only very limited knowledge of its cost dynamics and structures. This averts an efficient resource...

1 Einführung: Wirtschaftswissenschaft - ein auch für Mediziner und Gesundheitswissenschaftler relevantes Fach; Grundprobleme der Gesundheitsökonomik -- 2 Ziele- und Wertesystem: Wertesystem; Ziele der Gesundheitspolitik; Fallstudie -- 3 Nachfrage: Bedürfnisse; Raum und Distanz; Kaufkraft;...