We investigate the effect of managed care on the health care system, focusing on the effects managed care could have on the number and types of health care providers and their efficiency. By influencing providers, managed care may change the structure and performance of the entire health care...

The 2009 pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) was relatively mild, but a subsequent outbreak of pandemic influenza could be much worse. According to projections from the Department of Health and Human Services, the potential health consequences of a severe (1918-like) influenza pandemic in the United...

Mit dem vorliegenden sechsten Band der Reihe "DIBOGS-Beiträge zur Gesundheitsökonomie und Sozialpolitik" werden nun wieder ausgewählte Workshopbeiträge einer breiten Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Der Schwerpunkt des vorliegenden Bandes liegt auf der Analyse von alternativen Märkten und...