, I analyze the effect of 18 recent hospital closures in Germany on patients’ driving times and the probability to be … in Deutschland auf die Fahrzeit der Patientinnen und Patienten sowie auf die Wahrscheinlichkeit eines … residents who live in areas where a hospital closed, showing that the closure seems to affect patients’ care. …

patients. Thus, targeting provider incentives through alternative payment models, such as episode-based reimbursement, is more …

.S. health care system includes several compensatory cost-containment mechanisms, but their effects depend on how patients and …

compliance with patient safety measures in both public and private facilities (more so in the latter) and reallocated patients …

patients manage their own care. The author looks at patient-centred care and its associated benefits, and suggests that the way … to maximize those benefits moving forward is (in part) by engaging and empowering patients with eHealth solutions … expertise among some patients, who can then engage other patients in robust online patient communities, thus generating more …

-patient relationship in general, and the diagnosis and treatment of patients in particular, is still limited. In this study, we explore the …