This thesis describes the status quo of the Taiwanese health care system in the year 2000, 5 years after the reforms, analyses the economic efficiency of single components of the new health care system and searches for possible solutions to solve uncovered problems. For a better understanding of...

This paper discusses the influence of recent health care reform acts in Germany on choice, guidance and access from the perspective of patients, insured, insurers, and health care providers. Particular emphasis is put on health policy reforms since 2004, i.e. the Social Health Insurance...

Das diesjährige Schwerpunktthema „Langzeiterkrankungen“ legt den Fokus auf lang andauernde bzw. chronische Krankheiten, mit besonderer Betrachtung von psychischen Erkrankungen, Krebs/Neubildungen, Muskel-Skeletterkrankungen, Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen und Diabetes. Experten aus den...

"This book provides a framework to understand why there are waiting lists for elective surgery in some OECD countries and not in others. It also describes how waiting times are measured in OECD countries and reviews different policy approaches to tackling excessive waiting times." --Publisher...