Remuneration rates of German nursing homes are prospectively negotiated between long-term care insurance (LTCI) and social assistance on the one side and nursing homes on the other. They differ considerably across regions while there is no evidence for substantial differences in care provision....

We discuss the impact of organizational workload on professional service outcomes, such as survival rates in hospitals. The prevailing view in the literature is that service quality deteriorates when organizational workload increases. In contrast, we argue that the relationship between workload...

Bei dem vorliegenden Pflegeheim Rating Report 2011 handelt es sich um den dritten nach 2007 und 2009. Hauptziel ist die Verbesserung der Transparenz im deutschen Pflegemarkt - mit Fokus auf der stationären Pflege. Daraus abgeleitet ergibt sich der Anspruch, den Entscheidungsträgern auf den...