Larger and longer waiting lists for public hospital appointments and treatment have been a significant challenge in … activity in public hospitals for several months. The aim of this analysis is to estimate the activity and expenditure required …

This paper examines the behaviour of public hospitals in response to the average payment incentives created by price … changes for patients classified in different Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs). Using panel data on public hospitals located … within the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, we test whether a one-year increase in DRG prices induced public hospitals to …

prices for hospitals on multiple dimensions of hospital quality, including mortality outcomes, surgical complications … and 2010 based on a reform of hospital financing in Germany. We find that changes in reimbursement prices do not affect … variation in quality indicators across hospitals. …