, I analyze the effect of 18 recent hospital closures in Germany on patients’ driving times and the probability to be … residents who live in areas where a hospital closed, showing that the closure seems to affect patients’ care. … Kosteneinsparungen betonen, haben die Patientinnen und Patienten zum Teil die Befürchtung, dass ihre Gesundheitsversorgung gefährdet ist …

teaching hospital, we empirically examine the effect of ICU capacity strain on patient discharge. Our data has a dynamic … number of daily discharges is affected by not only census but also percentage of acute patients; 2) capacity strain does not … have an impact on discharged patients’ health status; and 3) capacity strain leads to shorter length-of-stay in the ICU …

automation on both professional caregivers and patients; to fairness and discrimination in algorithmic decision making on …