Sauerland, Dirk - In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 2 (2001) 2, pp. 211-227
In order to keep premium rates for Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) stable, German health policy designed several cost-containment acts since 1989. Within these reform acts budgets for SHI-expenditures were introduced in 1997, and reimbursement schemes were changed from fee-for-service-payments...