Hospital digitalization is to reduce costs, increase efficiency and productivity, and to improve quality of care. However, the literature lacks clarity on the meaning of "hospital digitalization," how to measure it, and what quality it might affect. We use data from the DigitalRadar project from...

We study the regional distribution of primary care physicians in Germany to learn about the extent and possible reasons of geographic maldistribution. For this aim, we apply a greedy capacitated algorithm on very fine spatial data. We compare this reference allocation of primary care physicians...

We study the regional distribution of primary care physicians in Germany to learn about the extent and possible reasons of geographic maldistribution. For this aim, we apply a greedy capacitated algorithm on very fine spatial data. We compare this reference allocation of primary care physicians...

Hospital digitalization is to reduce costs, increase efficiency and productivity, and to improve quality of care. However, the literature lacks clarity on the meaning of "hospital digitalization," how to measure it, and what quality it might affect. We use data from the DigitalRadar project from...

Public investment in hospitals in Germany has been insufficient for decades, making it difficultto finance digitization. Due to dual financing, hospitals could alternatively use their own profitsto pay for digitization efforts. This raises the question of whether there is a relationship...

Nach einer Infektion mit SARS-CoV-2 entwickeln laut Weltgesundheitsorganisation rund 10 Prozent der Erkrankten anhaltende oder neu auftretende gesundheitliche Beschwerden in Form von Long COVID. Wenn diese Beschwerden länger als zwölf Wochen anhalten, wird dieser Krankheitszustand als...

Nach einer Infektion mit SARS-CoV-2 entwickeln laut Weltgesundheitsorganisation rund 10 Prozent der Erkrankten anhaltende oder neu auftretende gesundheitliche Beschwerden in Form von Long COVID. Wenn diese Beschwerden länger als zwölf Wochen anhalten, wird dieser Krankheitszustand als...

Public investment in hospitals in Germany has been insufficient for decades, making it difficultto finance digitization. Due to dual financing, hospitals could alternatively use their own profitsto pay for digitization efforts. This raises the question of whether there is a relationship...

Dieser Bericht untersucht die Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf das Leistungsgeschehen der Krankenhäuser in Deutschland. Er untersucht außerdem, ob die im Jahr 2021 geleisteten Ausgleichszahlungen die Erlösminderungen der Krankenhäuser aufgrund des Rückgangs der Leistungsmenge ausgleichen...