Augurzky, Boris; Kopetsch, Thomas; Schmitz, Hendrik - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 14 (2013) 4, pp. 615-627
There are huge regional variations in the utilisation of hospital services in Germany. In 2007 and 2008 the states of Hamburg and Baden-Württemberg had on average just under 38 % fewer hospitalisations per capita than Saxony-Anhalt. We use data from the DRG statistics aggregated at the county...