Filistrucchi, Lapo; Ozbugday, F.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012
Abstract: Using a newly constructed dataset on German hospitals, which includes 24 process and outcome indicators of … clinical quality have increased significantly in 2008 compared to 2006. In addition, the hospitals underperforming in 2006 … appear to have increased their clinical quality relatively more than the other hospitals. When instead quality is measured by …