The effective functioning of the healthcare system and the quality of care provision are closely linked to the level of professional communication at all levels. Digital transformation alters business processes and communication protocols, representing both progress and challenge. Alongside...

We study how health insurance deductibles affect healthcare spending and health using a regression discontinuity design and administrative data from the Netherlands. Exploiting an annual deductible reset, we compare patients admitted to the emergency room just before and after January 1....

Dieses Working Paper beleuchtet die Integration Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in Krankenhausumfeldern, mit dem Ziel, die Qualität der Patientenversorgung zu steigern, klinische und administrative Prozesse zu optimieren und Kosten im Gesundheitswesen zu senken. Es startet mit einer Einführung...

Recently, public and private providers within two-tier healthcare markets have engaged in a fierce competition for patients, which is significantly influenced by patients' multifaceted sensitivities to delays and payments, particularly when patients' potential balking is considered. However,...

Background As the number of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) demonstrating the survival benefits of combination therapies in previously treated multiple myeloma (MM) patients increases, it is essential to determine the most cost- effective treatment through robust economic evaluation. This...