Policymakers worldwide are encouraging a shift from inpatient to outpatient care to improve the efficiency of health systems. One of the first steps in such efforts typically involves allowing providers, often hospitals, to perform a designated list of procedures on an outpatient basis. However,...

Der vorliegende Report beschreibt fünf Datenprodukte zu den Fördermaßnahmen im Rahmen des Investitionsgesetzes Kohleregionen (InvKG). Über dieses Programm stellt die Bundesregierung bis zum Jahr 2038 Fördermittel im Umfang von bis zu 41,09 Mrd. Euro zur Verfügung, um die wirtschaftlichen...

Der vorliegende Report beschreibt fünf Datenprodukte zu den Fördermaßnahmen im Rahmen des Investitionsgesetzes Kohleregionen (InvKG). Über dieses Programm stellt die Bundesregierung bis zum Jahr 2038 Fördermittel im Umfang von bis zu 41,09 Mrd. Euro zur Verfügung, um die wirtschaftlichen...

Why did enduring socio-economic inequality emerge between the 4th and 3rd millennium BCE, after millennia of substantial egalitarianism? We test the hypothesis of inequality being a by-product of state formation in an archeological panel covering Southern Iraq between 3900 and 1900 BCE. We...

The term day surgery is not simply surgery with admission and discharge on the same day, but rather the practice of admitting into a health facility carefully selected and prepared patients for a planned, non-emergency procedure that avoids the need for an overnight stay. Day surgeries are case...

Healthcare systems worldwide face increasing nurse shortages, but the consequences remain poorly understood. This paper studies how nurse scarcity in hospitals affects care provision and patient health. I exploit the 2011 Swiss franc stabilization, which increased the salience to cross-border...