eignet. Ein Exkurs zum amerikanischen Gesundheitswesen vermittelt dem Leser den n?tigen Hintergrund. Eine kritische …The paper is concerned with the efficient organization of contractual relationships between health insurers and … health care system. The focus lies on an ex ante alignment of incentive structures as well as on an efficient handling of …

) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … industrialised countries, approximately one third of health care expenditure is generated by inpatient care. For this reason …

delivers pregnancy health information via telephone required a novel approach. While there are some methodological challenges …BACKGROUND:Teratology Information Services (TIS) educate the public and health professionals via telephone regarding … the safety of drugs and other exposures during pregnancy and lactation. Currently TIS consultations are free, but funding …

total patient costs. However, when patient costs are added to the total costs of pregnancy, they did not substantially … costs during pregnancy.Given that the majority of missed cardiac anomalies were amongst low risk women, a decision …Research and Development Division of the Department of Health …