This paper shows that patients with private health insurance (PHI) are being offered significantly shorter waiting times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the higher expected profitability of PHI relative to SHI...

This paper shows that patients with private health insurance (PHI) are being offered significantly shorter waiting times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the higher expected profitability of PHI relative to SHI...

In diesem Papier wird das zukünftige Ausgabenvolumen der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV) bis zum Jahr 2050 projiziert. Die Ausgaben werden anhand von linearen Regressionsmodellen (OLS), Vektorautoregressionsmodellen (VAR) und Vektorfehlerkorrekturmodellen (VECM) geschätzt. Sie werden...

This paper shows that patients with private health insurance (PHI) are being offered significantly shorter waiting times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the higher expected profitability of PHI relative to SHI...