Gehaltserhöhungen spielen sich nie im luftleeren Raum ab, sondern beeinflussen alle Marktteilnehmer und ihre Ergebnisse. So dürfte eine 30%ige Gehaltserhöhung für Krankenhausärzte ca. 3 Mrd. Euro Zusatzkosten im Krankenhaussektor verursachen. Sollten Krankenhäuser diese Zusatzbelastungen...

This paper analyses the volume-outcome relationship and the effects of minimum volume regulations in the German hospital sector. We use a full sample of administrative data from the unselected, complete German hospital population for the years 2005 to 2007. We apply regression methods to analyze...

Background: This paper analyses the volume-outcome relationship and the effects of minimum volume regulations in the German hospital sector. Methods: We use a full sample of administrative data from the unselected, complete German hospital population for the years 2005 to 2007. We apply...

Since 2009, German nursing homes have been evaluated regularly with quality report cards published online. We argue that most of the information in the report cards does not reliably measure quality of care, but a subset of seven measures does. Using a sample of more than 3,000 nursing homes...