This paper examines the sustainability of weight loss achieved through cash rewards and, for the first time, the potential of monetary incentives to prevent weight cycling. In a three period randomized controlled trial, about 700 obese persons were assigned to two treatment groups, which were...

Based on individual level data from Germany, we analyze the effect of changes in the compulsory benefit package of the social health insurance on the demand for supplementary private insurance, employing a difference-in-differences approach. The focus is on the exclusion of dental prostheses...

ABSTRACT An inverse relationship between job insecurity and sickness absence has been established in the literature, which is explained by employees avoiding to send signals of both poor health and uncooperative behavior towards the employer. In this paper, we focus on whether the same mechanism...

We complement the empirical evidence on the sustainability of weight loss achieved through cash rewards and, for the first time, rigorously examine the potential of cash rewards to prevent weight cycling. In a three period randomized controlled trial, about 700 obese persons were first assigned...

Vor dem Hintergrund des sich in Deutschland vollziehenden demographischen Wandels steht das deutsche Gesundheitswesen vor großen Herausforderungen. Dies betrifft in besonderem Maße die im Rahmen der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung erbrachte Versorgung mit Gesundheitsleistungen. Während die...

Der im Oktober 2006 von der Bundesregierung eingebrachte Gesetzesentwurf zur Stärkung des Wettbewerbs in der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV-WSG) sieht die Einführung eines Gesundheitsfonds und die Erhebung von Zusatzprämien bzw. Ausschüttungen an die Versicherten ab 2009 vor. Durch...

Deutschland leistet sich ein im internationalen Vergleich hohes Angebot an medizinischer Versorgung. Im Krankenhausbereich weist Deutschland eine um mehr als 50% höhere Bettendichte auf als die OECD-Länder im Durchschnitt. In der OECD ist in den vergangenen 10 Jahren ein massiver Bettenabbau...

We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese persons assigned to three experimental groups. While two treatment groups obtain Euro150 and Euro300, respectively, for achieving an individually assigned target weight...

We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese persons assigned to three experimental groups. While two treatment groups obtain €150 and €300, respectively, for achieving an individually assigned target weight...

The interdependence of labor market conditions and the demand for health care has been addressed by several theoretical and empirical analyses. We contribute to the debate by empirically examining the effect of a decrease in self-perceived job security on health care utilization. That is,...