Derzeit ist Deutschland europaweit das einzige Land mit einem Nebeneinander von zwei Systemen der Kranken-Vollversicherung. Die demographische Entwicklung verbunden mit einer fragwürdigen Akquisitionsstrategie, die Finanzkrise sowie die Einführung der Versicherungspfl icht hatten vor allem die...

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 Germany, employees are generally obliged to participate in the public health insurance system, where coverage is universal, co-payments and deductibles are moderate, and premia are based on income. However, they may buy private insurance instead if their income exceeds the compulsory...