Many health economists demand more competition in the health care system. They focus on the competition between … sickness funds for insured and the competition between health care providers for contracts with sickness funds. But they … neglect the competition between health care providers for patients which is crucial for medical quality. This third field of …

Many health economists demand more competition in the health care system. They focus on the competition between … sickness funds for insured and the competition between health care providers for contracts with sickness funds. But they … neglect the competition between health care providers for patients which is crucial for medical quality. This third field of …

We study how competition between physicians affects the provision of medical care. In our theoretical model physicians … in a controlled laboratory experiment. In line with the model, we observe that competition significantly improves patient … physician, competition even decreases the patient benefit compared to a situation without competition. This decrease is in …

Ordnungsdefizite beim Wettbewerb im deutschen Gesundheitswesen. Sie gehen solchen Defiziten im Bereich der GKV nach und benennen …

Ordnungsdefizite beim Wettbewerb im deutschen Gesundheitswesen. Sie gehen solchen Defiziten im Bereich der GKV nach und benennen …

evidence, we build a spatial quality competition model with altruism heterogeneity. We find that more altruistic healthcare … offset costly quality competition. …Neue empirische Evidenz für Leistungsanbieter im Gesundheitswesen zeigt, dass es erhebliche Heterogenität im Grad des …

medizinische Versorgung in Deutschland langfristig finanzierbar auszugestalten. Nach Ansicht von Jürgen Graalmann, Bundesverband …