Um dem steigenden Pflegebedarf gerecht werden zu können, bedarf es unter anderem eines Ausbaus der Pflegeinfrastruktur. Neue Nachweispflichten für die Betreiber von Pflegeeinrichtungen drohen aber die Investitionsbedingungen zu verschlechtern. Leidtragende wären Pflegebedürftige und...

This thesis contains three essays on topics from the field of Applied Health Economics. Two major subdivisions of the health care system, the health- and nursing care market, were closer investigated. In particular, the effect of public reporting on nursing home quality in Germany was analyzed....

Die vorliegende Studie untersuchte individuelle und gesellschaftliche Einflussfaktoren auf Erwerbsminderungsrenten in der stationären Pflege. Bei der empirischen Datenanalyse zeigte sich, dass gut qualifizierte Pflegekräfte ein deutlich höheres Risiko der Frühberentung tragen als...

The focus of this work is care and compassion within the context of organization and management studies. The text aims to understand how members of an English hospice identify or fail to identify with an organization where issues of life and death take centre stage and explores problems it faces...

"The introduction of a minimum wage in the care sector in August 2010 was the first time that a minimum wage was introduced in a health sector. Furthermore, in contrast to other industries with minimum wages, the care sector has continually increased in recent years. Our results show that...

This paper studies the effects of nursing home unionization on numerous labor, establishment, and consumer outcomes using a regression discontinuity design. We find negative effects of unionization on staffing levels and no decline in care quality, suggesting positive labor productivity effects....

Pflege und Pflegepolitik haben sich im Verlauf der letzten ca. zwei Jahrzehnte zu einem zentralen Thema der Sozialpolitik in Deutschland (wie auch in vielen Nachbarländern) entwickelt. Die komplexen Anforderungen eines Pflegesystems, das der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung und dem wachsenden...

The introduction of a minimum wage in the care sector in August 2010 was the first time that a minimum wage was introduced in a health sector. Furthermore, in contrast to other industries with minimum wages, the care sector has continually increased in recent years. Our results show that...