Der Sammelband enthält die erweiterten Referate eines interdisziplinären Workshops über Rationalisierungsreserven im deutschen Gesundheitswesen, insbesondere in dem Bereich der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV). Das Themenspektrum umfasst Effizienzpotentiale im stationären Bereich,...

Long waiting lines are a common feature and a major concern in many public health care delivery systems. The waiting lines are often characterized as inefficient, because they are a burden to patients without generating any gains for providers. There is an ongoing debate in Germany regarding the...

The ambulatory physician payment system in the German Social Health Insurance (SHI) offers incentives to reduce practice activity at the end of a billing period. Most services within a period are reimbursed at full cost only up to a certain threshold. Furthermore, capitated payments make...

For some considerable time now the interface between ambulatory and hospital care has been mooted as a cause of inefficiencies in the German health system and there have been calls for a softening of the strict separation between the two sectors. This debate emphasizes the need for detailed...

Uzbekistan inherited a hospital-based health system from the Soviet Union. We explore the health system-related challenges faced during the scale-up of ambulatory (outpatient) treatment for drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan. Semi-structured...

Die Sicherstellung einer flächendeckenden, wohnortnahen und bedarfsgerechten Versorgung ist ein zentrales Anliegen der deutschen Gesundheitspolitik. Anke Schliwen untersucht den regionalen Zusammenhang von Versorgungsbedarf, Angebot und Inanspruchnahme hausärztlicher Leistungen. Dabei wird der...

Pay-for-performance programs offering additional payments to GPs can be used not only to improve the quality of care but also for cost containment purposes. In this paper, we analyse the impact of removing financial incentives in primary care that were aimed at containing hospital expenditure in...

Die Metropole Ruhr ist bereits heute ein wichtiger Akteur auf vielen Gebieten der Gesundheitswirtschaft. Auch bei Anwendung und Entwicklung von Telemedizin und AAL ist das Ruhrgebiet gut vertreten. Besonders aktiv ist das Ruhrgebiet bei der Suche nach innovativen Lösungen für die...