Smart Fitness bezeichnet die digitale Erfassung individualisierter Fitness- und Lifestyledaten mit Hilfe von Wearables, Smartwatches, Apps und anderen Instrumenten. Die so generierten Daten sind für eine Reihe von Akteure wie Sportartikelhersteller, Pharmaunternehmen, Arbeitgeber sowie...

Smart Fitness bezeichnet die digitale Erfassung individualisierter Fitness- und Lifestyledaten mit Hilfe von Wearables, Smartwatches, Apps und anderen Instrumenten. Die so generierten Daten sind für eine Reihe von Akteure wie Sportartikelhersteller, Pharmaunternehmen, Arbeitgeber sowie...

The production of healthcare services had been out of the business, organizational, and technological dynamic that continually revolutionized the production of all other goods and services for a long time. Nowadays, this marginality has ceased as the need for healthcare is rising. Healthcare is...

Die Umfrage unter einzelnen gesetzlichen Krankenkassen in Deutschland hatte zwei wesentliche Ziele: Zum einen sollten rückblickend die Prozesse, Wirkmechanismen und Ergebnisse des AMNOG betrachtet werden, um zu erheben, wie dies aus der Perspektive einzelner gesetzlicher Krankenkassen...

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....

Individuals aged 65 years and older currently make up a larger share of the population than ever before, and this group is predicted to continue growing both in absolute terms and relative to the rest of the population. This chapter begins by introducing the facts, figures, and forecasts...

"Health policy is inherently interdisciplinary. While working with colleagues and students, Raisa B. Deber, has conducted research on a variety of issues that have a direct influence on Canadian health policy. Treating Health Care is intended for both the informed and non-expert reader wishing...

Calculations of quality adjusted life years (QALYs) in cost-utility analyses (CUA) are often based on health state valuations from members of the general public. Results from existing studies indicate that valuations generated by different respondent groups are not equivalent. Objectives: One...

I consider changes in labor markets across U.S. states and counties around the enactment of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and its implementation in 2014. I find that counties with large fractions of uninsured (and therefore a large exposure to the ACA) before the enactment or the...

The purpose of this dissertation is to address policy makers to change the way they think about increasing obesity rates. So far the discussion revolves around increasing incomes and imposing taxes on high fat food, despite their disputed effectiveness. Most of these studies seem to neglect the...