In this research we will focus on three topics which we think are particularly relevant for hospital competition: i) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership. i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production process. The present thesis presents both a theoretical (Chapter 2) and an empirical (Chapter 5) approach to assess the effect of competition on quality of care. ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with respect to public and private spending, the labor force, research and development, or capital investments. In many industrialised countries, approximately one third of health care expenditure is generated by inpatient care. For this reason hospitals are in the focus ...
The paper studies hospital competition in a spatially differentiated market in which patient demand ...
We provide a model where hospitals compete on quality under fixed prices to investigate how hospital...
We examine the impact of competition on outcome and process indicators of hospital quality. While ea...
Following the example of the United States, most European countries reformed their hospital regulati...
International audienceFollowing the example of the United States, most European countries reformed t...
International audienceFollowing the example of the United States, most European countries reformed t...
This paper investigates the cost and profit efficiency of German hospitals and their variation with ...
The objective of our study was to evaluate the efficiency of public, private for-profit, and private...
While standard economic theory posits that privately owned hospitals are more efficient than their p...
The objective of our study was to evaluate the efficiency of public, private for-profit, and private...
This paper investigates the effects of competition on hospital quality. It proposes to extend the El...
We provide a model where hospitals compete on quality under fixed prices to investigate how hospital...
Relevance / Background Quality and efficiency are used by policymakers as governance criteria in hea...
This paper investigates cost and profit efficiency of German hospitals. More specifically, it deals ...
The paper studies hospital competition in a spatially differentiated market in which patient demand ...
We provide a model where hospitals compete on quality under fixed prices to investigate how hospital...
We examine the impact of competition on outcome and process indicators of hospital quality. While ea...
Following the example of the United States, most European countries reformed their hospital regulati...
International audienceFollowing the example of the United States, most European countries reformed t...
International audienceFollowing the example of the United States, most European countries reformed t...
This paper investigates the cost and profit efficiency of German hospitals and their variation with ...
The objective of our study was to evaluate the efficiency of public, private for-profit, and private...
While standard economic theory posits that privately owned hospitals are more efficient than their p...
The objective of our study was to evaluate the efficiency of public, private for-profit, and private...
This paper investigates the effects of competition on hospital quality. It proposes to extend the El...
We provide a model where hospitals compete on quality under fixed prices to investigate how hospital...
Relevance / Background Quality and efficiency are used by policymakers as governance criteria in hea...
This paper investigates cost and profit efficiency of German hospitals. More specifically, it deals ...
The paper studies hospital competition in a spatially differentiated market in which patient demand ...
We provide a model where hospitals compete on quality under fixed prices to investigate how hospital...
We examine the impact of competition on outcome and process indicators of hospital quality. While ea...