Do higher hospital reimbursement prices improve quality of care?

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Does higher medical spending improve quality of care? We estimate the effect of changes in regulated reimbursement prices for hospitals on multiple dimensions of hospital quality, including mortality outcomes, surgical complications, process quality, and patient satisfaction. We exploit an exogenous variation in reimbursement prices between the years 2006 and 2010 based on a reform of hospital financing in Germany. We find that changes in reimbursement prices do not affect quality of care. This effect is precisely estimated, and we can rule out effect sizes that are large relative to the overall variation in quality indicators across hospitals.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-86788-907-0
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 779

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Analysis of Health Care Markets ; National Government Expenditures and Health ; Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
• Subject: health care expenditures ; hospital care ; quality of care

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Salm, Martin ; Wübker, Ansgar
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2018

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.4419/86788907
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/190680
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET