Arbeitspapier
The Impact of Private versus Social Health Insurance on Offered Waiting Times in German Acute Care Hospitals
This paper shows that patients with private health insurance (PHI) are being offered significantly shorter waiting times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the higher expected profitability of PHI relative to SHI holders. Further,we find that hospitals offering private insurees shorter waiting times as compared to SHI holders have a significantly better financial performance than those abstaining from or with less discrimination.
- ISBN
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978-3-86788-134-0
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 120
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health: General
Analysis of Health Care Markets
Firm Behavior: Theory
- Subject
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Private health insurance
waiting time
German acute care hospitals
Krankenhaus
Patienten
Kundendienst
Private Krankenversicherung
Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung
Krankenhausfinanzierung
Deutschland
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Schwierz, Christoph
Wübker, Ansgar
Kuchinke, Björn A.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
- (where)
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Essen
- (when)
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2009
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Schwierz, Christoph
- Wübker, Ansgar
- Kuchinke, Björn A.
- Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
Time of origin
- 2009
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