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D. MONSEES, Auteur ; M. WESTPHA, Auteur ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU, Auteur | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2024We study the effects of general practitioners’ (GPs’) resignations on their patients’ healthcare utilization, diagnoses, and mortality in an event-study setting. Using claims data from a large German statutory health insurance, we find that afte[...]
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A. HAERING, Auteur ; M. KAEDING, Auteur ; A. WERBECK, Auteur ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU, Auteur | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2024We study the regional distribution of primary care physicians in Germany to learn about the extent and possible reasons of geographic maldistribution. For this aim, we apply a greedy capacitated algorithm on very fine spatial data. We compare th[...]
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D. HEGER ; A. HERR, Auteur ; M. LÜCKEMANN, Auteur ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2023Amidst demographic shifts, advanced economies are facing critical nursing shortages. This study analyzes strategies of German nursing care providers to address these shortages using administrative data for the period 2007 to 2017. Our analysis r[...]
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M.A. STROKA ; Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforchung. (R.W.I.). Essen. DEU | Essen : R.W.I. | 2021There is widespread concern about the consequences of the undersupply of outpatient care for the utilization of inpatient care. lt is common knowledge in the media that urban areas aften are characterized by an oversupply of health care provider[...]
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J. BROSIG-KOCH ; M. GROSS ; H. HENNING-SCHMIDT ; et al. ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2021This paper systematically studies how performance pay, complementing either baseline feefor-service or capitation, affects physicians' medical service provision and the quality of care. Using a series of controlled experiments with physicians an[...]
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C. BORNHORST ; D. HEGER ; A. MENSEN ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2019Many studies have shown that childhood circumstances can have long term consequences that persist until old age. To better understand the transmission of early life circumstances, this paper analyses the effects of health and financial situation[...]
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I.W.K. KOLODZIEJ ; P. GARCIA-GOMEZ ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2017We analyze the causal effect of retirement on mental health, exploiting differences in retirement eligibility ages across countries and over time using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. We estimate not only average[...]
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M. SALM ; A. WUBKER ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2017Healthcare utilization varies widely between regions. Yet, the causes of regional variation are still not well understood, and they can also differ between countries and institutional settings. We exploit patient migration to examine which share[...]
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G. PFEIFER ; M. REUTTER ; C. STROHMAIER ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2017We estimate the causal impact of school smoking bans in Germany on the propensity and intensity of smoking. Using representative longitudinal data, we use variation in state, year, age cohort, school track, and survey time for implementation of [...]
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N. HEINRICH ; A. WUBKER ; C. WUCKEL ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2017Long 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. [...]
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D. HEGER ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2016People in Canada and the U.S. often make claims regarding whose country has a better health system. Several researchers have attempted to address this question by analysing subjective health in the two countries, thus assuming a common definitio[...]
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C. ROLLER ; M.A. STROKA-WETSCH ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2016Due to the demographic change and the concomitant ageing of society, the labor force will reduce in Germany in the following decades. Simultaneously, the demand for informal care will increase as a result of the ageing society. Informal care is [...]
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D. HEGER ; T. KORFHAGE ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2016Growing long-term care (LTC) needs represent a major challenge for our ageing societies. Understanding how utilization patterns of different types of care are influenced by LTC policies or changes in the population composition such as age patter[...]
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J. BROSIG-KOCH ; H. HENING-SCHMIDT ; N. KAIRIES ; D. WIESEN ; Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforchung. (R.W.I.). Essen. DEU | Essen : Universität Duisbourg - Essen | 2016We present causal evidence from a controlled experiment on the effect of pay for performance on physicians’ behavior and patients’ health benefits. At a within-subject level, we introduce performance pay to complement either fee-for-service or c[...]
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M. SALM ; A. WUBKER ; Ruhr-Universität Bochum (R.U.B.). Department of Economics. Bochum. DEU | Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum | 2015Medical providers often have a significant influence on treatment decisions which they can use in their own financial interest. Classical models of supplier-induced demand predict that medical providers will supply fewer services if they face in[...]
