The Impact of Private versus Social Health Insurance on Offered Waiting Times in German Acute Care Hospitals
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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. JEL Classification: I10, I11, D21
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Ruhr Economic Papers #120 Ruhr Economic Papers #120 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...
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