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Eur J Health Econ
; 12(5): 405-16, 2011 Oct.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20496158
RESUMEN
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 when compared with SHI holders have a significantly better financial performance than those abstaining from or with less discrimination.