Innovation is considered essential to the quality and sustainability of healthcare systems.
However, the path from innovative idea to adopted reality is complex and fraught with …

Interregional patient mobility in a decentralized healthcare system. Regional Studies.
Interregional patient mobility, measured as origin–destination patient flows between any two …

We study the strategic relationship between hospital investment and provision of service
quality. We use a spatial competition framework and allow investment and quality to be …

Increased disparities in income and health care expenditure across EU countries may lead
to an increase in patient mobility, which may, in turn, call for more action by the EU and its …

Objectives The paper analyzes the German inpatient capital costing scheme by assessing
its cost module calculation. The costing scheme represents the first separated national …

We study the effects of cross-border patient mobility on health care quality and welfare when
income varies across and within regions. We use a Salop model with a high-, middle-, and …

Most hospital payment systems based on diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) provide
payments for newly approved technologies. In Germany, they are negotiated between …

In several countries, health care services are provided by public and/or private subjects, and
they are reimbursed by the government, on the basis of regulated prices (in most countries …

Part I of the scientific report focuses on the organisation and payment system of Belgian
hospitals in the broader context of the healthcare system. In a first chapter we describe the …

From an economic perspective, large investments in medical equipment are justifiable only
when many patients benefit. Although rural hospitals play a crucial role locally, the …