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. 2011 Oct;12(5):405-16.
doi: 10.1007/s10198-010-0254-2. Epub 2010 May 23.

Discrimination in waiting times by insurance type and financial soundness of German acute care hospitals

Christoph Schwierz  1 , Achim Wübker, Ansgar Wübker, Björn A Kuchinke
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Discrimination in waiting times by insurance type and financial soundness of German acute care hospitals

Christoph Schwierz et al. Eur J Health Econ. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

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.

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