Profit efficiency and ownership of German hospitals

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Annika Herr, Schmitz Hendrik, Augurzky Boris

Abstract

This paper investigates the cost and profit efficiency of German hospitals and their variation with ownership type. It is motivated by the empirical finding that private (for-profit) hospitals - having been shown to be less cost efficient in the past - on average earn higher profits than public hospitals. We conduct a Stochastic Frontier Analysis on a multifaceted administrative German data set combined with the balance sheets of 541 hospitals of the years 2002-2006. The results show no significant differences in cost efficiency but higher profit efficiency of private than of publicly owned hospitals.

Details

Externe Organisation(en): Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE)
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Health economics
Band: 20
Seiten: 660-674
Anzahl der Seiten: 15
ISSN: 1057-9230
Publikationsdatum: 06.2011
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Health policy
Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung: SDG 3 - Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen
Elektronische Version(en): https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1622 (Zugang: Geschlossen )