A5064146436- Global Health Care Issues
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- German Economic Analysis & Policies
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Genital Health and Disease
- Insurance and Financial Risk Management
- Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
- Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Breast Implant and Reconstruction
University of Hohenheim
2015-2019
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
2007
Albertinen Diakoniewerk
1996
University of Cologne
1988
Krankenhaus Köln-Holweide
1988
This paper analyzes the German market for supplemental dental insurance (SuppDI) to identify selection behavior based on individuals’ private information. The rather limited underwriting by health insurers makes this especially prone effects. Although standard positive correlation test does not indicate asymmetric information in market, we conjecture that outcome may result from sample heterogeneity when adverse and advantageous occur simultaneously offset each other. Examining a large set...
Drug Prescribing for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in General Practice: a Cross-Sectional Study
Using data from an insurance company, we examine the selection behaviour in German market for private complementary long-term care (CompLTCI). We provide a detailed analysis of holding, uptake and lapse CompLTCI policies. The identifies preference insurance, occupation as well residential location unused observables. Our findings suggest that socioeconomic status is robust factor explaining CompLTCI. More generally, our indicate mere identification observables insufficient to derive...
In this paper, we analyze how a nationwide population-based skin cancer screening program (SCS) implemented in Germany 2008 has impacted the number of hospital discharges following malignant neoplasm diagnosis (ICD–10 code C43_C44) and melanoma mortality rate C43) per 100,000 inhabitants. Our panel data, drawn from Eurostat database, cover subregions 22 European countries, measured at lowest nomenclature territorial units for statistics (NUTS) level 2000–2013. To assess causal relation...