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The influence of insurance status on waiting times in German acute care hospitals: an empirical analysis of new data

BACKGROUND: There is an ongoing debate in Germany about the assumption that patients with private health insurance (PHI) benefit from better access to medical care, including shorter waiting times (Lüngen et al. 2008), compared to patients with statutory health insurance (SHI). PROBLEM: Existing ana...

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Autores principales: Kuchinke, Björn A, Sauerland, Dirk, Wübker, Ansgar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20025744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-8-44