Reinhard Busse

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Series Social health insurance systems in western Europe Edited by (2008)

Richard B. Saltman, Reinhard Busse, Josep Figueras

Series editors ’ introduction European national policy makers broadly agree on the core objectives that their health care systems should pursue. The list is strikingly straightforward: universal...

Options for Europe (2008)

Richard B. Saltman, Reinhard Busse, Elias Mossialos, Regulating Entrepreneurial

The series The volumes in this series focus on key issues for health policy-making in Europe. Each study explores the conceptual background, outcomes and lessons learned about the development of more...

MANAGEMENT FOR PHARMACEUTICAL INNOVATIONS vorgelegt von (2008)

Virginie Annelaure, Schubert Tang, Von Fakultät, Viii Wirtschaft Management, Doktor Der Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Vorsitzende Prof, ...

This thesis consists of four parts. The first part conducts a generic literature study on customer relationship management practices for innovations. It discusses management of innovations and the...

Health Care Reform in Germany: Patchwork Change within Established Governance Structures (2005)

Altenstetter, Christa, Busse, Reinhard

Under the pressure of health care reform in the 1990s, interactions among the state, sickness funds, and providers in Germany are said to have entered a new era. We examine this new era by assessing...

Policies for disease prevention in Germany in the European context: a comparative analysis (2004)

Gericke, Christian Ansgar Otto, Busse, Reinhard

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Policies for disease prevention in Germany in the European context: a comparative analysis (2004)

Gericke, Christian Ansgar Otto, Busse, Reinhard

Copyright Journal of Public Health 26(3) © Faculty of Public Health 2004; all rights reserved.

Policies for disease prevention in Germany in the European context: a comparative analysis (2004)

Gericke, Christian A., Busse, Reinhard

Background In Europe important differences exist concerning policies for the prevention of common diseases. In most cases these cannot be explained by the underlying epidemiology. However, successful...

Risk structure compensation in Germanys statutory health insurance (2001)

BUSSE, REINHARD

In 1996 insurees in Germany’s statutory health insurance system were given a right to choose their sickness fund. To ensure that all funds had an equal starting position, a risk structure...

Die Einführung der Praxisgebühr und ihre Wirkung auf die Zahl der Arztkontakte und die Kontaktfrequenz : eine empirische Analyse

Markus M. Grabka, Jonas Schreyögg, Reinhard Busse

As part of the Statutory Health Insurance Modernization Act a co-payment of €10 per quarter for the first contact at a physician's or a dentist's office has been introduced with effect of 1st...

Determining the “Health Benefit Basket” of the Statutory Health Insurance scheme in Germany: Methodologies and criteria

Busse, Reinhard, Stargardt, Tom, Schreyögg, Jonas

The issue of defining health benefit catalogues has recently gained new importance in Germany as a result of the creation of the new Institute for Quality and Efficiency. The Institute was designed...

Cost accounting to determine prices: How well do prices reflect costs in the German DRG-system?

Jonas Schreyögg, Oliver Tiemann, Reinhard Busse

Germany has recently introduced a system of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) to engender more appropriate resource allocation. The following article describes the German DRG-system and the...

Methods to determine reimbursement rates for diagnosis related groups (DRG): A comparison of nine European countries

Jonas Schreyögg, Tom Stargardt, Oliver Tiemann, Reinhard Busse

Over the past 20 years, most European countries have introduced DRGs or similar grouping systems as instruments for hospital reimbursement. This paper compares and analyzes the methods used to...

Editorial: Hospital case payment systems in Europe

Reinhard Busse, Jonas Schreyögg, Peter Smith

Since the introduction of the system of diagnosis related groups (DRGs) for USA Medicare patients in 1983, case payment mechanisms have gradually become the principal means of reimbursing hospitals...

Determining the “Health Benefit Basket” of the Statutory Health Insurance scheme in Germany: Methodologies and criteria

Busse, Reinhard, Stargardt, Tom, Schreyögg, Jonas

The issue of defining health benefit catalogues has recently gained new importance in Germany as a result of the creation of the new Institute for Quality and Efficiency. The Institute was designed...

Hospitalisation Costs of Cystic Fibrosis

Jonas Schreyogg, Helge Hollmeyer, Miriam Bluemel, Doris Staab, Reinhard Busse

Objective: To calculate per-case hospital costs for patients with cystic fibrosis under routine conditions from a healthcare provider's perspective; identify the impact of different cost categories;...

Cross-country comparisons of costs: the use of episode-specific transitive purchasing power parities with standardised cost categories

Jonas Schreyögg, Oliver Tiemann, Tom Stargardt, Reinhard Busse

International comparisons of healthcare costs are growing in importance for a number of different applications. The use of common approaches to converting costs such as GDP purchasing power parities...

Cystic Fibrosis: Cost of Illness and Considerations for the Economic Evaluation of Potential Therapies

Christian Krauth, Noushin Jalilvand, Tobias Welte, Reinhard Busse

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common life-shortening inherited disease of the Caucasian race, with a prevalence of around 1 in 2500 live births. Advances in the treatment and management of...

Analysing the impact of health-care system change in the EU member states - Germany

Markus Wörz, Reinhard Busse

The core of the German health-care system is the statutory health insurance (SHI). Coverage of the SHI has remained fairly constant at about 90% whereas the rest of the population is insured for the...

Balancing adoption and affordability of medical devices in Europe

Schreyögg, Jonas, Bäumler, Michael, Busse, Reinhard

Dramatic increases in health expenditures have led to a substantial number of regulatory interventions in the markets for devices over the last years. However, little attention has been paid thus far...