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Regional Distribution of Physicians: the Role of Comprehensive Private Health Insurance in Germany
Sundmacher, L. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2015 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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2015
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Objective: In recent years, the co-existence in Germany of two parallel comprehensive insurance systems – Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) and Private Health Insurance (PHI) – has been posited as a possible cause of a persistent unequal regional distribution of physicians. The present study investigates the effect of the proportion of privately insured patients on the density of SHI-licensed physicians, while controlling for regional variations in the average income from SHI patients. Methods: The proportion of residents in a district with private health insurance is estimated using complete administrative data…
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Physicians
Germany
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Deutschland
Das Gesundheitswesen
