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| Friedrich BreyerSummaryAffiliation: University of Konstanz Country: Germany Publications
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[Implicit versus explicit rationing of health services]F Breyer
Lehrstuhl für Wirtschafts und Sozialpolitik, Universitat Konstanz, Fach 135, 78457, Konstanz, Deutschland
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 55:652-9. 2012..In doing so, we attempt to make a contribution that may help to start the urgently needed open debate on scarcity and allocation of health care services in Germany...
Reimbursement and cost containment: a German perspectiveFriedrich Breyer
University of Konstanz and DIW, Berlin, Germany
Pharmacoeconomics 20:87-94. 2002..It is argued that the proposed distinction between basic and supplementary benefits requires a system of explicit rationing (e.g. by age), which determines the package of basic benefits several decades in advance...
"Primary" rationing of health services in ageing societies--a normative analysisFriedrich Breyer
Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universitat Konstanz, Fach D 135, D 78457 Konstanz
Int J Health Care Finance Econ 2:247-64. 2002..soft, explicit vs. implicit). Finally we discuss whether age should be used as a criterion in any systematic attempt at primary rationing of health care...
Life expectancy and health care expenditures: a new calculation for Germany using the costs of dyingFriedrich Breyer
Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universitat Konstanz, Fach D 135, D 78457 Konstanz, Germany
Health Policy 75:178-86. 2006..Thus, the error of excluding the "costs of dying" effect is small compared with the error of underestimating the financial consequences of expanding medical technology...
[On the necessity of benefit assessments across all indications]Friedrich Breyer
Universität Konstanz und DIW Berlin
Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes 104:209-14. 2010..We will then explore the legal possibilities of benefit assessments independent of the type of disease, and make some suggestions for the future approach to healthcare evaluation in Germany...
On the welfare theoretic foundation of CEA: commentFriedrich Breyer
Department of Economics, University of Konstanz, Fach 135, 78457, Constance, Germany
Eur J Health Econ 11:595-6; discussion 597-8. 2010..As a bottom line, we conclude that from a welfare theoretic point of view, future consumption and future labor hours should not be considered in a valid CEA...
Determinants of health care utilization by German sickness fund members--with application to risk adjustmentFriedrich Breyer
Department of Economics, University of Konstanz and DIW, Berlin
Health Econ 12:367-76. 2003..Our results suggest that besides age and sex, the set of risk adjusters should include income, family status and a dummy for the last year of life...
