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The implementation of palliative care (PC) is an important challenge for health policy makers. The primary aim of this study was to analyze the effects of inpatient PC for cancer patients in the last six months of life.Based on routine data of a nationwide sickness fund, a retrospective matched-pair analysis was performed to assess the care of cancer patients who were treated at least once on an inpatient...
Ziel der Disease Management Programme (DMPs) in der deutschen gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV) ist es, „den Behandlungsablauf und die Qualität der medizinischen Versorgung chronisch Kranker zu verbessern“ (§137f, SGB V). Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, hat der Gesetzgeber festgelegt, dass in den Programmen umfangreiche Qualitätssicherungsmaßnahmen durchgeführt werden, die Behandlung auf evidenzbasierten...
Almost 15 million Germans may suffer from untreated hypertension. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the cost-effectiveness of a national hypertension treatment program compared to no program. A Markov decision model from the perspective of the statutory health insurance (SHI) was built. All data were taken from secondary sources. The target population consists of hypertensive male and female...
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