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Is today’s hospital financing still sustainable?

Hospitals were supposed to keep enough beds free for patients affected by the pandemic during peak times in the Corona crisis. This was a major problem because hospital financing is only profitable if the utilization of bed capacities is also optimal. Therefore,...

The worse economic outlook for smaller hospitals

The latest „Hospital Rating Report“ from 2018 and 2019, with data from annual financial statements of a total of 951 hospitals, shows that 13 percent of hospitals and clinics were at risk of insolvency in 2019, compared with only four percent in 2016. In...

Experts fear massive migration in nursing professions

Two professional associations, the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) and the German Society for Specialist Nursing and Functional Services (DFG), are calling on policymakers to take far-reaching measures to ensure...