Lamson Library: SW 3500: Health & Society: Germany

Germany

German Health Care: Articles

Health Care Abroad: Germany
In Germany, birthplace of social health insurance, public and private systems co-exist. Coverage is universal, and medical expenses are relatively low.
The National Socialist Sisterhood: An instrument of National Socialist health policy.
When Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) came to power in 1933, the new Nazi government focused the German health system on their priorities such as the creation of a racially homogeneous society and the preparation of war. One of the measures to bring nursing under their control was the foundation of a new sisterhood.
Health Care Financing Reforms in Germany: The Case for Rethinking the Evolutionary Approach to Reforms.
Health care reform has been a perpetual issue in German politics since reunification. Reform initially focused on restructuring the health care system of the former East Germany. It has subsequently focused on questioning whether the financing of the German social health insurance (SHI) system is sustainable, in light of economic malaise that characterized the 1990s and heightened global competition.
Health Care Reform in Germany: Patchwork Change within Established Governance Structures.
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 both long-term developments connected to German statutory health insurance (SHI) and related short-term developments of the 1990s. Highly institutionalized rules and practices provide little opportunity for abandoning the historical path of two primary factors: the self-governance of SHI and a strong