A few days ago, Minister of Health Lauterbach presented his hospital reform. What does the draft expect of the clinics, what effects does it promise? About a revolution that still needs many steps.
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Rainer Stadler
Wherever citizens’ initiatives fight for the preservation of their district hospitals, the name of Boris Augurzky comes up at some point. The health economist from the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research in Essen stands for a policy of clear cuts – a reorganization of the hospital landscape that is based solely on economic parameters and does not take people into account.