The self-regulatory German health care system between growing competition and state hierarchy TranState Working Papers No. 32 Sfb597 "Staatlichkeit im Wandel" − "Transformations of the State" Bremen, 2005 The self-regulatory German health care system between growing competition and state hierarchy (TranState Working Papers, 32) Bremen: Sfb 597 "Staatlichkeit im Wandel", 2005 ABSTRACT This article focuses on the changing role of the state in financing, providing and regulating health care

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... s under the German health care system from 1970-2000. While a reduced role of the state can be observed in terms of financing, our analysis of service provision indicates inconsistent developments. Monetary resource flow analyses indicate a decrease in private service provision as a percentage of total health expenditure, but when analysing the development of health employment we see a growth in "private" health care personnel. The most important changes, however, have taken place in terms of regulation. Since the early 1990s, the traditionally self-regulatory German health care system has simultaneously faced growing competition and state hierarchy. Sfb 597 "Staatlichkeit im Wandel" -"Transformations of the State" (WP 32)