This study was prepared by Andreas Kuhlmann, while he was working with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in September 2006 and was accepted as a Ph.D. thesis by the Economics Department of the University of Munich. The subject of this study is the analysis of network...

Patient involvement has become a part of the political agenda in Danish healthcare. Patients are to be involved not only in questions and decisions relating to their own treatment and care - to involve patients in quality improvement has also become a political expectation of quality work in...

This dissertation explores how financial reporting enforcement differs in Europe and how these differences influence the materiality assessment and disclosure decisions made by the preparers of the financial statement. Furthermore, it analyses how financial reporting enforcement influences the...

This dissertation investigates the intersection between time and organizing in a Cardiac Day Unit that introduced same-day discharge schemes for patients with ischemic and arrhythmic heart disease. Same-day discharge has been an influential mega-trend throughout health care sectors in several...