[The population perspective in assessing the performance of Germany's health care system: Results of a cross-sectional survey among members of a statutory health insurance].

Introduction: Since the World Health Report in 2000, Health System Performance Assessment (HSPA) has been established as a tool for the evaluation and evidence-informed governance of health systems. So far, the population perspective has not been integrated into HSPA in a systematic manner, although people's experiences and expectations are of great importance to improve health systems and especially to strengthen patient-centered care. Therefore, this study aims to conduct an HSPA of Germany's health system from the population's perspective covering all eight goals of WHO's Health Systems Framework, and to identify strengths and needs for improvement.

Financial risk protection in private health insurance: empirical evidence on catastrophic and impoverishing spending from Germany's dual insurance system.

Financial risk protection from high costs for care is a main goal of health systems. Health system characteristics typically associated with universal health coverage and financial risk protection, such as financial redistribution between insureds, are inherent to, e.g.

Health Literacy of People with Substitutive Private Health Insurance in Germany and Their Assessment of the Health System Performance According to Health Literacy Levels: Results from a Survey.

Health literacy (HL) is a competence to find, understand, appraise, and apply health information and is necessary to maneuver the health system successfully. People with low HL are, e.g.

Drivers of patient perceptions of health system responsiveness in Germany.

Background: Health system responsiveness (HSR)-the ability of a health system to meet the non-medical legitimate expectations of patients-is a key to patient-centred health systems. Although responsiveness is essential to provide equitable and accountable health care, little is known about patient-side drivers of HSR. This study aims to narrow this gap.

Assessment of health system performance in Germany: Survey-based insights into the perspective of people with private health insurance.

Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) defined intermediate and overall goals to assess the performance of health systems. As the population perspective becomes more important for improving health systems, the aim of this study was to gain insights into the perspective of people with private health insurance (PHI) in Germany along the predefined WHO goals.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2018 among people with PHI in Germany.

[Methodological Challenges and Lessons Learned in the Scientific Use of Data from a Private Health Insurance Company within the IPHA Project].

The 11% of people with private health insurance (PHI) in Germany have so far been underrepresented in health services research. The scientific use of PHI data is rare. The aim of this research was to examine the scientific usability of PHI data and to highlight challenges and lessons learned in the process of data preparation and analysis using a linked dataset (n=3,109) of survey and claims data of one PHI company.

Germany: Health System Review.

This analysis of the German health system reviews recent developments in organization and governance, health financing, health care provision, health reforms and health system performance. Germany's health care system is often regarded as one of the best health care systems in the world, offering its population universal health insurance coverage and a comprehensive benefits basket with comparably low cost-sharing requirements. It provides good access to care with free choice of provider and short waiting times, which is partly due to good infrastructure with a dense network of ambulatory care physicians and hospitals, and a quantitatively high level of service provision.

Integrating the Population Perspective into Health System Performance Assessment (IPHA): Study Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study in Germany Linking Survey and Claims Data of Statutorily and Privately Insured.

Background: Health system performance assessment (HSPA) is a major tool for evidence-based governance in health systems and patient/population-orientation is increasingly considered as an important aspect. The IPHA study aims (1) to undertake a comprehensive performance assessment of the German health system from a population perspective based on the intermediate and final dimensions defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and (2) to identify differences in HSPA between (a) common user characteristics and (b) user types, which differ in their interactions and patterns of action within the health system.

Methods And Analysis: A cross-sectional survey was conducted between October and December 2018 with statutorily and privately health insured to assess the German health system from a population perspective related to the past 12 months.

Use of Self-Medication with Homeopathy in Germany: Results of an Online Questionnaire Survey.

Background: Little is known about self-medication with homeopathic drugs in Germany. The aim of this study was to gain information about users, sources of information and the selection process of the drugs.

Methods: An online questionnaire survey among users of self-medication with homeopathy was conducted via social media and email newsletters.