Abstract
How have welfare markets been introduced and developed? What types of companies are most relevant for social policy provision in pension and hospital sectors in Germany and the UK? And who are the market leaders? Reconstructing the history of marketization of hospital and pension provision in Germany and the UK, this chapter shows that welfare markets have established in very diverse settings. It explores industry characteristics and comparatively analyses the patterns found across countries and policy areas.
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In 2008, 77 per cent of hospitals, 76 per cent of beds, and 75 per cent of revenues in the independent sector were related to for-profit providers (Olesen 2010, p. 171).
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Other hospital providers that played or still play a role in the industry are MediClin (majority owner: Asklepios ; insurers ERGO and DKV also own a significant share), Paracelsus (sole ownership of individual founder), and Marseille-Kliniken (family ownership; now especially in elderly care).
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The numbers are very similar if we consider yearly contributions . Taking the insured sum as an indicator, we end up with a lower share of 6.8 per cent in 2013.
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Pieper, J. (2018). Mapping Private Sector Providers. In: New Private Sector Providers in the Welfare State. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62563-8_3
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