TY - JOUR

T1 - Welfare with or without growth? Potential lessons from the German healthcare system

AU - Fischer, Matthias

PY - 2016/10/25

Y1 - 2016/10/25

N2 - This article is meant to be a contribution to the debate on growth and welfare. Its argument is based on results of a Grounded Theory study about the German healthcare system, which suggests that the core of the healthcare system can be expressed by two abstract basic ideas that are contradictory and yet dependent on each other. The implications of the results, both for future research on the healthcare system and for the debate on growth and welfare, are discussed. As a final suggestion, "sustainability" is proposed as a concept that could potentially resolve the debate..

AB - This article is meant to be a contribution to the debate on growth and welfare. Its argument is based on results of a Grounded Theory study about the German healthcare system, which suggests that the core of the healthcare system can be expressed by two abstract basic ideas that are contradictory and yet dependent on each other. The implications of the results, both for future research on the healthcare system and for the debate on growth and welfare, are discussed. As a final suggestion, "sustainability" is proposed as a concept that could potentially resolve the debate..

KW - Basic ideas

KW - German healthcare system

KW - Growth

KW - Welfare

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85000384397&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3390/su8111088

DO - 10.3390/su8111088

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85000384397

VL - 8

SP - 1

EP - 14

JO - Sustainability

JF - Sustainability

SN - 2071-1050

IS - 11

M1 - 1088

ER -