Abstract
In this article, the author addresses the complex issue of how the German health care system and its recent reforms are structured. In seeking to explain and interpret the specificity of the German health care system, the author looks at the fundamental principles and policies by which it is organized and discusses some of the impacts of the recent health care reforms on the hospital sector. This is followed by a few points about nursing resource planning and an outline of reform trends in Germany. As a result, this article is limited in its reference to policy areas outside the hospital sector and to health policy developments in countries other than Germany.
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