An investigatively researched article that gives us a compact, deep insight into the inner workings of a dysfunctional system: Internal administrative structures, processes and responsibilities are causing a process of decline that is difficult to stop in our comprehensive healthcare system.
The constant restructuring and closure of 
hospitals has not gone unnoticed by the public. After decades of building up this infrastructure within our healthcare system, it is now rapidly deteriorating. Economization, bureaucracy, and excessive control and regulations seem irreversible. The numerous hospital closures in northern Rhineland-Palatinate bear witness to this. The consequence: patients have to travel long distances even for simple inpatient treatments because there is no longer a hospital nearby.
Dr. Reinhard Kallenbach holds a doctorate in history, specializing in infrastructure history and urban planning. He is an expert in regional economics, higher education, regional history, architecture, urban development, archaeology, and the history of medicine and technology. He is one of the few leading specialists with in-depth insider knowledge of hospital reform. For the Hayek Club Koblenz, he uncovers the true mechanisms and causes of the scandals.
