Die externe Qualitätssicherung im Krankenhausrecht

Quality assurance has recently come to the forefront of German health legislation. The author discusses objectives and methods of quality management in the hospital sector and investigates their implementation in social law and hospital law while also taking into account constitutional law. The focus of this treatise are the quality measures by the G-BA (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss) [Federal Joint Committee] and implementations of quality standards in German hospital planning. The author presents a comprehensive overview with a distinctive consideration of the differing legislative powers of the Federal Government and the federal states, consequences of subjective rights and current problems of the execution of single measures like minimum quantity regulation. Result: the consolidation of the democratic legitimation of the G-BA is required. A clear delimitation of the competences of the Federal Government and the federal states is necessary. The author has been working as a lawyer focusing on German hospital law for several years. The publication is aimed at lawyers and legal practitioners in health law.