About The Study: This economic evaluation found that insurance premiums have increased at 3 times the rate of workers’ earnings since 1999, accompanied by escalating hospital prices. Health insurance prices increased at rates close to hospital prices during the COVID-19 pandemic but have since stabilized. This volatility reflects both pandemic-era shifts in health care utilization (e.g., limited clinician visits) and higher retained earnings for insurers.

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When does a soccer team really face a crisis – and in which situations is the dismissal of a coach nothing but an over-hasty reaction? In a recently published study, researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) describe the development of a system that objectively measures crises in professional soccer. Based on three crisis indicators derived from real-world soccer characteristics, it is possible to accurately capture the performance level of a team and detect critical phases at an early stage. The results are published in the German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research (DOI: 10.1007/s12662-025-01078-1 ).