The intended adoption of a global reimbursement system for inpatient care in Germany envisions identical payments for identical treatments at different hospitals. This may lead to losses in some hospitals and may cause problems for the supply with health care facilities in the long run if there a important regional cost differences.Cost and performance data of 1112 hospitals in Germany have been analysed for regional differences in 2001: As regional categorizations we used official classification schemes based on centrality. The investigation does not support the postulation of additional payments for selected regions in Germany accounting for level cost-differences between hospitals. Confounding influence factors like ownership and hospita...
AbstractA central structural point in all DRG-based hospital payment systems is the conversion of re...
Background Switzerland introduces a DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups) based system for hospital fina...
Financing healthcare is a problem not only in Germany but in many countries of Europe. Increasing t...
Diagnosis-related group (DRG) hospital reimbursement systems differentiate cases into costhomogenous...
Empirical studies of variation in hospital costs fall into two camps: those based on analysis of the...
The introduction of hospital reimbursement based on diagnosis related groups (DRG) in 2004 has been ...
Lagging investments in German hospitals have become a serious challenge in recent decades. The respo...
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the German diagnosis related groups (G-DRG) cost a...
This paper deals with the present hospital financing system of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ...
Hintergrund: Im Vergleich zu anderen Ländern wurden in Deutschland im Gesundheitswesen umfangreiche ...
Ziel der Studie: Untersucht wurde, welchen Einfluss der Wechsel von einem Vergütungssystem mit Pfleg...
Objectives: The objective of this study was to compare costs data by diagnosis related group (DRG) b...
The German hospital market is influenced by different factors in it’s geo-spatial distribution of ce...
Over the past 20 years, most European countries have introduced DRGs or similar grouping systems as ...
An unequal regional distribution of physicians is a persistent policy concern both in terms of equit...
AbstractA central structural point in all DRG-based hospital payment systems is the conversion of re...
Background Switzerland introduces a DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups) based system for hospital fina...
Financing healthcare is a problem not only in Germany but in many countries of Europe. Increasing t...
Diagnosis-related group (DRG) hospital reimbursement systems differentiate cases into costhomogenous...
Empirical studies of variation in hospital costs fall into two camps: those based on analysis of the...
The introduction of hospital reimbursement based on diagnosis related groups (DRG) in 2004 has been ...
Lagging investments in German hospitals have become a serious challenge in recent decades. The respo...
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the German diagnosis related groups (G-DRG) cost a...
This paper deals with the present hospital financing system of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ...
Hintergrund: Im Vergleich zu anderen Ländern wurden in Deutschland im Gesundheitswesen umfangreiche ...
Ziel der Studie: Untersucht wurde, welchen Einfluss der Wechsel von einem Vergütungssystem mit Pfleg...
Objectives: The objective of this study was to compare costs data by diagnosis related group (DRG) b...
The German hospital market is influenced by different factors in it’s geo-spatial distribution of ce...
Over the past 20 years, most European countries have introduced DRGs or similar grouping systems as ...
An unequal regional distribution of physicians is a persistent policy concern both in terms of equit...
AbstractA central structural point in all DRG-based hospital payment systems is the conversion of re...
Background Switzerland introduces a DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups) based system for hospital fina...
Financing healthcare is a problem not only in Germany but in many countries of Europe. Increasing t...