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01.11.2004 | Editorial

Using diagnosis-related groups

The situation in the United Kingdom National Health Service and in Germany

verfasst von: M. Lungen, B. Dredge, A. Rose, C. Roebuck, E. Plamper, K. Lauterbach, and the Working Group

Erschienen in: The European Journal of Health Economics | Ausgabe 4/2004

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The system of diagnosis-related groups classifies inpatients into clinically meaningful homogeneous classes based on the expected costs of treatment. It is used in several health care systems in developed countries to encourage hospitals to treat patients efficiently and to distribute resources based upon the performance of hospitals. The use of DRGs presumes that costs should drive hospital revenues, whereas other methods of financing, such as global budgeting, are based more on revenues driving costs (i.e. costs always rise as does income). …

Titel: Using diagnosis-related groups
The situation in the United Kingdom National Health Service and in Germany
verfasst von: M. Lungen
B. Dredge
A. Rose
C. Roebuck
E. Plamper
K. Lauterbach
and the Working Group
Publikationsdatum: 01.11.2004
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: The European Journal of Health Economics / Ausgabe 4/2004
Print ISSN: 1618-7598
Elektronische ISSN: 1618-7601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-004-0267-9

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