Hamada, Hironori; Sekimoto, Miho; Imanaka, Yuichi - In: Health Policy 107 (2012) 2, pp. 194-201
In 2003, Japan introduced the prospective payment system (PPS) with diagnosis-related groups (DRG) rearranged grouping system called the diagnostic procedure combination/per-diem payment system (DPC/PDPS). Even after eight years, little is known about the effects of DPC/PDPS. The purpose of this...