It has been argued that activity based payment systems make hospitals focus on the diagnostic groups that are most …

Within the framework of its activity-based payment system, introduced in 2005, the French government is now seeking to …

In 2005, France joined the ranks of most other developed countries when it introduced an activity based payment system … activity based payment may encourage hospitals to increase their activity by inducing greater demand for profitable services … and which remains common to all types of hospitals has been increasingly subject to criticism. Furthermore, activity based …