Tiemann, Oliver; Schreyögg, Jonas; Busse, Reinhard - In: Health Policy 104 (2012) 2, pp. 163-171
The German hospital market has been subject over the past two decades to a variety of healthcare reforms. Particularly … the introduction of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) in 2004 aimed to increase efficiency of hospitals. The objective of …-profit hospitals. The results of the studies are quite mixed. However, in line with the evidence found in studies from other countries …