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Assessing DRG cost accounting with respect to resource allocation and tariff calculation : the case of Germany

Vogl, Matthias - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 15, pp. 1-12

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the German diagnosis related groups (G-DRG) cost accounting scheme by assessing …-center accounting; and (3) patient-level costing. Second, the paper reviews and assesses the three steps in G-DRG national tariff … costing quality. The G-DRG cost accounting scheme shows high system quality in resource allocation at hospital level, with …

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Country-level effects of diagnosis-related groups : evidence from Germany's comprehensive reform of hospital payments

Messerle, Robert; Schreyögg, Jonas - In: The European journal of health economics 25 (2024) 6, pp. 1013-1030

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Methods to determine reimbursement rates for diagnosis related groups (DRG): A comparison of nine European countries

Schreyögg, Jonas; Stargardt, Tom; Tiemann, Oliver; … - In: Health Care Management Science 9 (2006) 3, pp. 215-223

Over the past 20 years, most European countries have introduced DRGs or similar grouping systems as instruments for hospital reimbursement. This paper compares and analyzes the methods used to determine prices for inpatient care within DRGs or similar grouping systems employed in nine EU member...

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Cost accounting to determine prices: How well do prices reflect costs in the German DRG-system?

Schreyögg, Jonas; Tiemann, Oliver; Busse, Reinhard - In: Health Care Management Science 9 (2006) 3, pp. 269-279

Germany has recently introduced a system of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) to engender more appropriate resource allocation. The following article describes the German DRG-system and the methodologies used to determine prices. It analyses the extent to which prices, or calculated cost weights,...

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Editorial: Hospital case payment systems in Europe

Busse, Reinhard; Schreyögg, Jonas; Smith, Peter - In: Health Care Management Science 9 (2006) 3, pp. 211-213

Since the introduction of the system of diagnosis related groups (DRGs) for USA Medicare patients in 1983, case payment mechanisms have gradually become the principal means of reimbursing hospitals in most developed countries. The use of case payments nevertheless poses severe technical and...

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