, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and Spain) compared how their Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) systems … systems. Methods: National or regional databases were used to identify hospital cases with a procedure of cholecystectomy. DRG …% of cases. Six standardised case vignettes were defined, and quasi prices according to national DRG-based hospital payment …

-centre study. Patients were enrolled in a consecutive manner in 47 hospital centres stratified according to macro-area (North … Neurology department increases LOS by 19%, (ß=0.19; p<0.0001), while hospital admissions in northern regions have LOS 20% higher … predictor of LOS and, likely, overall use of hospital resources. Reducing TTC may generate both clinical and economic benefit …