increasing prices. We test this prediction based on a reform of hospital financing in Germany. Uniquely, this reform changed the …

increasing prices. We test this prediction based on a reform of hospital financing in Germany. Uniquely, this reform changed the …

spending is distributed across the population. This paper uses administrative National Health Service (NHS) hospital records to … examine key features of public hospital spending in England. We describe how costs vary across the lifecycle, and the … after age 70. Spending is highly concentrated in a small section of the population: with 32% of all hospital spending …

its resource allocation at hospital level and its tariff calculation at national level. First, the paper reviews and … assesses the three steps in the G-DRG resource allocation scheme at hospital level: (1) the groundwork; (2) cost … calculation: (1) plausibility checks; (2) inlier calculation; and (3) the “one hospital” approach. The assessment is based on the …