framework. Patients differ in severity within a DRG. Providers are to some extent altruistic. For low altruism, a downward … spiral of prices is possible which induces hospitals to focus on low-severity cases. For high altruism, dynamic price … adjustment depends on relation between patients' severity and benefit. In a steady state, DRG prices are unlikely to give optimal …

framework. Patients differ in severity within a DRG. Providers are to some extent altruistic. For low altruism, a downward … spiral of prices is possible which induces hospitals to focus on low-severity cases. For high altruism, dynamic price … adjustment depends on relation between patients’ severity and benefit. In a steady state, DRG prices are unlikely to give optimal …

predictive model. In this article, the definition of this measure is adapted to the specific needs of the frequency and severity … severity models. …

merely apparent contradiction based on the statistical concept of the "severity" of the furnished evidence. Again using … "severity", we also propose a method for reconciling divergent findings in instances of mere seeming contradiction. Our chosen …