Abstract: Deutschland, England und alle anderen EU Mitgliedsstaaten befinden sich in wirtschaftlich schwierigen Zeiten, in denen entscheidende gesundheitspolitische Veränderungen anstehen – auf nationaler wie auch auf europäischer Ebene. So existiert ein zunehmendes Bedürfnis, Erfahrungen...

Prospective payment arrangements are now the main form of hospital funding in most developed countries. An essential component of such arrangements is the classification system used to differentiate patients according to their expected resource requirements. In this article we describe the...

This book examines how nine different health systems--U.S. Medicare, Australia, Thailand, Kyrgyz Republic, Germany, Estonia, Croatia, China (Beijing) and the Russian Federation--have transitioned to using case-based payments, and especially diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), as part of their...