deal with cholecystectomy patients. The study aims to assist surgeons and national authorities to optimize their DRG … 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 …

early DRG classification accuracy. Employing mathematical programming, the hospital-wide flow of elective patients is … modelled taking into account DRGs, clinical pathways and scarce hospital resources. The results of the early DRG classification …