Activity-based funding based on diagnosis related groups: A review of payment reforms in the inpatient sector in 10 high-income countries
The end of an era? Activity-based funding based on diagnosis related groups: A review of payment reforms in the inpatient sector in 10 high-income countries (Science Direct).
[...] Findings We identified four reform trends among the observed countries, them being (1) reductions in the overall share of inpatient payments based on DRGs, (2) add-on payments for rural hospitals or their exclusion from the DRG system, (3) episode-based payments, which use one joint price to pay providers for all services delivered along a patient pathway, and (4) financial incentives to shift the delivery of care to less costly settings.
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Quelle: Science Direct, 20.01.2024