Diagnosis related groups in Europe: moving towards transparency, efficiency, and quality in hospitals?
Author(s) -
Reinhard Busse,
Alexander Geißler,
A. Aaviksoo,
F. Cots,
U. Hakkinen,
C. Kobel,
Céu Mateus,
Zeynep Or,
J. O'Reilly,
L. Serden,
Andrew Street,
Siok Swan Tan,
Wilm Quentin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bmj
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.831
H-Index - 429
ISSN - 1756-1833
DOI - 10.1136/bmj.f3197
Subject(s) - transparency (behavior) , quality (philosophy) , variation (astronomy) , business , demography , computer science , sociology , computer security , epistemology , philosophy , physics , astrophysics
Hospitals in most European countries are paid on the basis of diagnosis related groups. Reinhard Busse and colleagues find much variation within and between systems and argue that they could be improved if countries learnt from each other
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