Evaluation of Quality Indicators of Integrated Care in a Regional Psychiatry Budget – A Pre-Post Comparison by Secondary Data Analysis

The Regional Psychiatry Budget (RPB), as a special arrangement within the German Federal Hospital Refund Regulation, is based on the capitation principle. A lump sum is allocated to a major inpatient care provider in a large region on a yearly basis. Under this model, the provider is free to offer a...

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Main Authors: Anne Berghöfer, Svenja Hubmann, Thomas Birker, Torsten Hejnal, Felix Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2016-12-01
Series:International Journal of Integrated Care
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Online Access:http://www.ijic.org/articles/2479