Review of Diagnosis-Related Group-Based Financing of Hospital Care

Since the 1990s, diagnosis-related group (DRG)-based payment systems were gradually introduced in many countries. The main design characteristics of a DRG-based payment system are an exhaustive patient case classification system (ie, the system of diagnosis-related groupings) and the payment formula...

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Main Authors: Natasa Mihailovic, Sanja Kocic, Mihajlo Jakovljevic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-05-01
Series:Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333392816647892