Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Flat rates based on Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) are being introduced in a growing number of countries to remunerate acute inpatient treatment. In doing so, it will have to be decided – among other things – whether inpatient emergency services should be remunerated separately from the DRG flat rates or as part of them. Without separate remuneration, there may be a perception, or fear, that wrong economic incentives with regard to emergency services could develop. To be able to decide about a separate remuneration of emergency readiness and/or emergency treatment, one must know how to categorize services, what the costs of emergencies are, and how the remuneration can be deduced from them.
Source: BMC Health Services Research
Author: W Fischer
Institution: Zimmer (Switzerland)
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,290
OpenAlex ID: W2131158707