Reforming reimbursement of public hospitals in Greece during the economic crisis: Implementation of a DRG system

Until recently, in-patient NHS hospital care in Greece was reimbursed via an anachronistic and under-priced retrospective per diem system, which has been held primarily responsible for continuous budget deficits. The purpose of this paper is to present the efforts of the Ministry of Health (MoH) to implement a new DRG-based payment system.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Polyzos, Nikolaos ; Karanikas, Haralampos ; Thireos, Eleftherios ; Kastanioti, Catherine ; Kontodimopoulos, Nick
Published in:	Health Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0168-8510. - Vol. 109.2013, 1, p. 14-22
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Financing \| Hospitals \| DRGs \| Financial crisis \| Efficiency \| Greece

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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