Schreyögg, Jonas; Tiemann, Oliver; Busse, Reinhard - In: Health Care Management Science 9 (2006) 3, pp. 269-279
Germany has recently introduced a system of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) to engender more appropriate resource allocation. The following article describes the German DRG-system and the methodologies used to determine prices. It analyses the extent to which prices, or calculated cost weights,...