The impact of DRG-based payment systems on quality of health care in OECD countries

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-54

  Forgione, Dana A ^a   Vermeer, Thomas E ^b   Surysekar, Krishnamurthy ^a   Wrieden, John A ^a   Plante, Catherine A ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix; Diagnosis related group; Hospital payment; International comparison.; Mortality; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; Patient classification; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; REIMBURSEMENT;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 18244388993     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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