Cost accounting to determine prices: How well do prices reflect costs in the German DRG-system?

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-279

  Schreyögg, Jonas ^a   Tiemann, Oliver ^a   Busse, Reinhard ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accounting; Diagnosis related groups; Financial management; Hospital charges; Hospital costs; Hospital information systems; Prospective payment system

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; GERMANY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACCOUNTING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; GERMANY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM;

EID: 33746881030     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-006-9094-0     Document Type: Article

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