Effects of the per diem prospective payment system with DRG-like grouping system (DPC/PDPS) on resource usage and healthcare quality in Japan

Health Policy

Volumn 107, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 194-201

  Hamada, Hironori ^a   Sekimoto, Miho ^a,b   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fees and charges; Health resources; Prospective payment system; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE COMBINATION PER DIEM PAYMENT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84865452638     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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