The effect of performance-volume limit on the DRG based acute care hospital financing in Hungary

Health Policy

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 152-156

  Endrei, Dóra ^a   Zemplényi, Antal ^a   Molics, Bálint ^a   Ágoston, István ^a   Boncz, Imre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cost containment; DRG; Health care financing; Health insurance; Hospital care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE VOLUME LIMIT FINANCING; REIMBURSEMENT; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 84895925057     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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