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

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, refl...

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Published in:	Health care management science Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 269 - 279
Main Authors:	Schreyögg, Jonas, Tiemann, Oliver, Busse, Reinhard
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Springer 01.08.2006 Springer Nature B.V
Series:	Health Care Management Science
Subjects:	Accounting Accounting - methods Capital costs Costs Diagnosis related groups DRGs Fees & charges Financial management Germany Health care policy Health insurance Hospital Charges Hospital Costs Hospital information systems Hospitals Information systems National Health Programs Patients Prospective Payment System Prospective payment systems Reimbursement Studies Ventilation Germany
ISSN:	1386-9620, 1572-9389
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