Assessing a financial incentive for reducing length of stay of psychiatric inpatients: Implications for financing psychiatric services

Assessing a financial incentive for reducing length of stay of psychiatric inpatients: Implications for financing psychiatric services

QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY: Restricted government budgets are forcing countries to implement more efficient health measures. Unlike in somatic medicine, the process of evaluating payment systems in psychiatry in Switzerland is ongoing. A pilot approach in one psychiatric hospital, here called “new remu...

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Main Authors: Ingeborg Warnke, Wulf Rössler, Carlos Nordt, Uwe Herwig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2014-07-01
Series:Swiss Medical Weekly
Subjects:
length of stay
remuneration system
inpatient psychiatry
early readmissions
Online Access:https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1889

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