Unintended Consequences of Hospital Payment: The Case of Swiss Diagnosis Related Groups

<strong>Background:</strong> In 2012, Switzerland changed from retrospective to prospective hospital payment based on diagnosis related groups (DRGs), following the example of the United States, Australia, and Germany. As in these countries, the objective of this transition was to motiva...

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Main Authors: Philippe Widmer, Peter Zweifel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences 2016-11-01
Series:Hospital Practices and Research
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Online Access:http://www.jhpr.ir/article_34223_82e5e8d4c72d155f0691857a7f03e5df.pdf