Smart health costing system

designing minimum data sets of health smart card system

introduction: nowadays different countries benefit from health system based on health cards and projects related to smart cards. lack of facilities which cover this technology is obvious in our society. this paper aims to design minimum data sets of health smart card system for iran. methods: this research was an applied descriptive study. at first, we reviewed the same projects and guidelines ...

Planning and costing human resources for health.

Advancing the science of health care costing.

The preceding articles in this volume amply illustrate and critically discuss the major issues in health care costing. This concluding article has 2 purposes. First, we synthesize and evaluate the main findings. Second, we identify the elements of a research agenda for improving the scientific soundness and relevance of health cost analyses for decision making. As noted, most health cost studie...

Health care costing: data, methods, current applications.

Health-care costing in the Netherlands

Introduction With the introduction of the DBC system in 2005, the funding of Dutch health care gradually began to change. The DBC system is replacing the current system of position-based budgeting (block grant) of providers and the lump-sum funding of medical specialists. In 2005, two segments were introduced for somatic health care. An A-segment, with fixed national tariffs for health provider...