Philippe Widmer
Senior Health Economist, Polynomics AG, Baslerstr. 60, 4600 Olten, Switzerland
[ 1 ] - Unintended Consequences of Hospital Payment: The Case of Swiss Diagnosis Related Groups
Background: 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 motivate hospitals to improve efficiency by making them bear financial risk to some extent.Objective:...
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