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Diagnosis related groups in Europe: moving towards transparency, efficiency, and quality in hospitals?

2013; Volume: 346; Issue: jun07 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmj.f3197

1756-1833

Reinhard Busse, Alexander Geißler, A. Aaviksoo, F. Cots, U. Hakkinen, C. Kobel, Céu Mateus, Zeynep Or, J. O'Reilly, L. Serden, Andrew Street, Siok Swan Tan, Wilm Quentin,

Healthcare Policy and Management

Hospitals in most European countries are paid on the basis of diagnosis related groups. Reinhard Busse and colleagues find much variation within and between systems and argue that they could be improved if countries learnt from each other