caa a22 4500 467935262 CHVBK 20180406152955.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10729-006-9039-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10729-006-9039-7 Editorial: Hospital case payment systems in Europe [Elektronische Daten] [Reinhard Busse, Jonas Schreyögg, Peter Smith] Since the introduction of the system of diagnosis related groups (DRGs) for USA Medicare patients in 1983, case payment mechanisms have gradually become the principal means of reimbursing hospitals in most developed countries. The use of case payments nevertheless poses severe technical and policy challenges, and there remain many unresolved issues in their implementation. This paper introduces a special issue of the journal that describes and compares experience with the use of case payments for reimbursing hospitals in nine European countries. The editorial sets the policy scene, and argues that DRG systems must be seen both as a technical reimbursement method and as a fundamental incentive mechanism within the health system. Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, 2006 Hospital charges nationallicence Hospital costs nationallicence Hospital information systems nationallicence Financial management nationallicence Accounting nationallicence Diagnosis related groups nationallicence Prospective payment system nationallicence Busse Reinhard Department of Health Care Management, Berlin University of Technology, 10623, Berlin, Germany aut Schreyögg Jonas Department of Health Care Management, Berlin University of Technology, 10623, Berlin, Germany aut Smith Peter Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, UK aut Health Care Management Science Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/3(2006-08-01), 211-213 1386-9620 9:3<211 2006 9 10729 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-006-9039-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-006-9039-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Busse Reinhard Department of Health Care Management, Berlin University of Technology, 10623, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schreyögg Jonas Department of Health Care Management, Berlin University of Technology, 10623, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Smith Peter Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Health Care Management Science Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/3(2006-08-01), 211-213 1386-9620 9:3<211 2006 9 10729 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer