PMID- 12242969
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021204
LR  - 20191025
IS  - 0028-2804 (Print)
IS  - 0028-2804 (Linking)
VI  - 73
IP  - 8
DP  - 2002 Aug
TI  - [DRGs as future reimbursement system for hospital services exemplified by 
      multiple sclerosis].
PG  - 785-91
AB  - Introducing the Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) system into the German public 
      health sector will prompt important changes for in- and outpatient care. 
      Especially admission to hospital, extent of diagnostic and therapeutic 
      procedures, and duration of hospitalisation might be affected. Taking multiple 
      sclerosis, the most frequent inflammatory disease of the nervous system for 
      Europe, with yearly treatment costs of about 2.3 billion Euro in Germany as 
      example, the effect on reimbursement of complete documentation of the medical 
      output is illustrated. Extensive information on clinically relevant items is 
      given. The possible role of the DRG system as a cost- and quality-controlling 
      tool in the German public health system as well as its potential risks in the 
      absence of broadly accepted treatment guidelines is discussed.
FAU - Petereit, H F
AU  - Petereit HF
AD  - Klinik fur Neurologie, Klinikum der Universitat zu Koln, Josef-Stelzmann-Strasse 
      9, 50924 Koln. hela.petereit@medizin.uni-koeln.de
FAU - Ruffing, G
AU  - Ruffing G
FAU - Weilbach, F X
AU  - Weilbach FX
FAU - Zessack, N
AU  - Zessack N
FAU - Zettl, U K
AU  - Zettl UK
LA  - ger
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Die DRGs als zukunftiges Abrechnungssystem der Krankenhausleistungen am Beispiel 
      der Multiplen Sklerose.
PL  - Germany
TA  - Nervenarzt
JT  - Der Nervenarzt
JID - 0400773
SB  - IM
MH  - Diagnosis-Related Groups/*economics
MH  - Germany
MH  - Health Care Costs/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Hospital Charges/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Multiple Sclerosis/*economics/therapy
MH  - National Health Programs/*economics
MH  - Practice Guidelines as Topic
MH  - Reimbursement Mechanisms/economics
EDAT- 2002/09/24 06:00
MHDA- 2002/12/05 04:00
CRDT- 2002/09/24 06:00
PHST- 2002/09/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/12/05 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/09/24 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s00115-002-1362-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nervenarzt. 2002 Aug;73(8):785-91. doi: 10.1007/s00115-002-1362-8.