ArticleHealth economics2022
The long-run effects of diagnosis related group payment on hospital lengths of stay in a publicly funded health care system: Evidence from 15 years of micro data.
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- The impact of public hospital performance-based pay scheme reform on revenue structure and service efficiency under the Diagnosis-Intervention Packet payment system: evidence from a pilot city in China.BMC health services research · 2026Article
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- Deep learning for cardiovascular management: optimizing pathways and cost control under diagnosis-related group models.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2025Review
- Impacts of DRG point-based payment system on healthcare resource utilization and provider behavior: a pilot quasi-experimental study in China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Country-level effects of diagnosis-related groups: evidence from Germany's comprehensive reform of hospital payments.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2024Article
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Abstract
Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) payment systems are a common means of paying for hospital services. They reward greater activity and therefore potentially encourage more rapid treatment. This paper uses 15 years of administrative data to examine the impact of a DRG system introduced in England on hospital lengths of stay. We utilize different econometric models, exploiting within and cross jurisdiction variation, to identify policy effects, finding that the reduction of lengths of stay was greater than previously estimated and grew over time. This constitutes new and important evidence of the ability of financing reform to generate substantial and persistent change in healthcare delivery.
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