How much should be paid for Prescribed Specialised Services?

Chris Bojke, Katja Grasic and Andrew Street
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Chris Bojke: Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK.
Katja Grasic: Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK

No 118cherp, Working Papers from Centre for Health Economics, University of York

Abstract: Overview. Current policy in the English National Health Service (NHS) promotes concentration of the specialised treatment of relatively rare and complex conditions into a limited number of specialist centres. However if a more complex patient case-mix leads to specialised treatments being systematically more costly than non-specialised treatment, then the national tariff payment system based on Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) may punitively penalise centres that perform this activity.

Pages: 56 pages
Date: 2015-10
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