The effects of reimbursement mechanisms on medical technology diffusion in the hospital sector in the Italian NHS

Massimo Finocchiaro Castro, Calogero Guccio (), Giacomo Pignataro and Ilde Rizzo

Health Policy, 2014, vol. 115, issue 2, 215-229

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate how the differences across the regional reimbursement mechanisms and in particular the use of the DRGs impact on the level in the high technology equipment diffusion.

Keywords: Hospital care; Medical equipment; Prospective payment systems; DRG; Technology diffusion; Decentralization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.12.004

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