The impact of introducing a new hospital financing system (DRGs) in Poland on hospitalisations for atherosclerosis: An interrupted time series analysis (2004–2012)

Elżbieta Buczak-Stec, Paweł Goryński, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Krzysztof Kanecki and Piotr Tyszko

Health Policy, 2017, vol. 121, issue 11, 1186-1193

Abstract: Hospital payment based on diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) was introduced in Poland in July 2008. We evaluate the impact of this policy on the frequency of hospitalisation for atherosclerosis in internal medicine units of district hospitals and non-public hospitals in Poland.

Keywords: Diagnosis-related groups; Atherosclerosis epidemiology; Health policy change; Health care reform; Interrupted time series (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.09.009

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