Diagnoses Related Group System in Slovakia
Diagnoses Related Group System in Slovakia

Summary/Abstract: Financing of health care system has undergone in the last twenty years with many changes. The defrayment of ambulatory and acute inpatient care were used in different ways, what leaded to diametrically different hospitals behaving. The DRG offers entirely different perspective on financing health care than the traditional performance system or defrayment of inpatient hospital care capitation. It´s leading from the payment of treatment to the payment of final product, that´s mean treated or cured patient. The DRG is a management tool, which describes the production of the hospital, allows the definition of cost, their comparison, the strategic management of hospitals and also creates optimal conditions for the rational conclusion of contracts. Submitted article is just focused on the above aspects. Its aim is to mention the specificities of DRG system in Ireland and Germany and these specifications connect with the planned activities related to the implementation of DRG in Slovakia.

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