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[Impact of hospital diagnostic related groups on geriatric rehabilitation facilities]. 2002

R Kleinow, and F Hessel, and J Wasem

Universität Greifswald, Löfflerstrasse 70 17489 Greifswald, Germany.

The introduction of the DRGs (diagnosis related groups) for paying hospitals in Germany in 2003 will result in changes in quality, quantity and financial flows foremost for the hospital sector but also for the important sector of the geriatric rehabilitation. This geriatric sector will experience a growth in total patient numbers, an enhanced and altered service range and a change in the market relationship towards the hospitals. The introduction of case-related payments also for the geriatric rehabilitation could, on the one hand, reduce the negative spillover effects from the hospital sector and, on the other hand, guaranty an efficient service provision. Furthermore, there would be a good comparability among the geriatric rehabilitation facilities and between costs in institutions of geriatric rehabilitation and hospitals. If hospital and geriatric rehabilitation services were payed by case-related payments, efficiency of health care services could be further improved by a broad definition of cases (complex case-based reimbursement), including care in the hospital as well as the care in the rehabilitation clinic afterwards. If rehabilitation would be financed by case-based reimbursement as well as by of a complex case-based reimbursement, a quality assurance program would be necessary.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009313	National Health Programs	Components of a national health care system which administer specific services, e.g., national health insurance.	National Health Insurance, Non-U.S.,Health Services, National,National Health Insurance,National Health Insurance, Non U.S.,National Health Services,Services, National Health,Health Insurance, National,Health Program, National,Health Programs, National,Health Service, National,Insurance, National Health,National Health Program,National Health Service,Program, National Health,Programs, National Health,Service, National Health
D012047	Rehabilitation Centers	Facilities which provide programs for rehabilitating the mentally or physically disabled individuals.	Centers, Rehabilitation,Center, Rehabilitation,Rehabilitation Center
D002908	Chronic Disease	Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2).	Chronic Condition,Chronic Illness,Chronically Ill,Chronic Conditions,Chronic Diseases,Chronic Illnesses,Condition, Chronic,Disease, Chronic,Illness, Chronic
D003365	Costs and Cost Analysis	Absolute, comparative, or differential costs pertaining to services, institutions, resources, etc., or the analysis and study of these costs.	Affordability,Analysis, Cost,Cost,Cost Analysis,Cost Comparison,Cost Measures,Cost-Minimization Analysis,Costs and Cost Analyses,Costs, Cost Analysis,Pricing,Affordabilities,Analyses, Cost,Analyses, Cost-Minimization,Analysis, Cost-Minimization,Comparison, Cost,Comparisons, Cost,Cost Analyses,Cost Comparisons,Cost Measure,Cost Minimization Analysis,Cost, Cost Analysis,Cost-Minimization Analyses,Costs,Measure, Cost,Measures, Cost
D005544	Forecasting	The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology.	Futurology,Projections and Predictions,Future,Predictions and Projections
D005858	Germany	A country in central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark. The capital is Berlin.
D006760	Hospitalization	The confinement of a patient in a hospital.	Hospitalizations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D016896	Treatment Outcome	Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.	Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes