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@article{citeulike:3084693, abstract = {A review of reforms in the financing of hospital services in eight European countries and Australia reveals a commitment to a common objective of relating resource use to hospital workload by means of a standardized case-mix framework in the pursuit of greater efficiency. While this objective is also shared with the U.S. prospective payment system (PPS), it is noteworthy that the majority of countries reviewed favor a global budgeting approach to financing hospital services. Ongoing evaluation of these reforms should facilitate an assessment of the merits of case-mix adjusted global budgeting relative to the patient-based alternative.}, address = {Health Policy Research Centre, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland.}, author = {Wiley, M. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {3084693}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10122001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10122001}, issn = {0195-8631}, journal = {Health care financing review}, keywords = {financing, hospital}, number = {4}, pages = {119--133}, posted-at = {2008-08-05 10:37:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Hospital financing reform and case-mix measurement: an international review.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10122001}, volume = {13}, year = {1992} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3084693 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3084693 N2 - A review of reforms in the financing of hospital services in eight European countries and Australia reveals a commitment to a common objective of relating resource use to hospital workload by means of a standardized case-mix framework in the pursuit of greater efficiency. While this objective is also shared with the U.S. prospective payment system (PPS), it is noteworthy that the majority of countries reviewed favor a global budgeting approach to financing hospital services. Ongoing evaluation of these reforms should facilitate an assessment of the merits of case-mix adjusted global budgeting relative to the patient-based alternative. IS - 4 JF - Health care financing review SN - 0195-8631 AD - Health Policy Research Centre, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland. EP - 133 TI - Hospital financing reform and case-mix measurement: an international review. VL - 13 SP - 119 KW - financing KW - hospital AU - Wiley, MM PY - 1992/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10122001 ER -