Across the member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD), pay-for-performance (P4P) programs have been implemented in the …

Background There has been a growing interest in using diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)
payment to reimburse inpatient care worldwide. But its effects on healthcare and health …

Background Austerity measures and health-system redesign to minimise hospital
expenditures risk adversely affecting patient outcomes. The RN4CAST study was designed …

Importance Differences in utilization and costs of end-of-life care among developed
countries are of considerable policy interest. Objective To compare site of death, health care …

Background: It is uncertain whether a diagnostic strategy supplemented by early coronary
computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is superior to contemporary standard optimal …

The USA has exceptional levels of health-care expenditure, but growth has slowed
dramatically in recent years, amidst major efforts to close the coverage gap with other …

Both developed and developing countries have been searching for effective provider
payment methods to control health expenditure inflation. In January 2018, Guangzhou city in …

The case mix planning problem deals with choosing the ideal composition and volume of
patients in a hospital. With many countries having recently changed to systems where …

Background Anastomotic leakage after colorectal surgery is a complication that requires
additional treatments strongly affecting the economic outcomes. We evaluated the use of …

Background: Diagnosis-related group (DRG)-based hospital payment can potentially be
inadequately low (or high) for highly variable, highly specialized, and/or low volume care …