
%0 Journal Article
%A Hindle, Don 
%T Implementing DRGs in Slovenia: why the Australian variant was selected
%J Australian Health Review
%D 2003/12/01
%V 26
%N 3
%P 50-60
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AH030050
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AH030050 
%X Slovenia is embarking on an ambitious health sector reform program, a small part of which involves implementingthe categorization of acute inpatients by DRG for payment purposes. I summarise the leading DRG variants, anddescribe the process of selecting one of them.I argue that the Slovenian decision to use the Australian DRG variant as a starting point was sensible in terms of cost,speed of implementation, and usefulness of the resultant information. More time and effort could have been spent onthe appraisal process, but I suspect it would not have led to a different outcome. 
