
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hindle, Don 
T1  - Implementing DRGs in Slovenia: why the Australian variant was selected
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
SP  - 50
EP  - 60
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH030050 
N2  - 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. 
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