An assessment of the impact of diagnosis-related group (DRG)-based reimbursement on the technical efficiency of New Jersey hospitals using data envelopment analysis

Payment schemes and cost efficiency: evidence from Swiss public hospitals

“…According to Sommersguter-Reichmann (2000), the introduction of a prospective payment scheme in Austria had no effect on hospital-level efficiency. An earlier U.S. study by Borden (1988) did not find evidence for any efficiency gains in acute care hospitals in the state of New Jersey. Comparing different efficiency measures across 93 DRG and non-DRG hospitals from 1981 to 1984, the author concluded that DRGs had not had any positive effect on technical efficiency among hospitals.…”

Payment schemes and cost efficiency: evidence from Swiss public hospitals

“…According to Sommersguter-Reichmann (2000), the introduction of a prospective payment scheme in Austria had no effect on hospital-level efficiency. An earlier U.S. study by Borden (1988) did not find evidence for any efficiency gains in acute care hospitals in the state of New Jersey. Comparing different efficiency measures across 93 DRG and non-DRG hospitals from 1981 to 1984, the author concluded that DRGs had not had any positive effect on technical efficiency among hospitals.…”

Explaining health care professionals’ resistance to implement Diagnosis Related Groups: (No) benefits for society, patients and professionals

“…First, we found that many professionals felt that the DRG policy did not have substantial societal benefits, such as increasing transparency and efficiency. Other studies also indicated that DRGs did not have substantial societal benefits [46,47]. On the other hand, there are also studies -mostly US based -that show that introducing DRGs increased the efficiency of hospitals [48].…”

The impact of Japanese hospital financing reform on hospital efficiency: A difference-in-difference approach

“…In Portugal, while introduction of DRG had a positive impact on hospital productivity, technical efficiency went declined in certain types of hospitals for some diagnoses (Dismuke and Sena, ). At the same time, several empirical studies show that the inpatient PPS is not necessarily an efficiency enhancing tool (Barbetta et al ., for Italy, Sommersguter‐Reichmann, for Austria and Borden, for USA).…”

Payment schemes and cost efficiency: evidence from Swiss public hospitals

“…According to Sommersguter-Reichmann (2000), the introduction of a prospective payment scheme in Austria had no effect on hospital-level efficiency. An earlier U.S. study by Borden (1988) did not find evidence for any efficiency gains in acute care hospitals in the state of New Jersey. Comparing different efficiency measures across 93 DRG and non-DRG hospitals from 1981 to 1984, the author concluded that DRGs had not had any positive effect on technical efficiency among hospitals.…”

Explaining health care professionals’ resistance to implement Diagnosis Related Groups: (No) benefits for society, patients and professionals

“…First, we found that many professionals felt that the DRG policy did not have substantial societal benefits, such as increasing transparency and efficiency. Other studies also indicated that DRGs did not have substantial societal benefits [46,47]. On the other hand, there are also studies -mostly US based -that show that introducing DRGs increased the efficiency of hospitals [48].…”

The impact of Japanese hospital financing reform on hospital efficiency: A difference-in-difference approach

“…In Portugal, while introduction of DRG had a positive impact on hospital productivity, technical efficiency went declined in certain types of hospitals for some diagnoses (Dismuke and Sena, ). At the same time, several empirical studies show that the inpatient PPS is not necessarily an efficiency enhancing tool (Barbetta et al ., for Italy, Sommersguter‐Reichmann, for Austria and Borden, for USA).…”

Payment schemes and cost efficiency: evidence from Swiss public hospitals

“…According to Sommersguter-Reichmann (2000), the introduction of a prospective payment scheme in Austria had no effect on hospital-level efficiency. An earlier U.S. study by Borden (1988) did not find evidence for any efficiency gains in acute care hospitals in the state of New Jersey. Comparing different efficiency measures across 93 DRG and non-DRG hospitals from 1981 to 1984, the author concluded that DRGs had not had any positive effect on technical efficiency among hospitals.…”

Explaining health care professionals’ resistance to implement Diagnosis Related Groups: (No) benefits for society, patients and professionals

“…First, we found that many professionals felt that the DRG policy did not have substantial societal benefits, such as increasing transparency and efficiency. Other studies also indicated that DRGs did not have substantial societal benefits [46,47]. On the other hand, there are also studies -mostly US based -that show that introducing DRGs increased the efficiency of hospitals [48].…”

The impact of Japanese hospital financing reform on hospital efficiency: A difference-in-difference approach

“…In Portugal, while introduction of DRG had a positive impact on hospital productivity, technical efficiency went declined in certain types of hospitals for some diagnoses (Dismuke and Sena, ). At the same time, several empirical studies show that the inpatient PPS is not necessarily an efficiency enhancing tool (Barbetta et al ., for Italy, Sommersguter‐Reichmann, for Austria and Borden, for USA).…”