The impact of hospital financing on the length of stay: Evidence from Austria

The impacts of DRG-based payments on health care provider behaviors under a universal coverage system: A population-based study

“…We also found new studies reporting the effects of DRG payment after the year of 2000 in Asian countries [21,[23][24][25], European countries [26][27][28][29][30][31], and for international comparisons [8,9]. These studies yielded similar findings to those conducted in the United States.…”

Quantitative Antibiotic Use in Hospitals: Comparison of Measurements, Literature Review, and Recommendations for a Standard of Reporting

“…It correlates with age (older subjects have longer lengths of stay), morbidity (severely ill patients need longer hospitalization), and hospital size and hospital composition (length of stay varies depending on medical specialty) [18,19]. Due to economical and insurance reasons, length of hospital stay varies substantially between different countries and trends point toward shorter length of hospital stay with intensified ambulatory care worldwide [19][20][21][22].…”

Reform of hospital financing in Austria: successes, failures, and the way forward

“…In [11], there is clear econometric evidence that LKF1997 induced a significant reduction in overall length of stay. Thus, we observe significant differences over specific diagnostic groups, indicating that the reduction in length of stay is driven by a few diagnostic groups.…”