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Costing Hospital Case-Mix: The European Experience

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Historically, the funding and financing of health care systems in Western Europe have developed within welfare state and/or social insurance type models. While countries differ in the precise approach developed, financing for hospital services, in particular, has traditionally been undertaken by governments (regional or national) and/or insurance funds (OECD 1987).

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  1. Miriam M. Wiley
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  1. IASIST S. A., Rambla de Catalunya 1,5°-2, 08007, Barcelona, Spain

    Mercè Casas M.D., Ph.D. in Medicine (Coodinator EURODRG Project; General Manager) (Coodinator EURODRG Project; General Manager)

  2. Economic and Social Research Institute, 4, Burlington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland

    Miriam M. Wiley M.Sc., Ph.D. (Head of the Health Policy Research Center and Senior Research Officer) (Head of the Health Policy Research Center and Senior Research Officer)

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Wiley, M.M. (1993). Costing Hospital Case-Mix: The European Experience. In: Casas, M., Wiley, M.M. (eds) Diagnosis Related Groups in Europe. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78472-9_9

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