DRG cost weight volatility and hospital performance

DOI10.1007/S00291-006-0063-2MaRDI QIDQ2481564zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ludwig Kuntz, Stefan Scholtes, Antonio Vera

Publication date 11 April 2008

Published in OR Spectrum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-006-0063-2

zbMATH Keywords

cost weight volatilitycost-benefit analysisDRGfinancial riskhospital baseratehospital performance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Economic models of real-world systems (e.g., electricity markets, etc.) (91B74)

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