Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG
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J Dtsch Dermatol Ges · Jan 2004
[DRGs in dermatology: results of the DRG evaluation project of the German Society of Dermatology (DDG)].
The implementation of a DRG system in Germany--voluntarily since January 1st, 2003, and obligatory after January 1 st, 2004--has led to uncertainty, particularly in the hospitals. There are fears that current well-accepted German diagnostic and therapeutic services may not be properly financed by the new system. In response, the German Dermatologic Society (DDG) in cooperation with the DRG Research Group of the University Hospital Muenster and the German Medical Association carried out a DRG evaluation project in order to investigate the medical and economic homogeneity of the case groups. ⋯ The results of the DRG Evaluation Project show that the G-DRG-Variant Version 1.0 does not offer the necessary possibilities of differentiation to map the broad spectrum of various dermatology services in Germany.