Das Gesundheitswesen
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Das Gesundheitswesen · Apr 2002
[Preparing for the G-DRG system: portfolio analysis of the hospitals in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany].
Diagnosis-Related Groups are scheduled for step-by-step introduction into the German hospital system. Initially DRG base rates will be specific to each hospital (i. e. in keeping with the present budget), but eventually (by 2007) a common base rate will be reached in each federal state. This development may have grave financial consequences for some hospitals where initial base rates are above average and hence likely to be reduced. ⋯ We found considerable differences between hospitals in terms of the payments per case and the LOS, independent of the stratification of the cases. For example, Magdeburg University Clinical Centre registered hospitalisations that were short (below average) but expensive (well above average), hence there is less scope for further rationalization of the LOS in this hospital compared to others. Considerable adjustments will become necessary in due course when switching over from hospital-specific base rates to a common regional base rate.
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Das Gesundheitswesen · Apr 2002
[Work-satisfaction and Health of Hospital Nursing and Medical Personnel].
The implementation of new service demands and increasing rationalisation measures exercise stress and pressure on medical and nursing personnel in German hospitals. However, their satisfaction and health are important quality criteria in the ranking of a hospital. Basing on the introduction of a new tool, an inquiry was conducted among the medical and nursing personnel of two hospitals (A and B) in respect of the quality of their working conditions. ⋯ Individual health condition were also classified more negatively by the nursing personnel than by the doctors, and the overall physical complaints of the nursing personnel were generally greater than with the average population, whereas medical personnel registered fewer complaints. Health promotion measures in hospitals may help to prevent negative developments. Such measures are too rarely translated into reality.