Edukad projektid

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EuroDRG – Diagnosis-Related Groups in Europe: towards Efficiency and Quality

acronym: EURODRG
start: 2009-01-01
end: 2011-12-31
 
programme: FP7 - Euroopa Liidu 7. raamprogramm
sub-programme: HEALTH - Tervis
instrument: CP-FP - Väikese- ja keskmisemahulised koostööprojektid
call identifier: FP7-HEALTH-2007-B
project number: 223300
duration in months: 36
partner count: 13
 
abstract: Payment systems are fundamental to any health care system, introducing powerful incentives and fierce technical design complexities. DRG-systems aim at fairly assessing the costs of patient treatment, taking into account measurable patient characteristics such as diagnosis or comorbidity – but to a varying degree also interventions chosen. Using a representative sample of inpatient data on 10-12 “care episodes” (representing different medical specialties, diagnostic/ therapeutic procedures, usage of innovative devices & drugs) from hospitals in 10 EU countries (AUT, ENG, EST, FIN, FRA, GER, NET, POL, SPA, SWE), the EuroDRG Project aims at studying the importance of structural factors such as wage levels vis-à-vis established patient variables and “medical decision variables” (procedures or using new and emerging technologies) to explain variation in costs within and between European countries. This will allow fair efficiency comparisons among EU hospitals to ensure that DRG-systems provide the intended incentives. A second objective is to investigate the role the quality of care plays to explain costs, an area with practically no European studies but potentially important policy implications. To achieve its objectives, the project is organised in phases: 1. Analysis of national DRG-systems and development of a methodology for trans-national analysis; 2. Trans-national DRG issues - hospital cost functions, efficiency and quality; 3. Translation into practice, synthesis and recommendation. To achieve a high scientific quality and a high policy impact, the strategy involves (based on the successful FP6 HealthBASKET project): encouraging partners to publish in peer-reviewed journals; using excellent links to major international organisations; establishing an EU-wide hospital “benchmarking club”; organising seminars at major conferences; a final conference with invited experts; involving representatives from countries with emerging DRG-systems (Bulgaria, China, India).
partner no and role partner name country contact person web page
1 coordinator TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN DE Simone Ludwig http://www.tu-berlin.de
2 partner UNIVERSITY OF YORK UK Chris Barber http://www.york.ac.uk
3 partner SOCIALSTYRELSEN SE Lisbeth Serdén http://www.socialstyrelsen.se
4 partner ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES EN SANTE PUBLIQUE FR Thibault Delaroche http://www.ehesp.fr
5 partner ERASMUS UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM ROTTERDAM NL Jenny Klomps http://www.erasmusmc.nl
7 partner INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ET DOCUMENTATION EN ECONOMIE DE LA SANTE FR Dominique Goldfarb http://www.irdes.fr
8 partner MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK AT Karl Peter Pfeiffer http://www.i-med.ac.at
9 partner NARODOWY FUNDUSZ ZDROWIA PL Katarzyna Czach http://www.nfz.gov.pl
10 partner Poliitikauuringute Keskus Praxis SA EE Ain Aaviksoo http://www.praxis.ee
13 partner TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS FI Jaakko Penttinen http://www.thl.fi
14 partner CONSORCIO MAR PARC DE SALUT DE BARCELONA ES Andreu Fort http://www.parcsalutmar.cat
15 partner ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM NL Robert Speek http://www.eur.nl
16 partner EUROPEAN HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED IE Jennifer Bremner http://www.ehma.org