Welcome to the Website of the EuroDRG Project
This website serves to inform the general public about the progress of the EuroDRG project. It is also a platform to facilitate information exchange among project partners.
Dates and events
20. July 2012: European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE), EuroDRG: Final Results on Patient Classification, Payment Rates, System Performance and Quality of Care Across 12 Countries, Zurich, Switzerland [Programme]
- DRG systems, patient classification and DRG-based hospital payment in Europe[PDF]
- The ability of DRG systems to explain variations in resource consumption[PDF]
- The relationship between quality of care and hospital costs in Europe[PDF]
18. July 2012: European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE) Preconference Workshop, Lessons learned from the EuroDRG project, Zurich, Switzerland
A session for early career and experienced researchers to gain insights into data methodological approaches and results of the EurodRG project [Programme]- Introduction to the EurodRG project: main research objectives[PDF]
- Actual patient classification and hospital payments for selected episodes of care [PDF]
- The ability of DRG systems to explain variation in resource consumption [PDF]
- DRGs for appendectomy and knee replacement: how good are different systems? [PDF]&[PDF]
- Relationship of hospital costs and quality of care [PDF]&[PDF]
17. November 2011: EuroDRG final conference, Berlin, Germany
At the EuroDRG final conference, which was held in Berlin, 17 November 2011, the main results of the EuroDRG research project were presented and discussed with policy-makers, researchers and stakeholders from Europe and beyond. During this conference, the book 'Diagnosis-Related Groups in Europe - Moving towards transparency, efficiency and quality in hospitals' was officially launched. The book is intended to contribute to the emergence of a `common language' that will facilitate communication between researchers and policy-makers interested in improving the functioning and resourcing of the acute hospital sector.[Programme] [Gallery link for Internet Explorer users]
Session 1 - DRGs in Europe: Moving towards transparency, efficiency and quality in hospitals?
- Understanding DRGs in Europe. The EuroDRG project [PDF]
- The development of European patient classification systems [PDF]
- What do we know about the impact of DRGs on quality and efficiency? [PDF]
Session 2 - European DRG systems – how they work and perform for ten episodes of care
- Patient classification and DRG-based payments in Europe [PDF]
- The ability of DRG systems to explain variations in resource consumption [PDF]
- The relationship of quality and costs in European hospitals [PDF]
Panel discussion 1 – Implications for Europe
- System of Health Accounts 2011: product classifications [PDF]
- EuroDRG – SwissDRG: Implications for Europe? [PDF]
- The Jednorodne Grupy Pacjentów – Polish experiences with DRGs [PDF]
Panel discussion 2 – Implications for countries considering DRGs
- Health Care Payment Reform in China [PDF]
- Serbia and DRG [PDF]
Recent publications
Busse R, Geissler A, Mason A, Or Z, Scheller-Kreinsen D, Street A (2012)Diagnosis-Related Groups in Europe (EuroDRG): Do they explain variation in hospital costs and length of stay across patients and hospitals?
Health Economics, Volume 21 (Supplement 2)[Link]
Busse R, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
DO DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS EXPLAIN VARIATIONS IN HOSPITAL COSTS AND LENGTH OF STAY? – ANALYSES FROM THE EURODRG PROJECT FOR 10 EPISODES OF CARE ACROSS 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 1-5 [PDF]
Street A, Kobel C, Renaud T, Thuilliez J, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
HOW WELL DO DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS EXPLAIN VARIATIONS IN COSTS OR LENGTH OF STAY AMONG PATIENTS AND ACROSS HOSPITALS? METHODS FOR ANALYSING ROUTINE PATIENT DATA.
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 6–18 [PDF]
Häkkinen U, Chiarello P, Cots F, Peltola M, Rättö H, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
PATIENT CLASSIFICATION AND HOSPITAL COSTS OF CARE FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN NINE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 19–29 [PDF]
Mason A, Or Z, Renaud T, Street A, Thuilliez J, Ward P, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
HOW WELL DO DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS FOR APPENDECTOMY EXPLAIN VARIATIONS IN RESOURCE USE? AN ANALYSIS OF PATIENT-LEVEL DATA FROM 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 30–40 [PDF]
Additional material: Stage 2 regression results [PDF]
Scheller-Kreinsen D, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
HOW WELL DO DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP SYSTEMS GROUP BREAST CANCER SURGERY PATIENTS? — EVIDENCE FROM 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 41–54 [PDF]
Or Z, Renaud T, Thuilliez J, Lebreton C, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUPS AND VARIATIONS IN RESOURCE USE FOR CHILD DELIVERY ACROSS 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 55-65 [PDF]
Additional material: Stage 2 regression results [PDF]
Paat-Ahi G, Świderek M, Sakowski P, Saluse J, Aaviksoo A, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
DRGs IN EUROPE: A CROSS COUNTRY ANALYSIS FOR CHOLECYSTECTOMY.
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 66-76 [PDF]
Additional material: Stage 2 regression results [PDF]
Gaughan J, Kobel C, Linhart C, Mason A, Street A, Ward P, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
WHY DO PATIENTS HAVING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTS HAVE DIFFERENT COSTS OR LENGTH OF STAY? AN ANALYSIS ACROSS 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 77-88 [PDF]
O'ReillyJ, Serdén L, Talbäck M, McCarthy B, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
PERFORMANCE OF 10 EUROPEAN DRG SYSTEMS IN EXPLAINING VARIATION IN RESOURCE UTILISATION IN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR.
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 89-101 [PDF]
Geissler A, Scheller-Kreinsen D, Quentin W, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
DO DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS APPROPRIATELY EXPLAIN VARIATIONS IN COSTS AND LENGTH OF STAY OF HIP REPLACEMENT? A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DRG SYSTEMS ACROSS 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 103-115 [PDF]
Additional material: Stage 2 regression results [PDF]
Cots F, Chiarello P, Salvador X, Castells X, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
PATIENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS AND HOSPITAL COSTS OF CARE FOR KNEE REPLACEMENT IN 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 116-128 [PDF]
Peltola M, on behalf of the EuroDRG group (2012)
PATIENT CLASSIFICATION AND HOSPITAL COSTS OF CARE FOR STROKE IN 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
Health Economics 21 (Suppl. 2): 129-140 [PDF]
Additional material: Stage 2 regression results [PDF]
Gaughan J, Mason A, Street A, Ward P (2012)
English hospitals can improve their use of resources: an analysis of costs and length of stay for ten treatments
Centre for Health Economics, University of York, CHE Research Paper 78 [PDF]
Geissler A, Scheller-Kreinsen D, Quentin W, Busse R (2012):
DRG-Systeme in Europa: Anreize, Ziele und Unterschiede in zwölf Ländern.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz 55: 633-642 [PDF]
O’Reilly J, Busse R, Häkkinen U, Or Z, Street A, Wiley M (2012):
Paying for hospital care: the experience with implementing activity-based funding in five European countries.
Health Economics, Policy and Law 7(1): 73-101 [PDF]
Busse R, Geissler A, Quentin W, Wiley M (eds.) (2011):
Diagnosis-Related Groups in Europe: Moving towards transparency, efficiency and quality in hospitals.
Maidenhead: Open University Press and WHO Regional Office for Europe.[here to buy] [PDF]
Quentin W, Scheller-Kreinsen D, Geissler A, Busse R (2011):
Appendectomy and Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs): Patient Classification and Hospital Reimbursement in 11 European Countries.
Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery 397: 317-326 [PDF]
Scheller-Kreinsen D, Quentin W, Busse R, and the EuroDRG group (2011):
DRG-based hospital payment systems and technological innovations in 12 European countries
Value in Health, 14(8), 1166-1172.[Link]
Recent presentations
17.-19. October 2012: 28th Patient Classification Systems International Conference, Avignon | France
- DRGs in Europe and beyond: Are we moving in the same direction? [PDF]
13. September 2012: 3rd Annual European Diagnostic Reimbursement and Market Access Conference, Brussels| Belgium
- EuroDRG Project: Cross-country comparison for better integration [PDF]
24. January 2012: European Summit 2012, Brussels| Belgium
- Diagnosis-related group (DRG) payments [PDF] [Video] (password: eurosummit2012)
23. January 2012: 3rd Annual Medical Device Reimbursement Conference, Brussels| Belgium
- DRG-based hospital payment and medical innovation in Europe: Results of the EuroDRG project [PDF]
09. November 2011: Centre for Health and Social Economics (CHESS) Seminar: How to pay providers: Does money follow patient or patient money?, Helsinki | Finland
- DRG-based hospital payment - Experiences from 12 European countries [PDF]
08. November 2011: World Bank Seminar, Washington | USA
- Diagnosis Related Groups (in Europe): Moving towards transparency, efficiency and quality in hospitals [PDF]
21. October 2011: 27th PCSI Conference, Montreal, Quebec | Canada
- The EuroDRG project: comparing European casemix systems [PDF]
11. July 2011: 8th World Congress on Health Economics, Toronto | Canada
- The EuroDRG project: DRG systems and determinants of hospital care across Europe [PDF]
- Performance of DRG systems across Europe: a quantitative assessment [PDF]
- The relationship between quality of care and hospital costs in Europe. [PDF]
- The EuroDRG Project [PDF]
20. June 2011: Changing the payment system for hospital care in Bulgaria to improve equity and efficiency, Sofia | Bulgaria
- DRGs as a financing tool: the European experience [PDF]
03. June 2011: EFORT European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology congress, Copenhagen | Denmark
- Determinants of hospital costs and performance variation of hip replacement - A comparative analysis across Europe [PDF]
26./27. April 2011: The World Bank Workshop - Health Financing Reforms to Improve Efficiency and Quality of Care: International Experience, Evidence and Prospects for the Russian Federation, Moscow | Russia
- Implementing health financing reforms: DRG-based hospital payments in Germany [PDF]
- Реализация реформы финансирования здравоохранения:Оплата стационарной помощи: система диагностически связанных групп в Германии [PDF]
21./22. March 2011: German Association of Health Economics conference, Bayreuth | Germany
- DRG systems in Europe: How similar, how divergent? A structured approach and first answers [PDF]
- Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) systems and
similar Patient Classification Systems in Europe [PDF]
- Appendektomie und Diagnosis
Related Groups (DRGs) [PDF]
- DRGs and cost accounting across Europe:
Which is driving which? [PDF]
- DRG-type payment systems and technological innovation:
reimbursement approaches in 11 European countries [PDF]