Case-based Payment Systems for Hospital Funding in Asia
An Investigation of Current Status and Future Directions
The book presents a background study of DRG-based payment systems, drawing on the
experience of implementing such hospital funding arrangements internationally, including
an overview of developments in the Asia and Pacific region. It underscores the need
for countries to be clear about their purpose and objective for introducing Diagnosis
Related Groups, as well as their place in health-care financing reform, and for policy-makers
to reflect on the importance of country-specific starting points, objectives and context
in which the hospital payment reforms are being implemented. Chapter 4 – written by
Yuki Murakami and Luca Lorenzoni – investigates the evidence regarding the impact
on cost, quality and efficiency of the introduction of a DRG-based payment system.