Abstracts by key term: Dwell time
With the reform of the statutory health insurance provider's remuneration of the GKV WSG in 2007, the legislature decided that the total remuneration of the statutory health insurance associations, after standardization of the price component, would be determined primarily by the change in the necessary treatment requirements. To determine the necessary amount of services, the number and risk structure of insured persons residing in the area of responsibility of an association of statutory health insurance physicians as well as the shift in services between inpatient and statutory health care should be taken into account. Their determination - relevant to remuneration - proved to be a complex undertaking given the conflicting interests and the lack of an internationally established methodology. Fundamental methodological questions are still discussed in the evaluation committee; Only when these have been resolved can the money follow the performance. This results in the health economic importance of this research area, which has so far been little developed. This article aims to stimulate further methodological discussion using a simple projection.