title: [Hospital costs: results of empirical studies].
abstract: The DRG hospital payment system will be introduced in France in 1993-94 under the name of GHM ("groupes homogènes de malades"). However the method for evaluating costs is mainly based on past trends and, as a matter of fact, they exclude innovative care behavior from the doctors. Three new methods are therefore experimented: (i) standardized operation protocols; (ii) observation of consumed products and time of health personnel; (iii) observation of the costs resulting from the tariffs of the Social Security administration. The empirical studies were carried out in Montpellier and Nantes, two middle size cities of France.
authors.affiliation: Université Montpellier I.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delande
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Negre
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000191:economics; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000191:economics; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Les coûts hospitaliers: résultats d'études empiriques.