title: [Assessing performance and reimbursement in "emergency ambulatory surgery" from the viewpoint of hospital administration].
abstract: 1) Definition of emergency and its payment is given, as well as the legal background of charging by the hospital. 2) The total work on outpatient departments of a central hospital is shown, especially that of surgical emergency cases. 3) The reasons for documentation of actual work are discussed, by whom and how, and the problems arising. 4) The payment for patients with social insurance is considered in respect of the official fees and the cost-averaging of the hospital as a nonprofit organisation.
authors: Städtische Kliniken, Darmstadt.
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authors: Mittl
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics*; D012943:Social Security / Q000191:economics*
vernacular_title: Problematik der Leistungserfassung und Vergütung der "Chirurgischen Notfallambulanz" aus der Sicht der Krankenhausverwaltung.