title: The impact of diagnosis related groups and prospective pricing systems on health care management.
abstract: Prospective pricing systems for medical care based on diagnosis related groups will probably become the norm for the entire medical care industry. Such an approach will have an impact on health care managers' roles, and it is up to them to achieve an optimistic outcome from implementation of the system.
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000379:methods*; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000639:trends; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States