title: [Ambulatory surgery--financing from the viewpoint of health insurance].
abstract: New regulations, which have been implied by the Health Structure Act, are aiming to improve the coordination between ambulant and in-patient-surgery. In the view of the health insurance scheme, this could be the beginning of a new era in the health care system of Germany. Following a short presentation of these new regulations and of the opportunities to cut down expenses by ambulatory surgery, the author describes the development of ambulatory surgery in the private-practice-setting. He presents the framework for ambulatory surgery in hospitals, which has been created by negotiations on a national level, and he draws future perspectives of ambulatory surgery.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Vertragswesen, AOK-Bundesverband Bonn.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: von Stackelberg
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007359:Insurance, Surgical / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011331:Private Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
vernacular_title: Ambulantes Operieren--Finanzierung aus der Sicht der Krankenkassen.