title: Issues in expansion of DPC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences Policies, Division of Public Health, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8549, Japan. kawabuchi.hce@fmd.ac.jp
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawabuchi
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajitani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care