title: [25 years of the DRG-based health-financing system in Hungary].
abstract: After a thourough development phase, a new system of health financing was introduced in Hungary in 1993. One of the cornerstones of the system was the financing of acute hospital care through Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs). This method was part of a comprehensive healthcare model, elaborated and published around 1990 by experts of Gyógyinfok, a public institute. The health financing system that was finally introduced reflcted in large part this theoretical model, while the current Hungarian system differs from it in some important respects. The objective of this article is to identify these points of divergence.
authors.affiliation: Központi Adattárház és Elemzési Főosztály, Állami Egészségügyi Ellátó Központ Budapest, Fogaskerekű u. 10., 1125.
authors.forename: Balázs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Babarczy
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gyenes
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Imre
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D018153:Czech Republic; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics*; D005060:Europe; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000191:economics*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D011044:Poland; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D014481:United States
keywords: Diagnosis-Related Groups; Homogén Betegségcsoportok; egészségpolitikai célok; finanszírozási rendszer; health financing system; health policy goals