title: [Hospital financing in 2016. Relevant changes for rheumatology].
abstract: Hospital financing 2016 will be influenced by the prospects of the approaching considerable changes. It is assumed that the following years will lead to a considerable reallocation of financial resources between hospitals. While not directly targeted by new regulations, reallocations always also affect specialties like rheumatology. Compared to the alterations in the legislative framework the financial effects of the yearly adaptation of the German diagnosis-related groups system are subordinate. Only by comprehensive consideration of current and expected changes a forward-looking and sustainable strategy can be developed. The following article presents the relevant changes and discusses the consequences for hospitals specialized in rheumatology.
authors.affiliation: DRG-Research-Group, Medizinisches Management, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Domagkstr. 20, 48129, Münster, Deutschland. wolfgang.fiori@ukmuenster.de.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fiori
authors.affiliation: DRG-Research-Group, Medizinisches Management, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Domagkstr. 20, 48129, Münster, Deutschland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bunzemeier
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Rheumatologie und Geriatrie, Johannes Wesling Klinikum Minden, Minden, Deutschland.
authors.forename: H-J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lakomek
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Rheumatologie und Geriatrie, Johannes Wesling Klinikum Minden, Minden, Deutschland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Buscham
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Gießen, Gießen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.affiliation: Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: A-K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.affiliation: Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein, Wetter, Deutschland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bessler
authors.affiliation: DRG-Research-Group, Ärztlicher Direktor, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Deutschland.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Roeder
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D005858:Germany; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D061889:Healthcare Financing; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Additional remuneration; Audits; Coding; Diagnosis-related groups; Rheumatology