BACKGROUND: The therapy of urinary stones in Germany is mostly a domain of hospitals even now. With the introduction of the German diagnosis-related groups (G-DRG) system in the years 2003/2004 an attempt was made to realize an ever-increasing fair representation and remuneration of treatment costs. Simultaneously, a declared target was to transfer all forms of treatment which did not necessitate hospital admission to the outpatient department. RESULTS: Analysis of the D-DRG data on running invoicing from all German hospitals from 2004/2005 to 2012/2013 showed an increase in case numbers of around 12% with a parallel increase in the volume of revenues of around 37%. A special feature was a reduction in the proportion of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWL) as inpatient treatment with a parallel increase in the proportion of ureteroscopic and percutaneous interventions.
BACKGROUND: The therapy of urinary stones in Germany is mostly a domain of hospitals even now. With the introduction of the German diagnosis-related groups (G-DRG) system in the years 2003/2004 an attempt was made to realize an ever-increasing fair representation and remuneration of treatment costs. Simultaneously, a declared target was to transfer all forms of treatment which did not necessitate hospital admission to the outpatient department. RESULTS: Analysis of the D-DRG data on running invoicing from all German hospitals from 2004/2005 to 2012/2013 showed an increase in case numbers of around 12% with a parallel increase in the volume of revenues of around 37%. A special feature was a reduction in the proportion of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWL) as inpatient treatment with a parallel increase in the proportion of ureteroscopic and percutaneous interventions.
Authors: M J Schnabel; W Brummeisl; M Burger; J J Rassweiler; T Knoll; A Neisius; C G Chaussy; H M Fritsche Journal: Urologe A Date: 2015-09 Impact factor: 0.639
Authors: Roman Herout; Martin Baunacke; Christer Groeben; Cem Aksoy; Björn Volkmer; Marcel Schmidt; Nicole Eisenmenger; Rainer Koch; Sven Oehlschläger; Christian Thomas; Johannes Huber Journal: World J Urol Date: 2021-08-28 Impact factor: 4.226