HOPE-EHMA Conference - Brussels, March 5, 2009 Hospital Financing:
Diagnosis Related Groups - Leading the debate HOPE and EHMA (European Health Management Association) organised a one-day Conference on “Hospital Financing: Diagnosis Related Groups – Leading the debate” with an unrestricted educational grant from Baxter. This event took place on 5th March 2009 in Brussels, welcomed by the Union Nationale des Mutualités Socialistes.
The conference is part of a broader initiative aiming to address the interaction of the DRGs agenda and the quality agenda from a comparative European Perspective. The use of DRGs is expanding across Europe. Understanding the interaction between the DRGs logic and the reality of day-to-day health care contracting and provision is therefore increasingly important. Within this context it is also clear that the interaction of the DRG agenda and the quality agenda is relatively unexplored, particularly from a comparative European perspective. There is therefore an important window of opportunity to shape and influence the wider debate on the use of DRGs.
This event is the first of a joint initiative between HOPE and EHMA exploring the practical applications of DRGs in health care planning and delivery. The interlinkages/impacts of/between DRGs quality and service and system management were systematically explored during the conference. Existing experiences being undertaken in some EU Member States provided concrete examples of challenges and pitfalls. Good practices in the use of DRGs as well as potential limitations at an operational level were presented from the perspective of providers and clinicians. Chair
Jeni BREMNER
Director EHMA, European Health Management Association
Pascal GAREL
Chief Executive HOPE, European Hospital and Healthcare Federation
Toon DIGNEFFE
Director, European Affairs - Government Affairs & Public Policy - Baxter Brussels Speakers and presentations DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUPS: WHAT, WHY AND HOW
 Giovanni FATTORE
Professor of Public and Healthcare Management - CeRGAS Bocconi University
(Milano, Italy)
 Presentation
CAPITAL DIMENSION OF DRGs FUNDING POLICIES
Stephen WRIGHT
European Health Property Network /
European Centre for Health Assets and Architecture (Luxembourg)
Presentation
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PERSPECTIVE
Marianne OLSSON
Project Director - Angereds Närsjukhus (Göteborg, Sweden)
Presentation
CLINICIAN PERSPECTIVE
Bernard GARRIGUES
Chef de Service - French Hospital Federation - Département d'information médicale
Centre Hospitalier du Pays d'Aix (Aix-en-Provence, France)
Presentation
SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE
Carlos SEGOVIA
Technical Adviser - Dpt. International Research Programmes
Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Madrid, Spain)
Presentation
GERMANY: DRGs IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
Jürgen MALZAHN
Head of Hospital/Rehabilitation Department
Federal Association of the AOK Sickness Funds (Berlin, Germany)
Presentation
HUNGARY: DRGs - A BASIS FOR QUALITY?
Janos WELTNER
Professor and Surgeon - Member of Hungarian DRG Revising committee
Semmelweis University (Budapest, Hungary)
Presentation
DRGs AND INNOVATION
Caroline WAGNER
Corporate Development Policy Unit - Techniker Krankenkasse (Hamburg, Germany)
Presentation
Francesco PEZZO
Anthea Hospital (Bari, Italy)
Presentation
DRGs - WHERE NEXT FOR EUROPE
Reinhard BUSSE
Professor Dr. med. MPH FFPHM Department for Health Care Management
Technische Universitaet Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Presentation
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