German hospitals, US ring changes at Medica
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Shaping the future" is the theme of the German hospitals federation (DKG) three-day annual Medica conference, on November 14-17. Delegates will debate prospective hospital reforms mooted for 2009 - while those of 2004 and 2006 are still being assimilated - and the effects of the DRGs system in 2008 (the codes for which were published last month, with 1,137 DRGs, an increase of 55 on 2007)