Time is Ripe For Large-Scale German Hospital Reform – Health Ministry
Executive Summary
DRGs are not doing what they were conceived to, ambulatory care needs more support and health care delivery across the country must be unburdened from bureaucracy, health minister Karl Lauterbach told the German hospital congress meeting during Medica 2022.
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