Fifteen years ago, hospital remuneration was switched to a DRG flat-rate system (DRG: Diagnosis Related Groups). Since then, the DRG system has been the subject of controversial discussions in the hospital sector, in politics and in science. This anthology summarizes critical perspectives on the DRG system. It is aimed at experts from politics, science and associations as well as at people in general who are concerned with the design of the health care system and hospital care.

With contributions by: Nikola Biller-Andorno, Ingo Bode,Johann Böhmann, Bernard Braun, Anja Dieterich, Margrit Fässler, Jonathan Falkenberg, Max Geraedts, Thomas Gerlinger, Christoph Kranich, Giovanni Maio, Georg Marckmann, Hans-Joachim Meyer, Michael Simon, Arved Weimann, Maximiliane Wilkesmann.

The content

· Introductory contributions

· Effects of the DRG system on the medical service, the nursing service and the quality of patient care

· The inertia of the DRG system and possible ways out

Target Audience:

· Students, teachers, scientists, practitioners in the relevant disciplines

· Decision-maker

· Journalists

The publishers

Dr. Anja Dieterich is a policy officer for health care at Diakonie Deutschland, Berlin.

Dr. Bernard Braun is an associate health scientist at the SOCIUM of the University of Bremen with a focus on health care and policy impact research.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Gerlinger is Professor of Health Policy, Health Systems and Health Sociology at Bielefeld University.

Prof. Dr. Michael Simon is a retired university lecturer and taught at Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts until 2016, focusing on the health care system and health care policy.