German DRG: new way of remuneration of hospitals

New way of remuneration of hospitals in Slovakia should be implemented by the German DRG model. German Institute for the payment system in hospitals should help with its development. Health care surveillance authority has concluded the cooperation agreement with this Institute on  December the 13^th. After signing of contract for three years the works on Slovak version of the DRG system began, especially on classification of diagnosis and medical services. First Slovak versionof DRG should be available by the end of June 2012.