{"id":3996,"date":"2026-02-25T08:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iph-multisite.berta-bewegt.ch\/?page_id=3996"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:25:41","slug":"drg-spitalfinanzierung","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.interpharma.ch\/en\/themen\/gesundheitswesen\/nachhaltige-finanzierung-des-gesundheitswesens\/drg-spitalfinanzierung\/","title":{"rendered":"DRG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inpatient\ncare provided in hospitals underwent a major change in 2012. Since then,\nhospitals have no longer been funded through per diem flat rates but through\nthe services they provide for patients. Prior to 2012, the same services were\npaid for differently depending on the canton. Today, they are paid for on the\nbasis of uniform national tariffs known as diagnosis-related groups (DRG).\nSwissDRG AG, a non-profit company combining service providers, insurers and the\ncantons, is responsible for introducing, refining and updating inpatient tariff\nstructures. SwissDRG classifies services into case groups on the basis of the\nmain and subsidiary diagnoses, severity and other criteria as well as the\ntreatments provided. This results in a flat rate for each case group that is\nreimbursed by the health insurer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\npurpose of this system is to create greater transparency, promote economic\nefficiency and correct existing misplaced incentives. Resources are used\nappropriately for needs and more efficiently because hospitals are paid only\nfor the services they provide. But there is a natural limit to funding by means\nof per case flat rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-flanking-measures-necessary\"><strong>Flanking measures necessary<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nis not possible to represent medical treatments perfectly in all areas even in\nan optimally differentiated system. Systematic funding shortfalls arise with\nmedical innovations and therapies because it takes around five years for a new\nmedicinal product or a new treatment method to be included in and paid for\nthrough the per case flat rate system. Also, therapies for small groups of\npatients that can be provided at only a small number of specialised hospitals\ndistort the case groups and lead to underfunding in specialised centres and\noverfunding in other hospitals. Additional payments are therefore needed for\nnew examination and treatment methods to ensure comprehensive and rapid access\nto therapies. Without this kind of flanking measure, such as additional\npayments, access to new therapies would be delayed and regionally variable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inpatient care provided in hospitals underwent a major change in 2012. Since then, hospitals have no longer been funded through per diem flat rates but through the services they provide for patients. Prior to 2012, the same services were paid for differently depending on the canton. 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