Das Buch befaAt sich mit der fallbezogenen Spezifikation der Krankenhausversorgung. Behandelt werden Theorie, Methoden und AnsAtze von Produktdefinitionen aus dem Krankenhaus-, Pflege- und dem ambulanten Bereich sowie deren Bewertung und Interpretation. FA1/4r amerikanische Krankenhauspatienten werden die Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) empirisch analysiert, mit anderen Klassifikationen verglichen und die Wirkung einer EinfA1/4hrung zur Krankenhausfinanzierung untersucht. FA1/4r Krankenhauspatienten aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wird mit mehreren DatensAtzen ein regressionsanalytisches...

From the early days of its recognized occurrence, AIDS has been per ceived as posing tremendous threats, burdens and challenges to human beings. Individuals, societies and, in a global point of view, mankind are affected by the effects of the HN infection, the nature and extent of which is still unclear in many ways. In the beginning only biomedical and epidemiological analyses of the problem were the top research priori ties, the former laden with great hopes that it may soon be possible to stop the spread of the disease and to overcome its physical impact. Yet it soon became clear that AIDS...

R. Leidl, P. Potthoff, and D. Schwefel Health is a most vital resource represented in the degree of our well-being and our ability to conduct active and satisfactory lives. Acute and chronic illnesses diminish such well-being and abilities and may require resources for medical or nursing care. The improvement in health status, a major objective of health policy, requires the measurement of the severity of diseases and their consequences as essential elements of information. In application, the measurement approaches are gaining in relevance as they become more feasible and as more experience...