Relevance of Health Economics in Breast Cancer Treatment: Integration of Economics in the Management of Breast Cancer at the Clinic Level

Breast care

Christiane E. Schausberger¹  Volker R. Jacobs¹  Roland Reitsamer¹  Thorsten Fischer¹  Gerhard Bogner¹ 

[1] Frauenklinik (OB/GYN) of Salzburger Landeskrankenanstalten (SALK) and Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), Salzburg, Austria

关键词: Breast cancer;    Costs of treatment;    Limited resources;    Microeconomic solutions;    Health economics;   

DOI  :  10.1159/000348370

学科分类：泌尿医学

来源: S Karger AG

【 摘 要 】

Since the introduction of the diagnosis-related groups (DRG) system with cost-related and entity-specific flat-rate reimbursements for all in-patients in 2004 in Germany, economics have become an important focus in medical care, including breast centers. Since then, physicians and hospitals have had to gradually take on more and more financial responsibilities for their medical care to avoid losses for their institutions. Due to financial limitations of resources, most medical services have to be adjusted to correlating revenues, which results in the development of a variety of active measures to understand, steer, and optimize costs, resources and related processes for breast cancer treatment. In this review, the challenging task to implement microeconomic management at the clinic level for breast cancer treatment is analyzed from breast cancer-specific publications. The newly developed economic management perspective is identified for different stakeholders in the healthcare system, and successful microeconomic projects and future aspects are described.

【 授权许可】

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