It probably worked: a Bayesian approach to evaluating the introduction of activity-based hospital payment in Israel

ConclusionsThe decrease in LoS freed resources to treat other patients, which may have resulted in reduced waiting times. It may have been more feasible to reduce LoS for urological procedures since these had relatively long LoS. Policymakers should pay attention to the effects of decreases in LoS on quality of care. Stretched hospital resources, capped reimbursements, retrospective subsidies and underpriced procedures may have limited hospitals' ability to reduce LoS for other procedures where no decrease occurred (e.g., general surgery).

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Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - February 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research