Encoding truths? diagnosis-related groups and the fragility of the marketisation discourse

This chapter critically examines an instrument at the meso-level of healthcare which was used to operationalise marketisation: Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs). It will contest four constitutive claims that have accompanied the introduction of DRGs: First, the claim that marketisation or quasi-market...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Feiler, Therese, author (author)
Formato: Revista digital
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2018.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009820256406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction--2. Marketisation: 'natural evolution' and systemic (ir)responsibility--3. The representation of care - codification and distortion--4. Economic logic and vocation--5. Conclusion--Notes--References.