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To give insight into the development of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) in Europe during the 1980s, events must be related to the broader historical background of health care services, techno-economic options and efficiency in general. These issues will be addressed in Sect. 2 while we will briefly describe the original DRG system and its main characteristics in Sect. 3. We will present an historical overview of the research/experiments and implementation of projects that have been underway in Europe since the early 1980s in Sect. 4, and in Sect. 5 the history of international activities will be reviewed. By way of conclusion we will discuss the main historical issues posing challenges to further developments in Sect. 6.
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Rodrigues, JM. (1993). DRGs: Origin and Dissemination Throughout Europe. In: Casas, M., Wiley, M.M. (eds) Diagnosis Related Groups in Europe. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78472-9_2
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