List of figures List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Thomas d'Aunno, John R. Kimberly and Gerard de Pouvourville 1. Origins of DRGs in the United States: a technical, political and cultural story Jon Chilingerian 2. From Casemix in the United Kingdom: from development to plans Steve Sutch 3. Casemix implementation in Portugal Ceu Mateus 4. From naive hope to realistic conviction: DRGs in Sweden Rickard Lindquist 5. Casemix in Denmark Annette Soerberg Roed, Hanne Sjuneson and Poul Erik Hansen 6. DRGS in France Xaviere Michelot and Jean Marie Rodrigues 7. Introduction and use of DRGs in Belgium M.-C. Closon, F. H. Roger France and J. Perelman 8. DRG-finals in Germany: introduction of a comprehensive, prospective DRG-payment system until 2009 Gunther Neubauer 9. Casemix in Switzerland Herve Guillain 10. The first decade of Case Mix in Italy Paolo Tedeschi 11. Casemix development and implementation in Australia S. J. Duckett 12. Diagnosis procedure combination: the Japanese approach to Casemix Shinya Matsuda 13. Casemix in Singapore Chien Earn Lee and Lim Eng Kok 14. Experiences with the application of the DRG principle in Hungary Julia Nagy, Csaba Dozsa and Imre Boncz 15. Case Mix systems - past, present, and future: rhe Canadian wxperience Sandra Mitchell and Andre Lalonde 16. Conclusions: the global diffusion of Casemix Thomas D'Aunno, John R. Kimberly and Gerard de Pouvourville Index.