TARMED cost weights were calculated by dividing claims in Swiss Francs by these annual reimbursement factors for each canton and year.
Our results reflect therefore the effective use of resources at a small area scale unbiased by differing reimbursement factors between cantons and across time.
This is especially important in patients with advanced cancers in order not to waste time and resources proposed patient access schemes in priority disease areas substantially lower health service costs to enhance reimbursement having factored in all administrative costs.
Variation in performance occurs in the structure, processes, and outcomes of care; causes of variation include systemic factors, reimbursement, service organization and capacity, cultural factors, and disease epidemiology [ 8, 9].
Strong association between higher patient income and home BP documentation suggests that the cost of the monitors may be a limiting factor; reimbursement of home BP monitoring expenses should be pursued.
With the potential transition toward quality-based reimbursement, identifying risk factors for poor surgical outcomes becomes increasingly important.
Non-medical factors such as health policy and PD reimbursement may be contributing factors [ 9].
The possibility of describing the burden of GHD relative to other diseases is important, as 'burden' is recognised as an important factor in reimbursement decisions [ 11].
Under proposed value based pricing, this will create severe implications since potentially sorafenib will carry 2 prices, which will further increase complexity factor of reimbursement process.
39 Although the costs of lipid-lowering medication in Finland dropped considerably during the years studied, it is still possible that the different levels of reimbursement may be a factor in the lower level of medication use among lower socioeconomic position in the diabetes-only group.
