Health Minister Karl Lauterbach heralded the hospital reform as a 'Zeitenwende' for German health care, aiming to fundamentally restructure hospital financing and patient care standards, ensuring better patient outcomes.
The new payment structure replaces treatment-based income for hospitals with a guaranteed income model. This aims to reduce unnecessary treatments, alleviating financial strain while fostering early specialist referrals for complex cases.
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