BERN - Switzerland crosses a stage in the reform of the financing of her hospitals: SwissDRG, the association of the Swiss actors of the health, is going to sign a contract which will allow it to introduce the German system of fixed prices by case.

It is to the member of the Council of State bâlois Carlo Conti, president of SwissDRG, that will return on Wednesday evening to Berlin the care of signing the contract of cooperation with the German institute InEK. This non-profit organization is specialized in the payment for the hospitable costs, indicated SwissDRG in a communiqué.

Switzerland can resume from then on the model G-DRG (for German Diagnosis Related Groups). Switzerland will introduce it into all its hospitals after having adapted it to the Helvetian conditions.

This new shape of payment has the advantage to distribute the hospitable services in groups of services, clarifies Swiss-DRG. They will be estimated in all Switzerland according to the same criteria, what will allow to compare them better.

This model strengthens besides the instigation to reduce the duration of the hospitalizations, generally very long in Switzerland, while preserving a high quality of the care. It thus urges to realize savings.

SwissDRG groups includes the Swiss Conference of  Cantonal Directors of Health Department(CDS), the Union of Swiss Doctors (FMH), H+ Swiss hospitals,  santésuisse (Union of Swiss healthinsurers) and the Commission of medical rates LAA ( CTM).