TARPSY: A New System of Remuneration for Psychiatric Hospitalization in Switzerland

Andres R Schneeberger1, Eva Spring1, Bruce J Schwartz1

  • 1Dr. Schneeberger and Mr. Felber are with Psychiatric Services Grisons, Chur, Switzerland. Dr. Schneeberger is also with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, where Dr. Schwartz is affiliated. Dr. Schwartz is also with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Montefiore Medical Center, New York. Dr. Spring and Dr. Hölzer are with SwissDRG, Inc., Berne, Switzerland. Mr. Peter is with eonum, Inc., Berne. Dr. Seifritz is with the Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich. Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D., Haiden A. Huskamp, Ph.D., and Alison Evans Cuellar, Ph.D., are editors of this column.

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