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

Andres R. Schneeberger; Eva Spring; Bruce J. Schwartz; Tim Peter; Erich Seifritz; Eduard Felber; Simon Hölzer

doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201800233

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

Andres R. Schneeberger, Eva Spring, Bruce J. Schwartz, Tim Peter, Erich Seifritz, Eduard Felber, Simon Hölzer

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Abstract

As financing mental health care is becoming more challenging, governments are progressively introducing new remuneration systems. At the beginning of 2018, Switzerland introduced TARPSY, a new tariff system based on diagnosis-related psychiatric cost groups that takes into consideration ratings of severity and complexity. TARPSY is expected to provide incentives for medically and economically meaningful treatment, increase transparency, and improve the quality of the provided services by triggering competition between hospitals. Yet some fear that TARPSY will lead to an economization of mental health, encouraging a reduction in length of stay and medically indicated treatment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1056-1058
Number of pages	3
Journal	Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
Volume	69
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800233
State	Published - Oct 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Financing/funding/reimbursement
Foreign psychiatry
Health care reform
Mental health systems/hospitals
Public policy issues
lump sum fees
per case flat rates
tariff structure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychiatry and Mental health

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