<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <text> <s id="1"> <w id="w1.1">This</w> <w id="w1.2">book</w> <w id="w1.3">has</w> <w id="w1.4">global</w> <w id="w1.5">application</w> <w id="w1.6">;</w> <w id="w1.7">it</w> <w id="w1.8">will</w> <w id="w1.9">find</w> <w id="w1.10">an</w> <w id="w1.11">eager</w> <w id="w1.12">audience</w> <w id="w1.13">among</w> <w id="w1.14">policy</w> <w id="w1.15">leaders</w> <w id="w1.16">,</w> <w id="w1.17">technicians</w> <w id="w1.18">,</w> <w id="w1.19">hospitals</w> <w id="w1.20">,</w> <w id="w1.21">and</w> <w id="w1.22">physicians</w> <w id="w1.23">.</w> </s> <s id="2"> <w id="w2.1">In</w> <w id="w2.2">Organisation</w> <w id="w2.3">for</w> <w id="w2.4">Economic</w> <w id="w2.5">Co-operation</w> <w id="w2.6">and</w> <w id="w2.7">Development</w> <w id="w2.8">(</w> <w id="w2.9">OECD</w> <w id="w2.10">)</w> <w id="w2.11">countries</w> <w id="w2.12">,</w> <w id="w2.13">in</w> <w id="w2.14">which</w> <w id="w2.15">DRGs</w> <w id="w2.16">have</w> <w id="w2.17">been</w> <w id="w2.18">implemented</w> <w id="w2.19">since</w> <w id="w2.20">the</w> <w id="w2.21">1980s</w> <w id="w2.22">,</w> <w id="w2.23">there</w> <w id="w2.24">is</w> <w id="w2.25">still</w> <w id="w2.26">little</w> <w id="w2.27">or</w> <w id="w2.28">no</w> <w id="w2.29">comparison</w> <w id="w2.30">three</w> <w id="w2.31">decades</w> <w id="w2.32">later</w> <w id="w2.33">across</w> <w id="w2.34">countries</w> <w id="w2.35">,</w> <w id="w2.36">in</w> <w id="w2.37">terms</w> <w id="w2.38">of</w> <w id="w2.39">key</w> <w id="w2.40">building</w> <w id="w2.41">blocks</w> <w id="w2.42">,</w> <w id="w2.43">and</w> <w id="w2.44">whether</w> <w id="w2.45">or</w> <w id="w2.46">how</w> <w id="w2.47">variations</w> <w id="w2.48">in</w> <w id="w2.49">design</w> <w id="w2.50">make</w> <w id="w2.51">a</w> <w id="w2.52">difference</w> <w id="w2.53">.</w> </s> <s id="3"> <w id="w3.1">How</w> <w id="w3.2">many</w> <w id="w3.3">categories</w> <w id="w3.4">are</w> <w id="w3.5">enough</w> <w id="w3.6">,</w> <w id="w3.7">and</w> <w id="w3.8">when</w> <w id="w3.9">are</w> <w id="w3.10">there</w> <w id="w3.11">too</w> <w id="w3.12">many</w> <w id="w3.13">?</w> </s>