Postion paper for a reform of medical emergency care in German emergency departments

作者：Riessen R^*; Gries A; Seekamp A; Dodt C; Kumle B; Busch H J

来源：Notfall & Rettungsmedizin, 2015, 18(3): 174-185.

DOI：10.1007/s10049-015-0013-0

• Emergency department
• Emergency care
• Health financing
• Health system
• Hospital organization
• Postgraduate medical education

The hospital emergency departments play a central role for the in- and outpatient care of patients with medical emergencies in Germany. In this position paper we point out some general financial and organizational problems of German emergency departments and urge for a higher significance of emergency care in the German health system as an element of public services. The corresponding reform proposals include a change in hospital financing towards a more budget-based system for the emergency departments, an improved structural planning for regional and transregional emergency care, an intensified cooperation with the emergency services of the ambulatory care physicians, a better organizational representation of emergency care within the hospitals and an advancement of emergency medicine in postgraduate medical education.

• 出版日期2015-5