Abstract
Performance of ICU practice has never been measured in our country. It can be considered that both government and professional societies were not interested in quality nor safety of medical services. However, after the introduction of DPC (diagnosis procedure combination), performance measurement becomes extremely important to improve quality and safety of ICU practice as well as optimal reimbursement, in which performance coefficient is incorporated. In this article, performance measurement in ICU and its reflection to performance-based reimbursement is suggested and hopefully this new system will be implemented within 2 years.
