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A Simple Diagnosis-Related Groups-Based Reimbursement System Is Cost Ineffective for Elderly Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Undergoing Hemiarthroplasty in Beijing
Displaced femoral neck fractures (FNF) in the elderly are a major public health concern that necessitates hemiarthroplasty (HA) as the mainstay treatment option. Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) are a patient classification system that categorizes patients based on the resources expended on them. The...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8715944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34977054 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.733206 |
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author | Peng, Hui-ming Xu, Yuan Ci, Pu-wo Zhang, Jia Zhang, Bao-zhong Weng, Xi-sheng |
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description | Displaced femoral neck fractures (FNF) in the elderly are a major public health concern that necessitates hemiarthroplasty (HA) as the mainstay treatment option. Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) are a patient classification system that categorizes patients based on the resources expended on them. The first objective of this study was to evaluate if a simplified DRG-based reimbursement system in Beijing would lower total HA treatment costs for elderly patients with displaced FNF. In addition, we aimed to determine how age, gender, year of admission, length of in-hospital stay, and the Charlson index affected total treatment costs. This retrospective study included 513 patients from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. The patients were diagnosed with unilateral displaced femoral neck fractures and had HA. Medical information was gathered, including baseline demographic and clinical data, as well as treatment costs. Patients were classified into two groups: those who spent more than the predetermined cut-off cost and those who did not. The cost did not include the use of a bipolar prosthesis. Data from the two groups were compared, and multiple regression analysis models were constructed. The median total cost of treatment was ¥49,626 ($7,316). The majority of the patients (89.7%; 460/513) were categorized as exceeding the cost cut-off. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that total treatment cost was positively correlated with age (p < 0.01) and the duration of in-hospital stay (p < 0.01) but not with gender (p = 0.160) or the Charlson index (p = 0.548). On implementing the DRG-based reimbursement system, the overall treatment costs increased by ¥21,028 ($3,099) (p < 0.01). The implementation of simplified DRG-prospective payment systems did not result in a significant reduction in total treatment costs for elderly patients with FNF who underwent HA in Beijing. The overall cost of treatment was associated with several factors, including age, length of hospitalization, and year of admission. |
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spelling | pubmed-87159442021-12-30 A Simple Diagnosis-Related Groups-Based Reimbursement System Is Cost Ineffective for Elderly Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Undergoing Hemiarthroplasty in Beijing Peng, Hui-ming Xu, Yuan Ci, Pu-wo Zhang, Jia Zhang, Bao-zhong Weng, Xi-sheng Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine Displaced femoral neck fractures (FNF) in the elderly are a major public health concern that necessitates hemiarthroplasty (HA) as the mainstay treatment option. Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) are a patient classification system that categorizes patients based on the resources expended on them. The first objective of this study was to evaluate if a simplified DRG-based reimbursement system in Beijing would lower total HA treatment costs for elderly patients with displaced FNF. In addition, we aimed to determine how age, gender, year of admission, length of in-hospital stay, and the Charlson index affected total treatment costs. This retrospective study included 513 patients from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. The patients were diagnosed with unilateral displaced femoral neck fractures and had HA. Medical information was gathered, including baseline demographic and clinical data, as well as treatment costs. Patients were classified into two groups: those who spent more than the predetermined cut-off cost and those who did not. The cost did not include the use of a bipolar prosthesis. Data from the two groups were compared, and multiple regression analysis models were constructed. The median total cost of treatment was ¥49,626 ($7,316). The majority of the patients (89.7%; 460/513) were categorized as exceeding the cost cut-off. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that total treatment cost was positively correlated with age (p < 0.01) and the duration of in-hospital stay (p < 0.01) but not with gender (p = 0.160) or the Charlson index (p = 0.548). On implementing the DRG-based reimbursement system, the overall treatment costs increased by ¥21,028 ($3,099) (p < 0.01). The implementation of simplified DRG-prospective payment systems did not result in a significant reduction in total treatment costs for elderly patients with FNF who underwent HA in Beijing. The overall cost of treatment was associated with several factors, including age, length of hospitalization, and year of admission. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8715944/ /pubmed/34977054 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.733206 Text en Copyright © 2021 Peng, Xu, Ci, Zhang, Zhang and Weng. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Medicine Peng, Hui-ming Xu, Yuan Ci, Pu-wo Zhang, Jia Zhang, Bao-zhong Weng, Xi-sheng A Simple Diagnosis-Related Groups-Based Reimbursement System Is Cost Ineffective for Elderly Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Undergoing Hemiarthroplasty in Beijing |
title | A Simple Diagnosis-Related Groups-Based Reimbursement System Is Cost Ineffective for Elderly Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Undergoing Hemiarthroplasty in Beijing |
title_full | A Simple Diagnosis-Related Groups-Based Reimbursement System Is Cost Ineffective for Elderly Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Undergoing Hemiarthroplasty in Beijing |
title_fullStr | A Simple Diagnosis-Related Groups-Based Reimbursement System Is Cost Ineffective for Elderly Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Undergoing Hemiarthroplasty in Beijing |
title_full_unstemmed | A Simple Diagnosis-Related Groups-Based Reimbursement System Is Cost Ineffective for Elderly Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Undergoing Hemiarthroplasty in Beijing |
title_short | A Simple Diagnosis-Related Groups-Based Reimbursement System Is Cost Ineffective for Elderly Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Undergoing Hemiarthroplasty in Beijing |
title_sort | simple diagnosis-related groups-based reimbursement system is cost ineffective for elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fracture undergoing hemiarthroplasty in beijing |
topic | Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8715944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34977054 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.733206 |
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