Associations of Chinese diagnosis-related group system with low-value coronary revascularisation: an interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate whether the Chinese diagnosis-related group (C-DRG) payment system would reduce low-value coronary revascularisation services among coronary heart disease (CHD) inpatients without affecting high-value coronary revascularisation services.

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Setting

Routinely collected claims data from a health insurance database including all inpatients in 22 public hospitals in Sanming, Southern China.

Participants

All patients with CHD are admitted to public hospitals from 1 January 2017 through 31 December 2020.

Intervention/exposure

The implementation of the C-DRG-based payment system on 1 January 2018.

Main outcome measures

Using a health insurance database, we identified two co

SUBMITTER: Zou K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11934365 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature