A Simple Diagnosis-Related Groups-Based Reimbursement System Is Cost Ineffective for Elderly Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Undergoing Hemiarthroplasty in Beijing.

ABSTRACT: 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 fr

SUBMITTER: Peng HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715944 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature