How does DRG reform affect length of stay and hospitalization costs in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals?—an empirical analysis using interrupted time-series model from two cities in western China
Wei Zhang e outros, 2026 · Frontiers in Public Health
Implementation of DRG payment reform in Qingyang's tertiary traditional Chinese medicine hospital was associated with a monthly decline of 60.47 CNY in median hospitalization costs.
Estimativa · Monthly trend in median hospitalization costs, 2016 CNY per month
-60,5 [-78,1; -42,8]
CNY per month
p: <0.001
- Desenho
- Série temporal interrompida. Two-group interrupted time-series model with Newey-West standard errors (lag 1)
- População
- Inpatients admitted to tertiary traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in Qingyang City, Gansu Province, China from January 2017 to June 2022
- Amostra
- 535.886 · hospitalization records across 66 months in Qingyang and Tianshui TCM hospitals
Onde está o número
Table 7, row 'Hospitalization costs', 'Qingyang City'
Hospitalization costs | Qingyang City | −60.47 | 8.92 | −6.78 | <0.001 | [−78.14, −42.80]
Contexto
What changed: Qingyang introduced a DRG payment reform for traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in October 2019. Comparison: Trends in length of stay and hospitalization costs were compared before and after the reform, using Tianshui as an unexposed control city. Limits: Analysis is limited to two cities in Gansu Province, aggregate monthly medians rather than patient-level regressions, and lack of post-discharge clinical quality metrics.
Caminho no grafo
- FamíliaRegras e regulação
- TipoRegulação de preços e aluguéis
- EixoSaúde
MAGI só cita evidência deste instrumento
Lugares do estudo
- Qingyang · Município · CN
- Tianshui · Município · CN
- Licença
- CC-BY
- Revisão
- Extraído por máquina, não revisadoExtraído por: gemini-3.8-flash, 2026-10-23