Background： With the rising incidence as well as the medical expenditure among patients with unstable angina pectoris, the research aimed to investigate the inpatient medical expenditure through the combination of di...Background： With the rising incidence as well as the medical expenditure among patients with unstable angina pectoris, the research aimed to investigate the inpatient medical expenditure through the combination of diagnosis-related groups （DRGs） among patients with nnstable angina pectoris in a Grade A tertiary hospital to conduct the referential standards of medical costs for the diagnosis. Methods： Single-factor analysis and multiple linear stepwise regression method were used to investigate 3933 cases between 2014 and 2016 in Beijing Hospital （China） whose main diagnosis was defined as unstable angina pectoris to determine the main factors influencing the inpatient medical expenditure,and decision tree method was adopted to establish the model of DRGs grouping combinations. Results： The major influential factors of inpatient medical expenditure included age, operative method, therapeutic effects as well as comorbidity and complications （CCs） of the disease, and the 3933 cases were divided into ten DRGs by four factors： age, CCs, therapeutic effects, and the type of surgery with corresponding inpatient medical expenditure standards setup. Data of nonparametric test on medical costs among different groups were all significant （P 〈 0.001, by Kruskal-Wallis test）, with R2 = 0.53 and coefficient of variation （CV） 0.524. Conclusions： The classification of DRGs by adopting the type of surgery as the main branch node to develop cost control standards in inpatient treatment of unstable angina pectoris is conducive in standardizing the diagnosis and treatment behaviors of the hospital and reducing economic burdens among patients.展开更多
Developments in health care in the United States are changing the delivery of services for providers and payors. This study focused on inpatient hospital discharges in the Syracuse hospitals and other services. It dem...Developments in health care in the United States are changing the delivery of services for providers and payors. This study focused on inpatient hospital discharges in the Syracuse hospitals and other services. It demonstrated that, during the past five years, numbers of inpatient adult medicine discharges had increased while adult surgery discharges had declined. This information suggested that adult medicine discharges could be expected to increase and approach levels of five years ago. It also suggested adult surgery discharges could be expected to remain at previous levels or decline. This information indicated that the combined emergency department visits declined from 238,000 to 202,000 between 2019 and 2020, then increased from 218,000 to 228,000 visits between 2021 and 2023. These developments will probably result in greater efficiency at the community level. With a decline in numbers of inpatient beds, providers will be able to focus on the more efficient management by reducing numbers of staff as well as fewer pharmaceuticals and testing.展开更多
文摘Background： With the rising incidence as well as the medical expenditure among patients with unstable angina pectoris, the research aimed to investigate the inpatient medical expenditure through the combination of diagnosis-related groups （DRGs） among patients with nnstable angina pectoris in a Grade A tertiary hospital to conduct the referential standards of medical costs for the diagnosis. Methods： Single-factor analysis and multiple linear stepwise regression method were used to investigate 3933 cases between 2014 and 2016 in Beijing Hospital （China） whose main diagnosis was defined as unstable angina pectoris to determine the main factors influencing the inpatient medical expenditure,and decision tree method was adopted to establish the model of DRGs grouping combinations. Results： The major influential factors of inpatient medical expenditure included age, operative method, therapeutic effects as well as comorbidity and complications （CCs） of the disease, and the 3933 cases were divided into ten DRGs by four factors： age, CCs, therapeutic effects, and the type of surgery with corresponding inpatient medical expenditure standards setup. Data of nonparametric test on medical costs among different groups were all significant （P 〈 0.001, by Kruskal-Wallis test）, with R2 = 0.53 and coefficient of variation （CV） 0.524. Conclusions： The classification of DRGs by adopting the type of surgery as the main branch node to develop cost control standards in inpatient treatment of unstable angina pectoris is conducive in standardizing the diagnosis and treatment behaviors of the hospital and reducing economic burdens among patients.
文摘Developments in health care in the United States are changing the delivery of services for providers and payors. This study focused on inpatient hospital discharges in the Syracuse hospitals and other services. It demonstrated that, during the past five years, numbers of inpatient adult medicine discharges had increased while adult surgery discharges had declined. This information suggested that adult medicine discharges could be expected to increase and approach levels of five years ago. It also suggested adult surgery discharges could be expected to remain at previous levels or decline. This information indicated that the combined emergency department visits declined from 238,000 to 202,000 between 2019 and 2020, then increased from 218,000 to 228,000 visits between 2021 and 2023. These developments will probably result in greater efficiency at the community level. With a decline in numbers of inpatient beds, providers will be able to focus on the more efficient management by reducing numbers of staff as well as fewer pharmaceuticals and testing.
