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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Health Economics
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1550480
Do the Diagnosis-related group payment reforms have a negative impact? -An empirical study from Western China
Provisionally accepted- 1 School of Health Management, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China, Lanzhou, China
- 2 School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
- 3 School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
The first Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Reimbursement pilots in China, which started in 2019, marked an essential step in cost control and service efficiency in Chinese hospitals, but some adverse effects inevitably emerged during the implementation of DRG in TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) hospitals. This study aims to explore the positive and negative effects of DRG payment reform and provide a reference for the reform of medical insurance payments in countries that retain traditional medicine.
Keywords: TCM hospitals, DRG, Negative effects, hospitalization times, type of medical insurance, Westernization
Received: 24 Jan 2025; Accepted: 26 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Wang, Chen, Wei, Lu, Zhu and Yang. 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) or licensor 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.
* Correspondence:
Jing-Yu Yang, School of Health Management, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China, Lanzhou, China
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