Original Article: The impacts of DRG payment system on financial balance of multiple trauma: Experiences of three trauma centers in Taiwan
Journal
Injury
Date Issued
2023-03-30
Author(s)
Chien, Li-Chien
Lin, Chen-Chiang
Chen, Ching-Lin
Abstract
There are concerns regarding the adequacy of applying the diagnosis-related groups (DRG) payment system for multiple traumas (i.e., major diagnostic category 24, MDC-24) patients in Taiwan. Therefore, this study used a multi-center dataset to assess the influence of the DRG payment system on the cost and outcome of multiple trauma care.
Subjects
Diagnosis-related groups; Injury severity score; Multiple trauma; Revised trauma score
Type
journal article