Figures & data
Table 1 Patient demographics
Table 2 Quality of health care before and after adoption of the DRG system
Figure 1 Health care expenditures in both groups.
Abbreviations: DRG, diagnosis-related group; FFS, fee-for-service; HE, health care expenditure; HE-DRGDRG, HE in DRG group measured by DRG system; HE-DRGFFS, HE in DRG group measured by FFS system; KRW, Korean Won.
![Figure 1 Health care expenditures in both groups.](/cms/asset/6339ac48-c41d-45b5-9bdc-8c51cefbb052/djmd_a_95937_f0001_b.jpg)
Figure 2 Health care expenditures stratified by the DRG code.
Abbreviations: DRG, diagnosis-related group; FFS, fee-for-service; KRW, Korean Won.
![Figure 2 Health care expenditures stratified by the DRG code.](/cms/asset/447c790f-b923-4fa7-bdec-85cfc00389ac/djmd_a_95937_f0002_b.jpg)
Figure 3 For the DRG patients, calculation by the DRG system yielded more overall expenditure but less self-payment.
![Figure 3 For the DRG patients, calculation by the DRG system yielded more overall expenditure but less self-payment.](/cms/asset/3cde9365-87f6-45c7-bb2d-6b4081a487bf/djmd_a_95937_f0003_b.jpg)