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Original Research

Early results of pediatric appendicitis after adoption of diagnosis-related group-based payment system in South Korea

Pages 503-509 | Published online: 24 Nov 2015

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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.

Note: Overall expenditure and self-payment decreased in the DRG.
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.

Figure 2 Health care expenditures stratified by the DRG code.

Note: One patient in the FFS group consumed an excessive cost of KRW 5,094,818 due to postoperative complication. Values are given in KRW.
Abbreviations: DRG, diagnosis-related group; FFS, fee-for-service; KRW, Korean Won.
Figure 2 Health care expenditures stratified by the DRG code.

Figure 3 For the DRG patients, calculation by the DRG system yielded more overall expenditure but less self-payment.

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 3 For the DRG patients, calculation by the DRG system yielded more overall expenditure but less self-payment.