Unpacking the cost implications of diagnosis-related groups reform for lumbar disc herniation patients in Chinese medicine: a closer look at evidence from China
The DRG reform is associated with lower hospitalization cost and reduced costs for both Chinese medicine and Western medicine. However, its impact on overall medical services cost, diagnosis cost, TCM treatment cost, and length of stay is limited. Future DRG reform should leverage the distinctive advantages of TCM, enhance the payment system, improve treatment outcomes, and further reduce healthcare costs while shortening hospitalization times.
Authors
- Guoping Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6002-8625)
- Tianzhen Cong
- Mengen Chen
- Youshu Yuan
- Jingyu Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7521-7920)
- Fanxin Kong
- Yuhan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3697-2413)
- Jiayi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1688-2864)
- Henong Sun
- Zhiwei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6817-1242)
- Xiaoxi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7071-5285)
- Xuan Jia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6069-9445)
- Jing Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4164-764X)
- Haojia Hou
- Shiji Xia
- Yan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2584-9337)
Institutions
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Health Commission of Anhui Province (CN)
- Guang’anmen Hospital (CN)
- Lanzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1631872
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00