Enlightenment of ambulatory patient groups on medical insurance payment system in China / 中华医院管理杂志

The current outpatient payment method based on fee-for-service induced serious demand, which increased the waste of medical insurance fund. The authors briefly introduced ambulatory patient groups(APG)with the same concept of diagnosis-related groups. According to the current situation of outpatient medical insurance payment and the degree of informatization in China, suggestions are put forward: launch a pilot project first and starting with chronic disease to promote reform; improve the quality of outpatient electronic medical records, and develop APG suitable for China; under the background of aging, cooperate with the total budget to ensure the security of medical insurance.