Breakeven analysis of DRGs pilot in the hospital / 中华医院管理杂志

Objective To investigate the profit-loss of the hospital's DRGs pilot and its reasons.Methods An investigation of the profit-loss situation of 9 225 cases of a hospital in Beijing,who have been discharged from December 2011 to December 2013 and grouped into 105 DRG pilot groups.Results As shown in the medical records of 9 225 cases,96.54％ are covered by urban employee basic medical insurance,and 3.46％ by urban residents' medical insurance; 78 DRGs groups were recorded as with profit(74.29 ％),while 27 recorded as with a loss(25.71％) ;average length of stay as 9.37 days,average expense per hospitalization per person as 18 032.27 yuan,average quota standard as 17 337.53 yuan,average out-of-pocket cost as 829.47 yuan,average second charge as 2 448.57 yuan,average profit as 2 583.29 yuan,average sum of out-of-pocket payment ratio and second charge ratio as 12.46％.Conclusion The current DRGs pilot model shows the hospital as profit making in general,with no significant impact on the hospital.

Experience in being the first pilot unit for the second-cycle hospital evaluation and suggestions / 中华医院管理杂志

The hospital the authom work with, the first one to undergo the second-cycle nation-wide hospital evaluation, was assessed by a third party and the hospital evaluation experts. The two cycles of hospital evaluation were entirely different in historical background, priorities and procedures. The evaluation standards for the second cycle, which were on a par with internafional ones, set the right track of development for medical institutions, emphasizing quality, security, service and performance and highlighting the delivery of quality patient care. The gains from the second-cycle hospital evaluation can be summarized as follows: more highly emphasized continuous improvement of service quality, enhanced awareness of people-oriented management, reinforced medical quality and medical security control, heightened hospital infection control, greater capability of responding to emergencies, and strengthened for-malation of hospital rules and regulations. In the end five suggestions are put forward with regard to the second-cycle hospital evaluation.