Prospects of the DRG payment system in China / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Widely accepted in other countries,DRG payment is also referred to in China now and then.The authors reviewed the status quo of medical payment in China,as well as the practices and studies of DRG payment overseas.Based on such studies,the paper probed into the feasibility of DRG application in China,in terms of policy environment,application demand,research basis and technical conditions.Proposed in the paper are ranges of application,possible roadblocks and countermeasures for the application in China,aiming to promote the research,application and use of the method in China.