DRG cost management: how clinics balance treatment costs
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Abstract (English):
The study examines cost management in a case-based payment group (DRG) system as an operational discipline of a hospital. Based on discrete event modeling of a “digital twin” of a multidisciplinary hospital (600 beds; calibration on 9,800 episodes, validation on 2,600), three scenarios are compared: baseline, process (length of stay percentile goals and diagnostic turnaround times, pre-discharge planning, ERAS/day hospital), and full (plus improved clinical documentation and formulary policy). Process measures reduced tails, median stay, and episode cost; adding CDI and standardization of materials increased the Case Mix Index and revenue without worsening outcomes. The sustainability threshold is reached at a day hospital share ≥ 20% and coding discipline; without TAT improvements and CDI, a significant portion of the gain is lost. The work demonstrates how the combination of protocols and process speed levels out the cost of treatment in the CCG.

Keywords:
DRG, DRG, length of stay (LOS), turnaround time (TAT), ERAS, day hospital, CDI, Case Mix Index (CMI), episode cost, digital twin, standardization, pre-discharge planning.
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