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Assessing the effect of DRG payment reform on service quality in China’s tertiary public hospitals
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Xuan ZHOU1, Xiao-ju LI2, Li-wen ZHANG3, Yuan-jun PENG1, Bin WEI3
Modern Preventive Medicine | 2026, 53(4) : 682 - 687
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Modern Preventive Medicine | 2026, 53(4): 682-687
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Assessing the effect of DRG payment reform on service quality in China’s tertiary public hospitals
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Xuan ZHOU1, Xiao-ju LI2, Li-wen ZHANG3, Yuan-jun PENG1, Bin WEI3
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  • Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, China
Published: 2026-02-25 doi: 10.20043/j.cnki.MPM.202508140
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Objective

To explore the effect of the DRG payment reform on the quality of healthcare services in a Grade A Tertiary Public Hospital in Xinjiang.

Methods

Data were extracted from the inpatient records front pages of basic medical insurance patients admitted to a tertiary Grade A public hospital in Xinjiang between 2020 and 2024. An Interrupted Time Series (ITS) analysis was employed to examine trends in key indicators pre- and post-DRG policy implementation. Indicators spanned three dimensions: in-hospital death (total in-hospital mortality, in-hospital mortality rate of surgical patients, and in-hospital mortality rate of patients with low-risk ICD diseases), patient return (30-day readmission rate), and patient safety (complication rate of surgical patients). The average hospitalization cost and average length of stay were also analyzed to comprehensively evaluate the impact of the DRG policy on the quality of medical services.

Results

No significant trend changes occurred in overall inpatient mortality (β1+β3=-0.000 94, P>0.05), surgical patient mortality (β1+β3=-0.000 07, P > 0.05), 30-day readmission rate (β1+β3=-0.000 13, P>0.05), and surgical complication rates (β1+β3=0.000 07, P>0.05) post-DRG policy implementation. The mortality rate of low-risk ICD diseases (β1+β3=-0.000 03, P<0.05) decreased significantly. After the implementation of the DRG policy, the average length of stay continued to decrease by 0.05 days per month, and the average hospitalization cost continued to decrease by 84.38 yuan per month.

Conclusion

DRG reform has no significant impact on the overall medical quality of the sample hospitals but has a positive effect on reducing the mortality rate of low-risk patients. The DRG policy also has a significant effect on cost control.

DRG  /  Public hospitals  /  Medical quality  /  Interrupt time series
周璇, 李小菊, 张粝文, 彭元骏, 魏斌. DRG支付方式改革对三级公立医院医疗服务质量的影响分析. 现代预防医学, 2026 , 53 (4) : 682 -687 . DOI: 10.20043/j.cnki.MPM.202508140
Xuan ZHOU, Xiao-ju LI, Li-wen ZHANG, Yuan-jun PENG, Bin WEI. Assessing the effect of DRG payment reform on service quality in China’s tertiary public hospitals[J]. Modern Preventive Medicine, 2026 , 53 (4) : 682 -687 . DOI: 10.20043/j.cnki.MPM.202508140
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doi: 10.20043/j.cnki.MPM.202508140
  • Receive Date:2025-08-09
  • Online Date:2026-11-02
  • Published:2026-02-25
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