title: Software development for the estimation of the mean DRGs related treatment cost.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was the development and the initial implementation of a Medical Procedure Resources-Allocation and Cost-Capturing Software for the Estimation of the Mean DRGs associated Treatment Cost. The system provides means for the acquisition of health-care cost related data, based upon the actual Greek conditions, and includes Medical Equipment, Reagents, Consumables and Disposable Materials, Drugs, Man Power, Building Leasing and Infrastructure Maintenance expenditures, as the most important cost-components. The developed system was tested in the Operating Rooms (OR) and the Intensive Care Units (ICU), of a representative group of Hospitals. The obtained data have confirmed the reliability of the system for drafting DRGs in Greece; however, there is a discrepancy, between the high actual mean costs in the OR and the ICU, and the relatively low Health Insurance remuneration of the Hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Medical Instrumentation Technology Department, Technological Education Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece. Botsivali_Maria@tellas.gr
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botsivaly
authors.forename: Basile
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spyropoulos
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marinis
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarantakis
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nikoloudakis
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Balabanis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karagiannis
authors.forename: Irini
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Limnou
authors.forename: Manolis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moschidis
authors.forename: Aris
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tzavaras
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koutsourakis
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006115:Greece; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D012985:Software Design