Software development for the estimation of the mean DRGs related treatment cost.
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.
Botsivaly
Maria
M
Medical Instrumentation Technology Department, Technological Education Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece. Botsivali_Maria@tellas.gr
Spyropoulos
Basile
B
Marinis
Michael
M
Sarantakis
Panagiotis
P
Nikoloudakis
Georgios
G
Balabanis
Ilias
I
Karagiannis
Nikolaos
N
Limnou
Irini
I
Moschidis
Manolis
M
Tzavaras
Aris
A
Koutsourakis
Konstantinos
K
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