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Maria Botsivaly1, Basile Spyropoulos, Michael Marinis
1Medical Instrumentation Technology Department, Technological Education Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece. Botsivali_Maria@tellas.gr
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.
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