Association of the Swiss diagnosis-related group reimbursement system with length of stay, mortality, and readmission rates in hospitalized adult patients

Kutz, AlexanderGut, LaraEbrahimi, FahimWagner, UlrichSchuetz, PhilippMueller, Beat2024-05-272024-05-2720191538-35980098-748410.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.8332https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/42419https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-6386To examine the association of the SwissDRG implementation with length of hospital stay (LOS), in-hospital mortality, and 30-day readmission rates in the overall adult inpatient population and stratified by 5 individual diagnoses. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Among medical hospitalizations in Switzerland, SwissDRG implementation appeared to be associated with an increase in readmission rates and a decrease in in-hospital mortality but not with the gradual decrease in LOS observed in the historical control period.en330 - WirtschaftAssociation of the Swiss diagnosis-related group reimbursement system with length of stay, mortality, and readmission rates in hospitalized adult patients01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrifte188332