Skip to main content

Table 3 Mean costs and reimbursement per case in Euros, separated by cost categories and cost centers for group B (“palliative care only” 2013; n = 784)

From: Redefining diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) for palliative care – a cross-sectional study in two German centres

 

Physicians

Nursing

Medical/ technical staff

Drugs

Implants/ grafts

Material

bMedical infrastructure

bNon-medical infrastructure

Sum

%

Cost matrix of palliative care cases

 Ward

782

2465

35

87

0

100

464

1450

5382

93.4%

 Intensive care

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.0%

 Dialysis

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.0%

 Operating room

3

0

4

0

3

3

2

2

17

0.3%

 Anesthesia

3

0

2

0

0

1

0

1

7

0.1%

 Cardiac diagnostics/therapy

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.0%

 Endoscopic diagnostics/therapy

3

0

4

0

0

2

3

2

15

0.3%

 Radiology

4

0

5

0

0

2

2

3

15

0.3%

 Laboratory tests

1

0

6

8

0

11

1

2

29

0.5%

 Further diagnostics/therapy

27

0

148

4

0

12

36

71

298

5.2%

 Sum

823

2465

204

100

4

130

507

1531

5763

 

 %

14.3%

42.8%

3.5%

1.7%

0.1%

2.3%

8.8%

26.6%

  

Matrix used for reimbursementa

 Ward

643

1295

12

158

0

63

340

1044

3615

84.5%

 Intensive care

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.0%

 Dialysis

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.0%

 Operating room

3

0

2

0

6

1

1

2

18

0.4%

 Anesthesia

2

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

5

0.1%

 Cardiac diagnostics/therapy

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.0%

 Endoscopic diagnostics/therapy

4

0

5

0

0

1

2

3

16

0.4%

 Radiology

19

0

20

0

0

3

9

15

69

1.6%

 Laboratory tests

18

0

77

4

0

34

11

36

212

5.0%

 Further diagnostics/therapy

90

0

142

3

0

8

20

72

343

8.0%

 Sum

780

1295

259

166

6

111

383

1172

4278

 

 %

18.3%

27.2%

8.7%

4.0%

0.4%

6.7%

8.8%

25.8%

  
  1. aoverall absolute value represents actual reimbursement, distribution of absolute value represents hypothetical InEK calculation based on study patients
  2. bmedical infrastructure: e.g. pharmacy, hygiene; non-medical infrastructure: e.g. management, energy, laundry