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Challenges of implementing diagnostic-related groups and healthcare promotion in Iran: A strategic applied research.
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- Implementing Diagnosis-Related Groups for Value-Based Healthcare in Saudi Arabia:Saudi medical journal · 2026Pooled it
- Physicians' and Hospital Administrators' Perspectives of Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2026Pooled it
- Nationwide big data analysis of inguinal hernia surgery trends in South Korea (2016-2022).Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2025Article
- Achieving Robust Medical Coding in DRGs Systems: Innovative Actions Adopted in Greece.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The influence of policy advocacy and education on medical staff's adaptation to diagnosis related groups payment reform in China: an analysis of the mediating effect of policy cognition.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Challenges of implementing diagnostic-related groups and healthcare promotion in Iran: A strategic applied research.Health science reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background and Aim: Implementing the diagnostic-related groups (DRGs) promotes the efficiency of healthcare. Therefore, the present study aimed to identify the challenges facing implementing the DRGs in Iran. Methods: The present study is a strategic applied research conducted in two phases. In the first phase, the challenges facing DRGs were extracted through a literature review. Then the collected data is entered into a checklist consisting of five sections including technological, cultural, organizational, strategic, and natural challenges. In the second phase, data were collected by purposive sampling and semistructured interviews with 10 managers of the Medical Services Organization of Tehran, Iran. Data analysis was performed by conventional content analysis using MAXQDA software and descriptive using SPSS software version 19. Results: The challenges facing the implementing DGRs from the experts' perspective included technological, organizational, nature, strategic, and cultural in order of priority. The three main fundamental challenges were reported; lack of integrating the DGRs with health information system (70%), frequent changes of management (70%), reducing the quality of care following early patient discharge (60%). Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that the DRG system faced with challenges and healthcare officials should apply policies and guidelines to reform the system before changing the reimbursement system in Iran. By considering the leading countries experiences in the nationalizing the DRG system field, the problems and solutions of the system can be identified and aid in the more successful implementation of these systems.
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