Open AccessTOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT AND RELATED DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUPS (DRG's) IN THE GREEK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
Author(s) -
Georgios Tagarakis,
Costas Dikeos,
Nikolaos Tsilimingas,
Charalampos Tsairidis,
Fani Tsolaki,
Marios E. Daskalopoulos,
Nikolaos Polyzos
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of management and information technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-5612
DOI - 10.24297/ijmit.v11i5.4692
Subject(s) - medicine , total hip arthroplasty , orthopedic surgery , hip arthroplasty , arthroplasty , pulmonary embolism , total hip replacement , disarticulation , surgery , amputation
Aim. To evaluate the Greek Diagnosis Related Groups(DRG's)system in regard to the procedure of total hip arthroplasty. Methods. In a tertiary university orthopedics department implementing clinical protocols we recruited 75 consecutive patients planned to undergototal hip arthroplasty. Indicators of quality and performance were rates of mortality, pulmonary embolism, trauma dehiscence, disarticulation and readmission. Results. All rates of performance were excellent and equal to zero. The mean length of stay was almost identical to the one predicted by the Greek DRG's. Conclusions. Clinical protocols are connected with good clinical results. The predicted by the Greek DRG's hospital length of stay for total hip arthroplasty lies within pragmatic limits.Â