Jacobs, Volker R., Mayer, Stefanie C., Paessens, Bernadette J., Bernard, Rudolf, Harbeck, Nadia, Kiechle, Marion and Ihbe-Heffinger, Angela (2011). Comparison of Actual Hospital Costs versus DRG Revenues for In-Patient Treatment of Febrile Neutropenia during Adjuvant Anthracycline plus/minus Taxane-Based Chemotherapy for Primary Breast Cancer. Onkologie, 34 (11). S. 614 - 619. BASEL: KARGER. ISSN 1423-0240
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Background: In flat-rate reimbursement systems, the hospital's own costs should not exceed its revenues. In a cohort of primary breast cancer (pBC) patients, costs and reimbursement for febrile neutropenia (FN) were compared to verify cost coverage. Methods: A prospective, observational study in pBC patients receiving adjuvant anthracycline +/- taxane-based chemotherapy calculated the costs per in-patient FN episode. The correlating revenues were retrospectively analyzed from diagnosis-related group (DRG) invoices. The actual costs of the therapies were compared to the individual DRG revenues, and the results are presented from the provider's perspective. Results: In 50 patients, n = 11 patients were treated for FN as in-patients. The hospital's overall treatment costs were (sic) 18,288, on average ((empty set)) (sic) 1663 per case (range (sic) 1139-2344); the overall DRG revenues were (sic) 23,593,(empty set)(sic) 2145 per case (range (sic) 1266-2660). In n = 8 cases, the DRGs were cost covering, and in n = 3 cases, a loss was observed, but overall resulting in a gain of(empty set)(sic) 482 per case and thus being cost covering for the provider. Inadequate DRG coding (n = 4/11; 36.4%) resulted in a preventable loss of(empty set)(sic) 1069/case. Conclusions: The costs of FN treatment vary substantially and DRG reimbursements do not necessarily reflect the provider's costs. Surprisingly, the in-patient treatment of FN here is overall more than cost covering if adequately coded. The main reasons are asymmetrical costs for this FN low-risk pBC group. These results emphasize the importance of correct medical coding to avoid potential losses.
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-486162 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1159/000334063 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Onkologie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number: | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 614 - 619 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | KARGER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | BASEL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1423-0240 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/48616 |
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