Cognition of managers from public hospitals on DRG payment based on key informant interview
Objective To analyze the cognition of managers from third-level public hospitals on diagnosis related groups(DRG)payment and to propose targeted suggestions.Methods Totally 35 third-level public hos-pital managers were selected for key informant interviews in four cities of a province where DRG payment reform has been carried out.Descriptive analysis was conducted on the interview results.Results Most of the interview-ees believed that the most concerned reform goal was to achieve the balance of hospital revenue and expenditure(85.71%),that the most expected reform goal already achieved was to reduce the financial burden on patients(68.58%),that the focus of management was to strengthen the quality of medical records(77.14%),and that the difficulty of management was to achieve the balance of income and expenditure(65.71%).Only 40.00%of the interviewees were satisfied with DRG payment work.The main reasons for dissatisfaction were serious over-ex-penditure(100.00%),restricted development of technology(70.00%)and damaged enthusiasm of physicians(50.00%).Conclusions Public hospital managers have balanced multiple interests during DRG payment re-form.But some of the expected goals have not been achieved,which is in urgent need of multi-party collaboration.