Research Article

The Effects of Diagnosis-Related Group Payment on Diagnostic Cerebral Angiograms through a Transradial and Transfemoral Approach: A Comparative Observational Study

Table 2

Comparison of clinical effects of the two groups.

GroupNumber of casesPuncture successAngiographic success

Radial artery group112111 (99.1%)109 (97.3%)
One attempt7878 (69.6%)77 (68.8%)
Two attempts3433 (29.5%)32 (28.5%)
Femoral artery group144140 (97.2%)137 (95.1%)
One attempt9393 (64.6%)92 (63.9%)
Two attempts5147 (32.6%)45 (31.2%)
value 0.280.37