Research Article

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

Table 6

Proportion of puncture routes and success rate of angiography before and after the implementation of DRGs payment simulation.

GroupNumber of casesRadial artery punctureRadiography success

Before the implementation of DRGs payment simulation15250 (32.9%)145 (95.4%)
After the implementation of DRGs payment simulation10462 (59.6%)101 (97.1%)
value <0.0010.49