1. A Bibliometric Analysis of Diagnosis Related Groups from 2013 to 2022
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Lang,Xiaona, Guo,Jinming, Li,Yuntao, Yang,Fan, Feng,Xin, Lang,Xiaona, Guo,Jinming, Li,Yuntao, Yang,Fan, and Feng,Xin
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Xiaona Lang,1 Jinming Guo,1 Yuntao Li,2 Fan Yang,1 Xin Feng1 1Pharmacy Department, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, Peopleâs Republic of China; 2Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine Department, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, Peopleâs Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Xin Feng, Pharmacy Department, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, Peopleâs Republic of China, Tel +86 13652001152, Email fx_yutong@126.comPurpose: As an important management method of the global healthcare system, diagnosis related groups (DRGs) classify patients into different cost groups and pay more attention to the equitable distribution of medical resources and the quality of medical services. At present, most countries have used DRGs to help medical institutions and doctors to treat patients more accurately, avoid the waste of medical resources, and improve treatment efficiency.Methods: The Web of Science database was searched to collect all relevant literature on DRGs from 2013 to 2022. The literature information was imported into CiteSpace, Vosviewer, and Histcite for data analysis and visualization of the results. Analyze the cooperative relationship among the countries, institutions, journals, and authors. The usage trend of keywords; Highlight the content of the cited articles.Results: The number of articles published in this decade was stable, and the number of citations in 2014 was the highest. The United States and Germany, as the first countries to use the DRGs system, are ahead of other countries in terms of the number and quality of articles. We have carried out content research on the articles with high citations, and summarized the application range of DRGs; classification method; advantages and disadvantages of the application. In general, the development trend of DRGs in foreign countries is to continuously optimize the classification method, expand the scope of application, and improve the application effect. These provide support and reference for the improvement of medical services and th
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- 2023