Complementary and Integrative Medicine: a plea for a better resource allocation by the SwissDRG grouping algorithm

Fabian Grass; Chantal Berna; Charles-André Vogel; Nicolas Demartines; Fabio Agri

doi:10.57187/smw.2023.40130

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Vol. 153 No. 10 (2023)

Complementary and Integrative Medicine: a plea for a better resource allocation by the SwissDRG grouping algorithm

Fabian Grass
Chantal Berna
Charles-André Vogel
Nicolas Demartines
Fabio Agri

Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2023;153:40130
Published: 03.10.2023

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.57187/smw.2023.40130

[1] Swiss DRG. Les forfaits par cas dans les hôpitaux suisses. https://www.swissdrg.org/fr (accessed June 7, 2023).

[2] Mehra T, Müller CT, Volbracht J, Seifert B, Moos R. Predictors of high profit and high deficit outliers under SwissDRG of a tertiary care center. PLoS One. 2015 Oct;10(10):e0140874. 10.1371/journal.pone.0140874

[3] Med TR. (MTRC) Report. Innovative payment schemes for medical technologies and in-vitro diagnostic tests in Europe. June 2018. https://www.medtecheurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018_MTE_MTRC-Research-Paper-Innovative-Payment-Schemes-in-Europe.PDF (accessed June 26, 2023).

[4] Quelles prestations des médecines complémentaires pratiquées par des médecins sont prises en charge par l’assurance obligatoire des soins (AOS)? OFSP. https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/fr/home/versicherungen/krankenversicherung/krankenversicherung-leistungen-tarife/Aerztliche-Leistungen-in-der-Krankenversicherung/Aerztliche-Komplementaermedizin.html (accessed June 26, 2023)

[5] Dusek JA, Griffin KH, Finch MD, Rivard RL, Watson D. Cost savings from reducing pain through the delivery of integrative medicine program to hospitalized patients. J Altern Complement Med. 2018 Jun;24(6):557–63. 10.1089/acm.2017.0203

[6] Vohra S, Feldman K, Johnston B, Waters K, Boon H. Integrating complementary and alternative medicine into academic medical centers: experience and perceptions of nine leading centers in North America. BMC Health Serv Res. 2005 Dec;5(1):78. 10.1186/1472-6963-5-78

[7] Rodondi PY, Lüthi E, Dubois J, Roy E, Burnand B, Grass G. Complementary medicine provision in an academic hospital: evaluation and structuring project. J Altern Complement Med. 2019 Jun;25(6):606–12. 10.1089/acm.2019.0062

[8] Classification suisse des interventions chirurgicales (CHOP). Index systématique – Version 2023, p.424. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/sante/nomenclatures/medkk/instruments-codage-medical.assetdetail.23085960.html (accessed June 2023)

[9] Office fédéral de la statistique OFS. Statistique médicale des hôpitaux : nombre de cas par classe d’âge, selon la classification par groupes de patients SwissDRG. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home.assetdetail.23727896.html (accessed December 23, 2022).

[10] Wu MS, Chen KH, Chen IF, Huang SK, Tzeng PC, Yeh ML, et al. The efficacy of acupuncture in post-operative pain management: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2016 Mar;11(3):e0150367. 10.1371/journal.pone.0150367