Cost Comparison of Emergency Cesarean Section in Indonesia: The impact of Australian Model of Diagnosis-related Groups as a Payment System for Patient Care in Hospitals

Sitti  Rahmawati; Mark A Graber; Mohammad Hakimi; Ali Ghufron Multi; Indra Bastian; Nurulhuda Rahman

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2021.5831

Authors

Sitti Rahmawati Department of Economics and Business, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia
Mark A Graber Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Clinic and Hospital of University of Iowa, United States
Mohammad Hakimi Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Ali Ghufron Multi Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Indra Bastian Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Nurulhuda Rahman Depatment of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.5831

Keywords:

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), cesarean section, diagnosis-related groups, cost

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The cesarean section in Indonesia was higher, still worrying for women and babies’ health with pregnancy complications. It will have psychological effects such as trauma and stress during labor and its consequences on labor cost.

AIM: This study’s purpose was to determine the cost of cesarean delivery as a diagnosis of transition-related groups and the Australian-diagnosis-related groups (AR-DRGs) model’s impact.

METHODS: The research method is descriptive qualitative study. The 42 samples are pregnant women and that selected by purposive sampling. The data are collected from a secondary data source of medical record installations, observations, interview interviews, and focus group discussion with health professionals, nurses, doctors, and midwives. Data analysis is based on the activity-based costing system method. It includes cost treatment per disease diagnosis, cesarean section AR-DRG 370 method as a payment method for hospital treatment.

RESULTS: Determinants of cost differences in cesarean section surgery are based on AR-DRG 370 related to diabetes and eclampsia (complications and comorbidities) with relatively high-cost rates of O01A DRGs of US$ 2639 due to high-risk pregnancy complications. Complications of mild pregnancy (DRGO01D) with different categories of uterine rupture and sepsis have a low-cost average at the total cost of US$ 1251. Payment ability of an average of 42 respondents shows the costs category of DRGs O01A-DRGs O01D US$ 7088 or US$ 169, per patient and length of stay 4–6 days.

CONCLUSIONS: The impact of Australia’s AR-DRGs model of transition DRG prospective payment shows that the health system can improve the quality of professional services in hospitals and control costs, and labor costs are cheaply profitable for hospitals. The results are accurate and experienced to be applied in Indonesian hospitals.

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