Frontiers in Public Health
High-magnification inpatient cases under DIP payment reform: prevalence, cost burden, and risk factors in an NHC-administered hospital in China
Background The nationwide rollout of Diagnosis-Intervention Packet (DIP) payment reform in China aims to enhance inpatient cost efficiency, yet high-magnification cases impose escalating financial burdens on tertiary hospitals. This study characterized the cost profiles and independent determinants of high-magnification cases under DIP to inform precision cost governance and medical insurance policy optimization. Methods This retrospective observational study included 191,490 consecutive inpatient admissions from a …