WORLD SIGNAL 0127 · 09 NOVEMBER 2026

Cost reductions in total hip arthroplasty after DRG payment reform and volume-based procurement in China: a difference-in-differences study

Background: Between 2021 and 2022, China's health system reforms deployed two overlapping cost-containment instruments in quick succession: diagnosis-related group (DRG) bundled payment and a nationalized volume-based procurement (VBP) programme that cut orthopedic implant prices by 70%−90%. Disentangling their independent contributions to hospitalization costs is both methodologically challenging and policy-critica…

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THIS QUEST'S RECORDCost reductions in total hip arthroplasty after DRG payment reform and volume-based procurement in China: a difference-in-differences studyCrossref scholarly metadata · 2026-11-09 ↗

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9 November 2026: the cost reductions in total hip arthroplasty after drg payment reform and volume-based p… signal continues, with today's evidence s…

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