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The impact of diagnosis-related group payment on the hospitalization expenditure and medical quality of public hospitals in China

Mei Zhou,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Humanities and Management, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Hunan, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6133-9424

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Yufan Mao,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Humanities and Management, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Hunan, China
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Zizhuo Jiao,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation School of Humanities and Management, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Hunan, China
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Liangrong Zhou

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 20222116@stu.hnucm.edu.cn

Affiliation School of Humanities and Management, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Hunan, China
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The impact of diagnosis-related group payment on the hospitalization expenditure and medical quality of public hospitals in China

Mei Zhou,
Yufan Mao,
Zizhuo Jiao,
Liangrong Zhou

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Published: November 14, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336527

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