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Can Diagnosis-Related Group Pricing Curb Medical Inflation?

Prof. Emeritus Dato' Dr Syed Mohamed Aljunid, President, Malaysian Health Economic Association

12-Dec-24 08:30

Can Diagnosis-Related Group Pricing Curb Medical Inflation?

In response to public outcry over rising medical costs, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim this week announced that the government will study options to standardise the cost of private healthcare, including through the diagnosis-related group or DRG system, which could enhance transparency of patient treatment charges. To what extent could the DRG-system moderate medical inflation? Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr Syed Mohamed Aljunid of the Malaysian Health Economic Association weighs in.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar, Natalie Tan, Adani Binti Mohamad Zaidi, Aimi Azreena

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning


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Categories:  wellness,  health policy,  government

Tags:  DRG system,  diagnosis-related-group,  patient treatment charges,  private healthcare,  medical cost,  medical inflation, 


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