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Observational study of the profile of patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty in Chilean public hospitals funded through Diagnosis-Related Groups, from 2019 to 2023

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Average reimbursement per DRG for knee and hip according to the coding used.
ProcedureQuantityAverage
Hip
Primary THA10 632$5 8730313
Primary THA + SC5527$5 824 769
THA revision981$6 693 706
THA revisión + SC402$6 707 860
SC100$5 240 909
Knee
Primary TKA9835$5 802 309
Primary TKA + SC23$7 654 849
TKA revisión249$5 563 625
TKA revisión + SC201$6 396 784
SC11$4 497 650

DRG, Diagnosis-Related Groups. THA, Total Hip Arthroplasty. SC, Specific Codes. TKA, Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Source: Prepared by the authors based on the study results.