1.Impact of DRG payment on length of stay and medical costs in COPD patients from Kashgar region
Jiale YANG ; Ningning WANG ; Aierken AIZEZIJIANG ; Lingkai LIAN ; Xinyi LYU ; Pengcheng LIU ; Wenbing YAO
China Pharmacy 2026;37(8):991-997
OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of the diagnosis-related groups (DRG) payment reform on the length of stay and medical costs in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Kashgar region, aiming to provide localized empirical evidence for the optimization of regional medical insurance payment methods. METHODS Based on the inpatient settlement database of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Healthcare Security Administration, settlement data of COPD inpatients from 17 medical institutions in Kashgar region between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2024, were extracted. The overall changes in patients’ length of stay and costs were compared before and after the reform. Subsequently, interrupted time series analysis (ITSA) was employed to explore the impact of the DRG payment reform on these variables. RESULTS Following the reform, both the average length of stay and various cost decreased significantly compared to the pre-reform period ( P <0.001). At the overall sample level, the average length of stay, average total cost, average drug cost, average medical service cost, and average examination cost per admission all demonstrated significant long-term downward trends after the reform ( P <0.05). However, the decrease in average out-of-pocket costs and the increase in average consumable costs per admission were not statistically significant ( P >0.05). In tertiary medical institutions, the average length of stay and all categories of costs (except average consumable costs per admission) exhibited significant long-term upward trends after the reform ( P <0.05); conversely, in secondary and lower-level medical institutions, the average length of stay, average total cost, average drug cost, average medical service cost, and average examination cost per admission showed significant long-term downward trends ( P <0.05). CONCLUSIONS The DRG payment reform has achieved an overall effect of reducing the length of stay and controlling costs in COPD patients from Kashgar region. However, the effects vary across different levels of medical institutions: secondary and lower-level institutions show a long-term downward trend in length of stay and costs, whereas tertiary institutions exhibit a long-term upward trend. Furthermore, patients’ out-of-pocket financial burden does not show significant improvement.
2.Study on the potential molecular mechanism of Ziyabiti tablets on type 2 diabetes based on network pharmacology
Simayi MAIMAITI ; Aierken AIZEZIJIANG ; Yan HU ; Aihaiti WUSIMAN
China Pharmacist 2024;27(2):192-198
Objective To study the molecular mechanism of Ziyabiti tablets in the treatment of type 2 diabetes(T2DM)by network pharmacology.Methods The chemical components and related targets of Ziyabiti tablets were obtained from TCMSP,ETCM and CNKI,and the targets of T2DM were screened by OMIM and GeneCards databases.The"drug-component-target"network was built by Cytoscape 3.6.1 to screen out the core components and the core targets were screened by protein-protein interaction network.GO functional analysis and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis were performed by DAVID database.Results A total of 144 active components of Ziyabiti tablets were collected in this study,and quercetin,kaempferol,isorhamnetin and so on with higher degree values.There were 823 related targets,of which 700 were related to T2DM,including SRC,MAPK1,MAPK3,etc.GO function analysis suggested that it was related to molecular functions such as signal transduction,protein phosphorylation and protein binding.The main signaling pathways involved in KEGG pathway enrichment analysis were AGE-RAGE signaling pathways in lipid and atherosclerosis,prostate cancer,and diabetic complications.Conclusion Ziyabiti tablets have the characteristics of multi-component,multi-target,and multi-pathway synergistic intervention in the treatment of T2DM,which is mainly composed of quercetin,kaempferol,isorhamnetin and other components to regulate AGE-RAGE signaling pathways through SRC,MAPK1,MAPK3 targets.

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