BACKGROUND: Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) are widely used in Europe. They allow performing comparisons in hospitals and incurrent hospital payment systems, defining the payment categories. We undertook this study to classify @entity1 who underwent appendectomy according to DRGs. METHODS: Cross-sectional study. Comorbidities, length of hospitalization, histopathologic classification, and DRG classifications were analyzed. RESULTS: We included 313 @entity1 , 62% males, with an average age of 8    3 years; 91% were referred by another hospital and 67% were treated at night. Average length of hospitalization was 4    3 days. There were comorbidities in 8% and surgical complications in 11%. According to histopathology, @entity698 was @entity4 (11%), suppurative (36%), gangrenous (22%), perforated (29%), and abscessed (2%). At discharge, 97% of the @entity1 were healthy. Total cost for DRG 343 was  10,470,173.00 (Mexican pesos), DRG 342 was  1,227,592.00 and DRG 340 was  511,521.00. The global amount was  12,209,286.00 (Mexican pesos). CONCLUSION: The unitary cost for treatment of appendectomy for DRG 343 was  37,935.00, for DRG 342 was  49,103.00 and for DRG 340 was  42,626.00 (Mexican pesos). Because 88% of the cases of @entity698 were uncomplicated, this amount of money could be spent to treat these @entity1 in a second-level hospital, using reimbursement 343 without generating additional expenses.

[Costs of XXXX treatment by diagnosis-related groups in a third-level pediatric hospital].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'children'] @entity4 :: ('MESH:D004487', 'Disease') :: ['edematous'] @entity698 :: ('MESH:D001064', 'Disease') :: ['appendicitis']
@entity698 :: (MESH:D001064,Disease) :: ['appendicitis']
