Acupuncture in the Inpatient Acute Care Setting: A Pragmatic, Randomized Control Trial

Table 2

Comparison of study group numbers and acceptance of acupuncture when offered by all-patient refined diagnosis-related group (APR-DRG).

Diagnosis grouping (APR-DRG codes)	Not offered acupuncture percent (#)	Offered acupuncture percent (#)	Proportion who accepted when offered acupuncture
TOTAL	100 (117)	100 (228)	0.69
Stroke (45–47)	3 (3)	2 (5)	0.80
Pulmonary (121–143)	5 (6)	8 (19)	0.89
Pneumonia (139)	3 (3)	4 (8)	0.88
COPD (140)	0 (0)	3 (7)	1.00
Cardiovascular (161–207)	32 (38)	33 (75)	0.65
Bypass (165–166)	3 (3)	4 (9)	0.78
PCI with AMI (174)	9 (11)	9 (21)	0.76
Heart failure (194)	8 (9)	4 (8)	0.50
Gastrointestinal (221–284)	11 (13)	9 (20)	0.75
Musculoskeletal (300–347)	37 (43)	36 (81)	0.69
Hip/knee (302)	24 (28)	20 (45)	0.62
Total knee (8154*)	16 (19)	11 (26)	0.58
Total hip (8151*)	4 (5)	7 (16)	0.56
Back fusion (304)	2 (2)	4 (9)	0.89
Intervertebral disc (310)	5 (6)	7 (15)	0.87
Uterine procedures (513)	5 (6)	4 (8)	0.50
Other	7 (8)	9 (20)	0.65

*Procedure codes.
COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PCI: percutaneous coronary interventions; AMI: acute myocardial infarction.