Why the hospitals have to charge the medical service fees and how to adjust them
- Author:
Hung Manh Pham
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hospital fee
- MeSH:
Hospitals;
Fee-for-Service Plans
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2000;(4):17-21
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
We analyzed the active information of Khammouane provincial in 2001, and adjust the hospital fee models by researcher's formula. The results showed that: In the hospital, when the outcomes is bigger than the incomes without fees, we have to take hospital fees, contrary to, we don't take it. The fees are correct when outcomes are equal or smaller than incomes with fees and exemption payments need to equal or bigger than these incomes without fees, therefore the average fee collection need to equal or bigger than average hospital payment. At Khammouane provincial hospital, in 2001, the correct models of hospital fees are 'collect all of medical services with the cost of 3 factors: salary, administration cost and drugs-consumer equipment'. The correct models of hospital fees can provide the expenditure on health care in the hospital throughout the year, can raise medical service quality and make more the context for the poor patients can use the health care service without the fees.
