The study on inpatient expenses of six diseases
- VernacularTitle:住院的六种常见疾病费用分析
- Author:
Xu GE
;
Lei SHANG
;
Dezhong XU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medical expenses;
Medical insurance;
Disease management
- From:
Journal of Medical Postgraduates
2003;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To analysis the medical expenses of six diseases and put forward the efficient methods to control their unreasonable rise. Methods: 22582 patients with six diseases in two largest hospitals in Xi'an were chosen and analyzed from 1/1/ 2003 to 10/1/2004. Results: Six diseases were the main reason of hospitalization and the malignancy was most important; drug expense of the uninsured patients, which was the key factor to induce the medical expenses rising, was higher than insured patients. Conclusion: The medical insurance program could control the drug expense efficiently; different control strategies to different diseases were important to distribute the medical resource and lighten the life burdens of the inpatients.
