Analysis of total joint arthroplasty costs in Chinese patients.

Autor: Zhang Y; The Joint Surgery & Sport Medicine of Orthopaedic Department at the First Affiliated Hospital to General Hospital of PLA, 51 Fucheng Road, Beijing 100048, China., Zhang H, Clarke HD, Hattrup SJ
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of arthroplasty [J Arthroplasty] 2012 Sep; Vol. 27 (8), pp. 1423-1428.e1. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Mar 14.
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.01.014
Abstrakt: All charges for patients undergoing unilateral and bilateral hip or knee arthroplasties at 1 hospital in Beijing, China, were identified and assigned to 1 of 11 charge categories: hospital room, nursing, radiology, laboratory, anesthesia, surgery, prosthesis, pharmacy, blood transfusion, materials, and miscellaneous. The prosthesis and pharmacy charges at this institution accounted for approximately 80% of the total charges; compared with published data from institutions in North America and Taiwan, these 2 charges accounted for a greater percentage of total charges. In distinction, labor costs in China accounted for a lower percentage of total charges. Importantly, because the percentage of costs covered by medical insurance was relatively low, a substantial financial burden was imposed on patients that may limit access to joint arthroplasty in China.
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