病院での介護の変数コストと固定コストの分布
R R Roberts1, P W Frutos, G G Ciavarella
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Hospital/Rush University, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
JAMA
|February 24, 1999
まとめ
ほとんどのヘルスケアコスト管理戦略は,変動コストの削減に焦点を当てていますが,この研究では,固定コストが病院の費用を支配していることがわかりました. 高額な固定コストは,効率化のために患者の消費量に調整する必要があります.
科学分野:
- 健康経済学 医療経済学
- 病院の管理局は病院の管理を担当しています.
- ヘルスケア・マネジメント・ヘルスケア・マネジメント
背景:
- 医療費の抑制は大きな課題です.
- 現在の戦略では,通常,総費用のより小さな部分である変数コストをターゲットにしています.
- 固定コストと変動コストの構造を理解することは,効果的なコスト管理に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 病院内および病院外でのサービスに関連する固定および変動コストを分析する.
- 大規模な都市公立教科病院のコスト構造を定量化するために.
主な方法:
- 総合的なコスト分析が行われました.
- 1993年のすべての機関支出は,固定費または変動費として分類された.
- 固定コストには,給与,給付,設備,公益事業が含まれ,変動コストには,物資,医薬品が含まれていた.
主要な成果:
- 1993年,病院の総予算は4億2920万ドルでした.
- 予算の大部分 (84%) は固定費用 (360.3百万ドル) を占めていた.
- 変動コストはわずか16% (6880万ドル) であり,直接給与とサポートサービスは固定費の大きな部分を占めています.
結論:
- 病院のサービスは,インフラと労働に関連する短期的な高い固定コストが特徴です.
- 変数コストの削減にのみ焦点を当てた戦略は,コスト管理には不十分かもしれない.
- 患者の量に基づいて固定費用の割り当てを最適化することは,病院の効率化に不可欠です.
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