在干预性心脏病学中常见的计费程序的收费师定价变化
Richard S Chaudhary1, Amanda Kadesh2, Saman Baban1
1From New York Medical College, Valhalla.
Southern medical journal
|September 1, 2023
概括
干预心脏病手术的医院费用主价格因地点和所有权而异. 较高的价格与城市,政府拥有的医院以及具有最高质量评级的医院有关.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 医疗保健政策 医疗保健政策
- 干预性心脏病学干预性心脏病学
背景情况:
- 医院需要发布费用表,列出所有可计费项目的价格.
- 查格马斯特的数据显示了显著的变化和不一致性,对消费者的好处有限.
- 价格透明度倡议旨在降低医疗保健成本.
研究的目的:
- 分析五个不同州的常见干预心脏病手术的费用主价格变化.
- 探索手术价格与医院特征,所有权,位置和质量之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 从五个代表性州的医院下载了充电表.
- 提取了五种干预心脏病手术的价格数据.
- 利用统计分析,包括克鲁斯卡尔-瓦利斯测试,来检查价格变化.
主要成果:
- 在五个程序中的四个程序中,在各州之间观察到显著的价格差异.
- 在城市地区,一般急性护理医院和州政府拥有的设施中,价格较高.
- 最高的价格与最高的医院质量评级相关.
结论:
- 干预性心脏病手术的费用统计价格在州一级有很大的差异.
- 医院的位置 (城市),类型 (一般急性护理) 和所有权 (州政府) 是价格差异的潜在驱动因素.
- 高质量评级的医院往往会列出更高的手术价格.
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