Analysis of Medical Charge for Inpatients with Stroke in Tertiary Hospital

종합전문요양기관에 입원한 뇌졸중환자의 진료비 분석

This study was conducted to present strategies for efficient use of older people's medical expense and efficient management of hospital beds 삭제by analyzing factors which influenced medical charge of inpatients with stroke and medical charge of each medical treatment. The subjects was 1,070 inpatients with stroke in Academic hospital. The result of this study can be summarized as follows. In the case of cerebral hemorrhage, the rate of female was higher than that of male. In the case of cerebral infarction, the rate of male was higher than that of female. With increase of age, patients with cerebral hemorrhage decreased and patients with cerebral infarction increased. Medical charge for cerebral hemorrhage was 12,600,000 won, while that for cerebral infarction was 572,000 won. The medical charge with surgery was four times of that with non-surgery. The total medical charge for inpatients with stroke was 6,860,000 won. The patient payed 2,240,000 won(32.6%) and National Health Insurance Corporation payed 4,620,000 won(67.3%). Among charges of specific medical treatments, operation and treatment charge was highest(27.7%) in the case of cerebral hemorrhage, while examination charge was highest(32.2%)in the case of cerebral infarction. This study will provide basic information for efficient use of Medical Charge for Inpatients with Stroke.