| Financial burden of trauma care on a university hospital in a developing country. | |
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PMID: 10498318 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Trauma care is expensive and more so for the hospitals not subsidized by the government, as is the case in developing countries. In this study, the burden of trauma care on a typical Level I trauma center in Turkey was investigated. METHODS: Medical, demographic, and financial records of trauma patients who were hospitalized in the calendar year of 1996 were analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 347 patients had complete data available for analysis. The mean Injury Severity Score was 13.3+/-0.5. Total hospital charges and charges per patient were $547,391 and $1,577, respectively. There was a positive correlation between the Injury Severity Score and the hospital charges. Although 54.2% of the patients were self-payer and the rest (45.8%) had some form of a health insurance, 5.5% ($30,496) of total hospital charges of these 347 trauma patients could not be collected by the hospital. CONCLUSION: Trauma care is expensive and reimbursement is not always possible, but the hospital's nonreimbursed money was within tolerable limits, and the overall financial balance of the hospital from the trauma care was on the positive side, even in the absence of government subsidy. |
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Authors:
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E Kaya; H Ozguc; R Tokyay; O Yunuk |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of trauma Volume: 47 ISSN: 0022-5282 ISO Abbreviation: J Trauma Publication Date: 1999 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1999-10-05 Completed Date: 1999-10-05 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376373 Medline TA: J Trauma Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 572-5 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Uludağ University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Bursa, Turkey. |
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Adult Analysis of Variance Developing Countries* Female Hospital Charges Hospitals, University / economics* Humans Injury Severity Score Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / economics Male Retrospective Studies Trauma Centers / economics* Turkey Urban Population |
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