TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of hospital and physician characteristics on medical expenditures for acute myocardial infarction hospitalization
AU - Chen, Chin Shyan
AU - Liu, Tsai Ching
AU - Chiu, Wen Ta
AU - Lin, Herng Ching
PY - 2007/9/14
Y1 - 2007/9/14
N2 - This study aims to examine the impact of length of stay, hospital characteristics, physician characteristics and other factors on the expenditures of hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) under Taiwan's National Health Insurance program. This study uses data collected from the Taiwan's National Health Research Institute's 2001-2003 National Health Insurance Research Database. We estimated contributors to increased expenditures of hospitalization using three-stage least square regression model. The hospital expenditures for the treatment of AMI averaged NT$126,366 (US$3829, US$1 = NT$33) per discharge, with the largest proportion (27%) spent on room expenditures. They were strongly impacted by length of stay, increasing around 4.8% per day. We conclude that hospital expenditures for the treatment of AMI patients may vary widely depending on the characteristics of the hospital and physicians that provide them care.
AB - This study aims to examine the impact of length of stay, hospital characteristics, physician characteristics and other factors on the expenditures of hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) under Taiwan's National Health Insurance program. This study uses data collected from the Taiwan's National Health Research Institute's 2001-2003 National Health Insurance Research Database. We estimated contributors to increased expenditures of hospitalization using three-stage least square regression model. The hospital expenditures for the treatment of AMI averaged NT$126,366 (US$3829, US$1 = NT$33) per discharge, with the largest proportion (27%) spent on room expenditures. They were strongly impacted by length of stay, increasing around 4.8% per day. We conclude that hospital expenditures for the treatment of AMI patients may vary widely depending on the characteristics of the hospital and physicians that provide them care.
KW - Acute myocardial infarction
KW - Hospital expenditures
KW - National Health Insurance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.058
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.058
M3 - Article
C2 - 17107726
AN - SCOPUS:34548023875
SN - 0167-5273
VL - 121
SP - 127
EP - 129
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
IS - 1
ER -