Subject analysis of direct medical cost on pneumoconiosis patients with electronic records in an iron & steel enterprise / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the distribution of the direct medical cost for the pneumoconiosis and to provide the clue for the trauma insurance.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>936 cases including 109,530 records were divided into several groups by the stages of pneumoconiosis and categories of the cost. The groups (stage I, stage II, stage I with tuberculosis and stage II with tuberculosis) were analyzed by descriptive statistics and non-parameter test.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The medical cost of out-patient clinic was between 476.7 and 2307.9 yuan per patient per year. The hospitalization medical cost of stage I and II ranged from 3207.1 yuan to 7787.3 yuan per patient per year. There was no difference between stage I and II in statistically significant (P>0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The lower and upper inter-quartile range of the total medical cost per patient per year is from 3207.1 yuan to 7787.3 yuan. In the categories of the hospitalization cost, drugs and bed fees attain a higher proportion.</p>