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Date Published: 11/09/2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v505i1.1027
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Vol. 505 No. 1 (2021)
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Trọng Duy Thức, N., Thọ, L. ., Sỹ Quang, Đồng ., Thị Ngọc Vân, T. ., & Thy Nhạc Vũ, H. . (2021). ANALYSIS OF DIRECT MEDICAL COST FOR PEDIATRICS WITH BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA AT LAM DONG CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN THE PERIOD OF 2019-2020. Vietnam Medical Journal, 505(1). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v505i1.1027

ANALYSIS OF DIRECT MEDICAL COST FOR PEDIATRICS WITH BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA AT LAM DONG CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE PERIOD OF 2019-2020

Nguyễn Trọng Duy Thức1, Lê Thọ1, Đồng Sỹ Quang1, Trần Thị Ngọc Vân2, Hoàng Thy Nhạc Vũ2,
1 Lam Dong Children's Hospital
2 University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City

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Objectives: This study was conducted to analyze the direct medical cost in treatment of inpatient pediatrics with bacterial pneumonia who had health insurance at Lam Dong Children's Hospital in the period of 2019-2020. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out through reviewing retrospective treatment records of all 2243 inpatient pediatricswith bacterial pneumonia who had health insurance at the hospital from 1/1/2019 to 31/12/2020. Results: Among direct medical cost components, the bed dayscost accounted for the highest proportion (64.1%), followed by drug costs (14.9%). Among the drug cost components, antibiotics accounted for the highest proportion (69.6%). The study noted the difference in the total direct medical cost among age groups, disease severities, and respiratory failure complications (p<0.05). Conclusion: The information about the direct medical cost of bacterial pneumonia, a condition with the highest prevalent proportion at Lam Dong Children's Hospital, can help the Hospital to optimize policies and adjust budget, in order to contribute to the improvementof the quality of medical examination and treatment services at the Hospital.

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Bacterial pneumonia, direct medical costs, drug costs, pediatrics, Lam Dong children's hospital

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