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KMID : 0387319980080020076
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
1998 Volume.8 No. 2 p.76 ~ p.87
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the Calculation of the Effected Rate in Medical Insurance Fee Schedules according to Fluctuation of Foreign Currency Exchangerate through Cost Analysis in a University Hospital
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Park Eun-Cheol
Park Woong-Sub
Kim So-Yoon
Lim Jong-Gun
Kim Yong-Sam
Kim Han-Joong
Sohn Myong-Sei
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Abstract
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This study analyzed the effects of foreign currency exchange rate on the increasing rate of medical care cost by items of fee schedule of Korean Medical Insurance. This study uses the data of cost analysis including cost of imported good s and the data of for a university hospital National Federation´s Medical Insurance for a trend of claim. The method of cost analysis is as same as that used in the study of the development of Korean RBRVS(Resource Based Relative Value Scale).
The main findings of this study are as follows ;
1. The proportion of imported goods in cost related to Medical Insurance fee schedule is 7.93%, and in case of substitution of available domestic goods 6.96%.
2. If foreign currency exchange rate changes from ￦800 per $1 to ￦1,300, the affecting rate of Medical Insurance fee schedules is 5.00%. If the imported goods will be substituted with available domestic goods, the rate 4.35%.
Our results can be used a data for updating Medical Insurance fee schedule. But this result is limited to be generalized, because this study used th cost analysis for a university hospital.
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KEYWORD
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foreign currency exchange rate, fee schedule, Medical Insurance
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