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KMID : 0387320020120030023
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2002 Volume.12 No. 3 p.23 ~ p.35
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Trend on the Curtailments of Medical and Drug Expenditure Before and After the Separation between Prescription and Dispensing in General Hospitals
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Cho Hee-Sook
Lee Sun-Hee
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Abstract
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Fiscal crisis in the medical insurance system has put the pressure upon hospitals by increasing the rate of curtailment, since the implementation of the separation of prescription and dispensing of medicine. The purpose of this study is to analyse the curtailment of medical and drug expenditure before and after the system of separation between prescribing and dispensing and to suggest the problems about current inspection system. Data were obtained from 13 general hospitals and used for analysis of trends on medical & drug expenditure, and curtailment in 1999-2000 at three months intervals. The results were as follows; The scale of curtailment for drug expenditure has been increased on outpatient and inpatient since 2000. For the curtailed drug cost with outpatient, the ratio of curtailed drug expenditure has been increased in the case of prescription within the hospital. These results suggest that review system in social insurance were over-focused to control the cost and it might to impede the validity of review function in insurance system . Therefore, it’s needed to develope the scientific and reasonable criteria for inspection and evaluation of drug expenditure.
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KEYWORD
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the separation of prescription & dispensing, curtailments, medical & drug expenditure
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