|
KMID : 0615720160330030067
|
|
Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2016 Volume.33 No. 3 p.67 ~ p.73
|
|
|
Problems and Potential Improvements of National Health Insurance Fees Associated with Miniscalpel Acupuncture
|
|
Oh Se-Jung
Park Mu-Seob
Lee Jung-Hee
Jun Jae-Hyuck
Gong Han-Mi
Choi Seong-Hun
Hwangbo Min
Lee Hyun-Jong
Kim Jae-Soo
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Objectives: The objective of this study is to discuss problems and potential improvements of national health insurance fees associated with miniscalpel acupuncture according to Korean medical doctors' workload, material cost and degree of risk.
Methods: We researched the change of relative value points, national health insurance fees, the acupuncture process, and Korean medicine doctors' workload related to Miniscalpel acupuncture, as compared to general meridian point acupuncture. We also examined material cost by surveying pharmacies, internet shopping malls and medical appliance shops.
Results: Relative value point for Miniscalpel acupuncture decreased from 2010 to 2012, and remained the same from 2012 to 2016. National health insurance fees for Miniscalpel acupuncture increased by a small margin annually for rise of equivalent index. There was no reporting on workload related to Miniscalpel acupuncture. Material cost of Miniscalpel acupuncture was 18.2~20.7 times higher than actual cost of procedure. There were few studies examining medical accidents related to Miniscalpel acupuncture, and thus we could not evaluate degree of risk.
Conclusions: We suggest revaluating Korean medical doctors' workload related to including Miniscalpel acupuncture, to consider the material costs of Miniscalpel acupuncture, and investigate its degree of risk by researching medical accidents.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Miniscalpel acupuncture, Relative value scales, National health insurance fee
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
 
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|