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KMID : 0926620080130040046
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Korean Journal of Hospital Management
2008 Volume.13 No. 4 p.46 ~ p.75
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The Management Factors of Medical Expenditure Reduction and Recovery of Hospital Health Insurance Department
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Park Hyun-Suk
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Abstract
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Main objective of this study is to investigate the factors that affect the reduction and recovery rate of hospital health insurance review departments of Korean tertiary hospitals, general hospitals and hospitals. A nationwide mail survey was conducted through structured questionnaire for chiefs and members of health insurance review departments of 178 hospitals, and data from 1,064 respondents were utilized in the final analysis. Major findings are as follows: 1) Monthly average reduction rate of surveyed hospitals was 1.18% for inpatients and 0.56% for outpatients. Also, average recovery rates from protests were 45.7% and 53.6%, respectively. 2) Average ages of health insurance review department employees were 41.5 for chiefs and 34.9 for members, and their average working period was 6.64 years. 69.1% of the respondents felt stress in their jobs, and they suggested ’communication problems with doctors’ along with ’heavy workloads’ as major reasons for the stress. 3) Reduction rates decreased and recovery rates increased when separate member in charge was assigned to each medical department, when health insurance review departments periodically provided medical parts with related education, and when the members participated in various committees.
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KEYWORD
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hospital, health insurance review department, reduction rate, recovery rate
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