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KMID : 0926620210260030001
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Korean Journal of Hospital Management
2021 Volume.26 No. 3 p.1 ~ p.12
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The Effect of Co-insurance Reduction Policy on the Average Length of Stay and the Cost of Hospital Admission of Patients under Age of 15
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Kim Hyun-Hwa
Kim Hee-Nyun
Jeong Hyo-Jeong
Seo Young-Joon
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aims to examine the effect of the copayment reduction policy on the health care utilization of patients under age 15 after the policy started in 2017. (이하는 아래 methodoloty로 이동)
Methodology: Data on the ALOS, the average admission cost, and the out-of-pocket expenditure for patients under 15 years of age from 2015 to 2019 were obtained from the National Health Insurance database. Policy effects were measured by analyzing three dependent variables before and after policy: the average length of stay (ALOS), the average admission cost, and the out-of-pocket expenditure for patients under 15 years of age. The collected data were analyzed using the SAS package, and the analysis methods used in this study were the mean difference test and linear regression analysis.
Findings: The study results reveal that, after the copayment reduction policy in the year 2017, the ALOS and the out-of-pocket expenditure were significantly decreased, but the average admission cost was significantly increased.
Practical Implications: These results imply that the policy of copayment reduction for the patients under the age of 15 has contributed to mitigating the patients' financial burden with little concern about growing medical utilization.
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KEYWORD
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Copayment Reduction Policy, Children under Age of 15, Length of stay, Cost of hospital admission
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