MEDICAL EXPENSE BURDEN OF EMPLOYEE'S HEALTH INSURANCE PARTICIPANTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE IN CHINA
Author(s)
Xiong X1, Lin J1, Meng W1, Mao Y2
1China Health Insurance Research Association, Beijing, China, 2Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shannxi Provice, China
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the employee’s health insurance payment policy for stage-5 chronic renal failure patients treated with dialysis as well as stage1-4 patients, analyze payment levels of the insurance and out-of-pocket medical expense. METHODS: This study involved 8809 stage-5 chronic renal failure cases treated with dialysis and 14472 stage1-4 cases in 6 provincial capital & vice-provincial cities (Shenyang, Nanjing, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Chengdu, Urumchi).The actual claim data of medical expenses and medical care utilization from 2008 to 2010 were collected. Descriptive analysis was applied to the data. The employee’s health insurance payment policies of the 6 cities were reviewed. RESULTS:
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-05, ISPOR 2014, Palais des Congres de Montreal
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 3 (May 2014)
Code
PUK16
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost/Cost of Illness/Resource Use Studies
Disease
Urinary/Kidney Disorders