Abstract
Background. Injuries are common causes of hospital visits and deaths in the Philippines. The natonal healthcareassociated expenses due to these injuries have not been established. Objectve. To estmate the healthcare-associated expenses due to injuries in the Philippines. Methods. Review of patent charts and patent interviews were conducted in 21 hospitals in the Philippines. A convenience sample of patents was interviewed to ascertain other direct medical and non-medical expenses. Results. Median admission costs based on hospital bills were: road injuries: PhP10,192.25, poisoning: PhP4,402.00, burns: PhP6,521.53, animal-related: PhP5,105.92, other accidents: PhP7,545.71 and intentonal injuries: PhP8,023.00. Based on survey, other expenses not stated in hospital bills include medical supplies (PhP4,000.00), diagnostc tests (PhP 2,000.00), and post-discharge expenses (PhP 1,000.00). Conclusion. Expenses due to injuries varied according to cause. Admission expenses recorded in the bill were not the only healthcare-related expenses shouldered by the patent and accounted for 68.6-159.0% of the bill value.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 147-152 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Acta Medica Philippina |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 2018 |
Funding
This study was funded by the Department of Health through the Essential Non-communicable Diseases Office. The group would like to thank the participating hospitals and would like to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of research assistants and data collectors of the study.
Keywords
- Healthcare expense
- Injury
- Philippines
- Trauma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
