Percentage of anaesthetic fee refunded to patients by schedule-using private medical insurers in New Zealand.
Refunds for anaesthetic services payable to patients by schedule-using private medical insurers or agencies have not been realistically adjusted for inflation or growth in incomes. Patients receive a lower actual refund than that usually implied by the insurers. If private anaesthetic fees had increased in line with award weekly wages, the average refund to patients would have been approximately 50% for most of the period 1968-1981.
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000191:economics*; D003669:Deductibles and Coinsurance; D005245:Fee Schedules; D005251:Fees, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007250:Inflation, Economic; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization; D009520:New Zealand; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits