[Changes in national insurance reimbursement with introduction of the DPC package payment system for 131I therapy for hyperthyroidism].
The inpatient DPC package payment system lowers national insurance reimbursement as compared to the former fee-for-service payment system for inpatients, when an inpatient with hyperthyroidism or toxic multinodular goiter (TMNG) is admitted for 2-day radioiodine therapy. The differentials are 29,970 yen and 48,870 yen for a 2-day hospital stay for administration of 555 MBq and 925 MBq, respectively. We request the Health and Labor Ministry to newly establish the fee for 131I internal therapy for hyperthyroidism. Furthermore, the fee should be paid according to the fee-for-service payment system.
Watanabe
Sadahiro
S
Department of Radiology, National Defense Medical College.
Kosuda
Shigeru
S
Yano
Fuzuki
F
Abe
Katsumi
K
Kusano
Shoichi
S
Tanaka
Yuji
Y
D000328:Adult; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000191:economics* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000191:economics* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D007297:Inpatients; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000191:economics* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007564:Japan; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes