[Subject analysis of direct medical cost on pneumoconiosis patients with electronic records in an iron & steel enterprise].
OBJECTIVE
To study the distribution of the direct medical cost for the pneumoconiosis and to provide the clue for the trauma insurance.


METHODS
936 cases including 109,530 records were divided into several groups by the stages of pneumoconiosis and categories of the cost. The groups (stage I, stage II, stage I with tuberculosis and stage II with tuberculosis) were analyzed by descriptive statistics and non-parameter test.


RESULTS
The medical cost of out-patient clinic was between 476.7 and 2307.9 yuan per patient per year. The hospitalization medical cost of stage I and II ranged from 3207.1 yuan to 7787.3 yuan per patient per year. There was no difference between stage I and II in statistically significant (P>0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The lower and upper inter-quartile range of the total medical cost per patient per year is from 3207.1 yuan to 7787.3 yuan. In the categories of the hospitalization cost, drugs and bed fees attain a higher proportion.
Qiu
Bing
B
National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, China CDC, 100050, Beijing, China.
Zhang
Min
M
Li
Tao
T
Wang
Zhong-Xu
ZX
Lin
Han
H
Shu
Ping
P
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008669:Metallurgy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000191:economics*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013232:Steel
D013232:Steel