私人医疗保险覆盖范围增加对维多利亚州公立医院的影响。

The effect of increased private health insurance coverage on Victorian public hospitals.

作者信息

Powers Neil, Sundararajan Vijaya, Gillett Steve, Marshall Ric

机构信息

Victorian Department of Human Services.

出版信息

Aust Health Rev. 2003;26(2):6-10. doi: 10.1071/ah030006.

DOI:10.1071/ah030006

PMID:15368830

Abstract

It was anticipated that the recent reforms to private health insurance arrangements would reduce the demand pressures on Australian public hospitals. However, this has not been demonstrated by trends in elective surgery waiting lists in Victorian public hospitals. Moreover, it appears that the increased caseload assumed by Victorian private hospitals since the reforms took effect mainly reflects an increase in low cost same day episodes.

摘要

预计近期对私人医疗保险安排的改革将减轻澳大利亚公立医院的需求压力。然而，维多利亚州公立医院择期手术等候名单的趋势并未证明这一点。此外，自改革生效以来，维多利亚州私立医院承担的病例量增加，这似乎主要反映了低成本当日手术病例的增加。