Brooks R G, Brown M G, Marsh J M, Woodbury J F
J Rheumatol. 1981 Nov-Dec;8(6):937-48.
Financial and other costs of managing 194 inpatients and 433 outpatients referred to the rheumatology service of a Canadian general teaching hospital during 1978 were assessed. The tax financed institutional cost/outpatient visit was $102, compared to $112/inpatient day, which was 62% of the hospital's $180 cost/inpatient day. Hospital financial costs represent 78% of RDU outpatient costs and 85% of substantially lower than per diem rates. Our findings caution against relying solely on hospital data in assessing total economic costs of any diagnostic subset of patients.
对1978年转诊至加拿大一家普通教学医院风湿病科的194名住院患者和433名门诊患者的管理成本及其他费用进行了评估。由税收资助的机构每次门诊成本为102美元，而住院每日成本为112美元，后者占医院住院每日成本180美元的62%。医院财务成本占风湿病科门诊成本的78%，且比每日费用低85%。我们的研究结果提醒人们，在评估任何患者诊断亚组的总经济成本时，不要仅依赖医院数据。
