Bindl L, Ruchardt J, Pfeiffer A, Kowalewski S, Lentze M J
Poison Control Center Bonn, Department of Pediatrics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn, Germany.
Vet Hum Toxicol. 1997 Feb;39(1):48-50.
To evaluate the effect of a German Poison Control Center (PCC) service on health care cost reduction in cases of harmless exposures, a prospective telephone survey of 200 callers were asked which medical aid would have been sought if no PCC service had been available. Calculation of savings was based on the total number of calls and standardized fees for medical treatment. Savings in costs for health insurance in these cases was 20 to 50% of the annual PCC budget. The cost effectiveness of this German PCC for this patient group was lower than for North American PCCs. Cost effectiveness might be improved by making efforts to increase the number of public calls.
为评估德国毒物控制中心（PCC）服务在无害暴露病例中降低医疗成本的效果，对200名来电者进行了一项前瞻性电话调查，询问如果没有PCC服务，他们会寻求哪种医疗援助。节省费用的计算基于电话总数和标准化的医疗费用。这些病例中医疗保险费用的节省为PCC年度预算的20%至50%。该德国PCC对该患者群体的成本效益低于北美PCC。通过努力增加公众来电数量，成本效益可能会得到提高。
