Chi phí điều trị nội trú của người bệnh đái tháo đường típ 2 tại Bệnh viện quận 6 Tp.HCM

Abstract

The number of patients with diabetes has increased rapidly in many countries, including Vietnam. Not only does it cause critical complications and is life-threatening but the high cost of medical care is also a serious problem for the patient and the goverment. In District 6 hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, a case series was conducted on 522 in-patient type 2 diabetes of General Internal Medicine Department so as to determine the direct cost of an inpatient hospital stay in a local government hospital. The result showed that the average of costs was 2,081 ± 1,131 milions VND.  Patient without healthcare insurance paid 1,6 milion VND more than insured patient.