産業災害로 인한 手脂切斷 患者의 療養期間과 診療費의 變異 = Variation in Patient Days and Medical Care Benefits Among finger-Amputated Industrial Injuries

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study was conducted to analyze variation in patient days and medical care benefits among finger-amputated patients due to industrial injury. The 242 personal data on medical care for finger-amputated patients due to industrial injury(131 in 1994, 111 in 1995) of Regional Labor Office were analyzed.
The major results of this study were as follows:
Patient days per case were 69. And the ratio of the maximum and the minimum among patient days for case was 26.6.
Patient days per case in university hospital were 134.8 and the longest than other medical facilites. The ratio of the maximum and the minimum among the patient days per case was higher in hospital(24.7) than in other medical facilities.
Benefits per case were 1,258,000 Won. And the ratio of the maximum and the minimum among benefits of case was 232.0.
Case benefits was higher in university hospital (2,685,000 Won) than in other medicl facilities. The ratio of the maximum and the minimum among the benefits per case was higher in hospital(232.0) than in other medical facilities.
Variation in patient days and medical care benefits per finger-amputated patient in industrial injury was large.
This study results indicated need for a new industrial injury compensation insurance policy initiative for efficient utilization of medical resources and quality assurance. And the author thought that the results of this study would influence the policy for the industrial injury compensation insurance policy.