On March 18, Nie Jia, a COVID-19 patient, was cured and discharged after 33 days in hospital. He uploaded a video on Weibo and said, "I don't know how much it cost until I was discharged."
When he was hospitalized, he paid 5,000 yuan. On the fourth day of hospitalization, he showed that he had owed more than 1,000 yuan, but the hospital did not let him continue to pay. Because of the state's policy, free treatment for COVID-19 patients. When he was discharged from the hospital, he was also told that the advance of 5,000 yuan would be returned.
"Mild patients like me have to spend so much money in the early stages. I was hospitalized for 33 days before and after. The figures added up behind it can be imagined how terrible. If the cost of this treatment is borne by our personal families, There will be a lot of pressure, so I really appreciate the country's care for our patients. "
How much does a COVID-19 mild patient like Nie Jia spend during treatment?
Mild patients, individuals do not need to pay any fees
"During mild patients' treatment in the Fangcai Hospital, I do not need to pay any fees." The doctor of the medical team of Wuchang Fangcai Hospital introduced to the People's Daily Health Client reporter that the costs of the mild patients generally come from two parts. During the treatment period Cost of medicines and living expenses. In terms of medicines, oral antiviral drugs, Chinese medicines, and medicines for patients with basic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease during hospitalization are all paid by the government; in daily life, toothpaste, toothbrushes, towels, etc. during hospitalization are not required. Patients pay personally. Even when the temperature is low and the weather is cold, some patients do n’t have enough clothes, and they also provide coats to protect them from the cold.
At the press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council on March 14, Fu Jinling, director of the Office of the Ministry of Finance's Leading Group for Response to Epidemics and director of the Department of Social Security, said that the personal part of the cost of the epidemic was borne by the finances, and individuals did not need to bear it. .
Severe patients: Even if it exceeds one million, it is still paid by the country
"1,128,739.66 yuan!" Dr. Yang Qingfeng, Department of Breast Surgery, Eastern Hospital of Wuhan University People's Hospital, showed the medical expenses of a COVID-19 patient on Weibo on the evening of March 15th, and he said, "Maybe only in China, the country will pay you All medical costs of treating new coronavirus pneumonia. "
Dr. Yang Qingfeng said that this is a young critically ill patient with new type of coronavirus pneumonia. He is currently in hospital and the specific medical expenses have not yet been settled. The reason why the cost is so high is because of the use of ECMO (external membrane lung). Oxygenation), the cost of treatment for ordinary patients will not be so high.
It is reported that generally use ECMO about 100,000 yuan. The critically ill patients are generally treated in the ICU. The cost of the ICU is related to the diagnosis and treatment and nursing measures given. Most domestic ICU costs are thousands to 20,000 yuan per day. If the disease course is long, the accumulated cost is really high.
"Generally speaking, the average daily cost of a critically ill patient is 2000-3000, the length of hospitalization is about 15-25 days, and there is no longer discharged." Zhang Yong (a pseudonym) in the frontline of Hubei Province told People's Daily Health Client reporter, and the cost of critically ill patients will be higher, on average can reach 10,000-20,000 per day, the length of hospital stay is longer than other patients, the shortest is at least about 20 days, on average 1 More than months.
Zhang Yong told the People's Daily Health Client reporter that most patients do not need to pay any fees from the time they are admitted to the hospital, so there are no problems with complicated follow-up reimbursement procedures or difficult reimbursement.
At the press conference on the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council on March 14, Fu Jinling, director of the Office of the Ministry of Finance's Leading Group for Response to Epidemics and director of the Department of Social Security, also introduced that at present, the central government's medical aid fund has been 26.1 billion yuan. This year, the central government will further improve the accuracy of fund allocation and further increase the focus on regions with severe epidemics. At a press conference held by the State Council ’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism on March 3, Fu Jinling also said that medical expenses are adequately protected and the people will not delay treatment due to medical expenses.
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