RSUSCI-2022 & RSUSOC-2022
IN22-061 The costs of medical services at a regional hospital in Vietnam
Presenter: Phuong Thi Lan Nguyen
Master of Sciences Program on Social, Economic and Administrative Pharmacy (SEAP), Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University
Abstract
This study was intended to analyze the unit costs of medical services at Thu Duc General Regional Hospital (TDH) in Vietnam during the fiscal year 2019. A retrospective cost analysis was conducted using the activity-based costing method. Cost data covering 2019 were analyzed and presented in both Vietnamese dong (VND) and international dollar (Int$). The unit costs of medical services were estimated using the average cost method. As a result, in 2019, the total cost of medical services at TDH was 286,934,591,322 VND (38,496,263 Int$). Material costs accounted for the largest proportion of the cost structure. The unit costs of medical services ranged from 26,432 VND (3.55 Int$) to 21,305,814 VND (2,858.47 Int$), depending on patterns of the services. In conclusion, the findings can be used to support hospital management and serve as a reference for TDH’s estimation of its budget under the fee-forservice payment method. The costing method used in this work can be generalized to other Vietnamese hospitals of the same level as TDH.