Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on outpatient and inpatient revenues: A comparative analysis of large and small hospitals in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound effects on healthcare systems worldwide, not only by straining medical resources but also by significantly impacting hospital revenues. These economic repercussions have varied across different hospital departments and facility sizes. This study posits that outpatient (OPD) revenues experienced greater reductions than inpatient (IPD) revenues and that the financial impact was more profound in larger hospitals than in smaller hospitals.

Methods

We collected data on patient case numbers and associated revenues for 468 hospitals from the Taiwan government-run National Health Insurance Administration website. We then employed Microsoft Excel to construct scatter plots using the trigonometric function (=DEGREES (Atan (growth rate)

SUBMITTER: Yan YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10637565 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature