4 hospitals in Nghe An have the highest cost for ENT endoscopy in the country

(Baonghean.vn) - According to statistics from Vietnam Social Security, in the first 9 months of 2017, nationwide there were 2,106,134 ENT endoscopy procedures with a cost of 415 billion VND.

Of these, Nghe An has 4 medical examination and treatment facilities in the top 10 units with the highest costs in the country. Topping the list is the Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital with a cost of over 8.1 billion VND; Vinh City General Hospital over 5.6 billion VND; Northwest Regional General Hospital over 5 billion VND; Cua Dong General Hospital over 3.3 billion VND.

Meanwhile, the cost for this service at the National Children's Hospital in 9 months is less than 200 million VND.

Performing ENT endoscopy - Illustration

According to Mr. Le Van Phuc - Deputy Head of the Department in charge of Health Insurance Policy - Vietnam Social Insurance, the sudden increase in ENT services in the first 9 months of 2017 is due to the inaccurate construction of medical service prices, leading to huge profits when performing this service, so some medical examination and treatment facilities abuse this technical indication. This is also one of the reasons leading to "overspending" of the Health Insurance Fund.

Duc Dung