摘要

Objective: Expose the weak loops in the Chinese medical insurance coverage and uncover hospitals' role of over-pricing hospitalized insured patients compared with those non-insured. @@@ Methods: A multi-linear regression method was used to analyze hospitalization expense for insured and uninsured patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, cholecystitis, benign uterine tumors, and normal delivery. @@@ Results: Hospitalization cost is higher among insured than uninsured patients due to longer hospitalization lengths of stay. type of disease (highest among cholecystitis patients). type of gender - females, old-aged people, and type of marital status - singles. as well as drugs expenses, surgical expenses, and other medical acts. @@@ Conclusion: Require a better government's supervision system over medical insurance expenses such as reforming methods of payments, building up new cost compensation mechanism. and unifying and stabilizing prices for each category of medicines.