Abstract:
This research was aimed to identify the total cost, unit cost, labor cost, material cost, investment cost and income and cost recovery of Hemodialysis Center for out-patients department of Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital, Chiang Rai Province, in the fiscal-year 2014. The research was conducted in provider perspective. The recording forms of labor cost, material cost, and capital cost were used for collecting data. Cost analysis of this study was divided into 3 groups including Non-Revenue Producing Cost Center (NRPCC), Revenue Producing Cost Center (RPCC) and Patient Service (PS). The total cost was consisted of direct and indirect costs. The indirect cost was allocated by using the step-down method. The unit cost was analyzed from total cost divided by the number of out-patients visits in the fiscal-year2014 of out-patients of Hemodialysis service. The cost recovery rate was analyzed from the revenue divided by total cost.
The result of this study, the total cost of Hemodialysis center was 73,667,236.90 bahts. There were patients getting Hemodialysis service for 50,164 visits. The average cost per visits of Hemodialysis center for out-patients in the fiscal-year 2014 was 1,468.50 Baht. The Routine Service Cost (RSC) was 1,390.29 Baht/ visits and the Medical Care Cost (MCC) was 78.21 Baht/ visits. The direct cost was 1,383.90 while the indirect cost from a supporting organization was 84.64 Baht. Other costs were as follows; labor cost: 145.50 Baht, material cost: 1,171.90 Baht, investment cost: 66.50 Baht and nursing service cost per time: 139.63 Baht. Hemodialysis machine depreciation cost per visits was 55.82 Baht. The highest amount was the material cost, followed by labor cost and investment cost at 10.76%: 80.74%: 8.50%, or in the ratio of 1.3 : 9.5 : 1.0 respectively. The cost recovery of Hemodialysis Center for out-patients in Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital in 2014 in terms of Accrual Cost Recovery: ACR was 103.4%. The cost recovery in terms of net income was 96.7 %. Considering operation cost recovery, collected revenue recovery and net income were 537.0 and 502.4 %. The cost recovery of material cost of the collected revenue and net income was 128.1 and 119.8 %
Finally, the material cost had the highest influence on total cost of Hemodialysis Center for out-patients. The cost per unit of Hemodialysis Center for out-patients was lower than the cost collected from the Comprehensive Insurance Scheme. So this information is the Basic information to manage resources and control total cost efficiency.