Cost of public health care in Madrid: 2024 update
This Community of Madrid The new one has been made official Public prices For the provision of Health services and activities. These tables, which were not revised for six years, establish the cost of every health operation, from surgical operations to ambulance transport.
In this order of public prices for the provision of health services in the community of Madrid, the Ministry of Health is the champion Fatima Matute Emphasizes that the obsolescence of these costs will be “to the detriment of the network of centers” of the region, which “are forced to provide assistance today, thereby obtaining prices. “That’s not enough to cover the cost of it.”.
The public prices contained in the order are obtained on the basis of those currently in effect, which 2017 datesand which in turn were inferred from analytical information systems to ensure that said services were Cost effective.
The presentation of public price tables addresses the classification of activities whether they are performed in specialized care centers, primary care centers, and other centers.
Public Costing of Health Actions
In the order, thus, the cost of every activity of a health nature carried out in the region, from transportation Ambulance (Which is normally 353 euros but reaches 705 euros upon exiting the airport).
Interventions of Medical helicopter, in mountain rescues or traffic accidents, costs increase significantly. The basic price is equal to 7,200 euros and for each hour of mobility, 6,821 is added.
A query in primary care Those that do not require additional tests have a public cost 50 eurosWhich can reach up to 7,000 in extreme cases requiring mobile resources.
Surgeries in digestive system, for example, ranges between 10,000 and 24,000 euros; And removing the appendix can require more than 15,000 euros.
The cost of intervention on a newborn With a little it can reach 100,000 euros.
In specialized care centers, in turn, activities related to inpatient activity are considered, which distinguish it from outpatient activities, as well as technical and Diagnostic and therapeutic proceduresand other activities of a non-care nature.
Corresponding rates for activities and services are also included. Hemotherapy and transfusion, Including new titles to adapt your catalog The reality of clinical practice. Likewise, public prices applicable to relevant services and products Tissue banks of the Community of Madrid.
Finally, the public prices applicable to the services of Reference units Infectious diseases and genetic studies, for those exceptional situations in which patient movement is not possible.
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