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December 06, 2021 – 11:10 am clock
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High costs in the corona intensive care unit
It is of course no secret that treating corona patients in intensive care units costs a lot of money. But how high this amount actually is per patient – very few people are sure of that. According to consistent information from health insurance companies and the Thuringian State Hospital Association, there are regular five-digit costs for the appropriate care for these people.
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Costs over 30,000 euros per patient
Intensive treatment costs around 1,500 to 3,000 euros a day, according to Andreas Weichert, Head of Hospital Financing for the State Hospital Society. Several intensive care physicians had estimated the average length of stay of Covid patients in intensive care units at two to three weeks.
Spokespersons for AOK Plus and Barmer said that the health insurance companies paid an average of around 32,000 to 33,000 euros for the treatment of an invasively ventilated corona patient in an intensive care unit. Without invasive ventilation, the health insurers paid around 8,000 euros.
The intensive treatment of Covid patients costs more than 30,000 euros.
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In principle, the amount of the costs could vary greatly depending on the course of the disease, the severity of the disease or the duration of the treatment, said von der Barmer. “The cost of treating seriously ill corona patients is significantly higher than, for example, the cost of oncological patients or caring for accident victims,” Weichert explained. This is due, for example, to the fact that a particularly large number of staff is needed when patients have to be turned from back to stomach. In addition, treating nurses and doctors would have to take very complex protective measures to protect themselves from a corona infection. The resulting costs are particularly high if the patient has to be artificially ventilated. (dpa / dbö)VIDEO PLAYLIST: Everything you need to know about Corona
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