Medical ExpensesEnglishMedical Expenses. medical expenses are a type of service charged by doctors and health care organizations for spending on diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
I. What are Medical Expenses
Medical Expenses refer to all the expenses incurred in order to solve physical health problems. This includes a range of costs associated with health insurance, medical tests, medicines, surgeries, hospital care, and so on. There may also be higher costs for some specialized treatments and equipment.
2. Types of Medical Expenses
1. There are many types of medical expenses, which can be categorized according to different criteria. According to the type can be divided into preventive medical expenses and curative medical expenses.
2. The former is aimed at improving the health of the population through screening, counseling and large-scale public measures. The latter are expenses necessary because of illness or injury to the human body, such as hospitalization, surgery, and medicines. In addition, medical expenses can be categorized into cash payments, insurance payments and public **** payments, etc. based on the method of payment.
Third, the impact of medical costs
1, with the continuous development of medical technology and medical equipment, medical costs are also rising. For some of the more advanced and expensive treatments, medical costs are particularly high.
2. In addition, some backward areas have suffered from a shortage of medical resources and insufficient services for various reasons, such as policy, technology, and infrastructure, making production, life, and socio-economics suffer greatly.
3. In order to cope with the problem of high medical costs, many countries have taken some measures to protect people's health rights and interests. For example, diversified insurance modes such as public **** insurance, social insurance and commercial insurance have been introduced.
4. Strengthening the formulation and implementation of regulations in the field of medical and health care to ensure the safety, effectiveness and reliability of medical facilities and science and technology; strengthening the compulsory education and publicity for medical personnel, patients and the public to raise everyone's health awareness and medical knowledge.
5. In short, medical cost is an unavoidable expense for people in maintaining their own health. We should understand and recognize medical expenses from multiple perspectives and establish a correct concept of expenses and health concepts in order to improve the efficiency and quality of medical protection.