Influencing Factor Analysis on Hospitalization Costs of 3046 Cases with Colorectal Cancer on Basic Medical Insurance in Beijing

The hospitalization cost of patients with colorectal cancer was studied to reveal influencing factors to explore traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospital performance characteristics, distribution law of factors affecting costs, and proposal of reducing medical costs. Retrospective analysis was conducted on the data of 3046 cases with colorectal cancer on basic medical insurance in Beijing in 2008. Factors of medical quality and costs were investigated by single and multivariate analysis. The relation of different factors and hospitalization cost was discussed. The results showed that major factors influencing hospitalization costs were hospitalization days, hospital category, main diag- nosis, hospital rank, operation or not, combination with cardiocerebral diseases, etc. It was concluded that hospitalization costs can be reduced by promoting applied rate of TCM, shortening hospitalization duration, promoting level of diagnosis and treatment, and service quality.