Table 2 Health insurance responses to COVID-19 by country
Classification | Republic of Korea | Japan | Germany | United States of America | ||||||||||||||||
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Inpatient/Outpatient | Content(s) | Health insurance fee (USDa) | Month Introduced | Inpatient/Outpatient | Content(s) | Health insurance fee (USDa) | Month Introduced | Inpatient/ Outpatient | Content(s) | Health insurance fee (USDa) | Month Introduced | Inpatient/Outpatient | Content(s) | Health insurance fee (USDa) | Month Introduced | |||||
COVID-19 | Space | Inpatient | Negative pressure isolation room inpatient care fee | 341.95 | Mar | Inpatient | ICU inpatient care fee (admission within 3Â days) | 1,424.21 | Apr | Inpatient | Fee for additional ICU bed with ventilation | 56,818.18/bed | Mar | Inpatient | Inpatient care fee (confirmed patient) | 20% increase compared to existing rate | Mar | |||
2,136.32 | May | |||||||||||||||||||
ICU inpatient care fee (general, wards dedicated to severe COVID-19 patients) | 99.00 | Mar | Additional fee for inpatient care with type-2 infectious disease | 21.93 | Apr | |||||||||||||||
87.72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Staff | Inpatient | Negative pressure isolation management fee in ICU | General | 215.62 | Mar | Outpatient | Dental consultation fee for confirmed patient | 26.14 | Apr | Inpatient | Additional daily nursing fee | 43.18/day | Mar | |||||||
Wards dedicated to severe COVID-19 patients | 431.25 | |||||||||||||||||||
Inpatient isolation management fees in long-term care hospitals | 72.75 | May | ||||||||||||||||||
Infection prevention and control fee | 2.86 | Jan | Inpatient | Additional fees for emergency management | 166.67 | Apr | ||||||||||||||
Residential treatment center patient care fee | I | 31.43 | Mar | 250 | May | |||||||||||||||
47.15 | Dec | |||||||||||||||||||
II | 20.97 | Mar | ||||||||||||||||||
31.46 | Dec | |||||||||||||||||||
III | 94.3 | Dec | ||||||||||||||||||
Hemodialysis fee | 270.68 | Dec | 416.67 | Sep | ||||||||||||||||
Stuff | Inpatient and outpatient | PCR test | 64.85 | Feb | Inpatient and outpatient | PCR test | 118.42 | Mar | Inpatient and outpatient | PCR test | 67.05 | Feb | ||||||||
Inpatient | Mask for medical staff (negative pressure isolation room, isolation room in ICU) | 19.87 | Mar | Inpatient | PPE costs | 56.82/patient | Apr | Inpatient and outpatient | PCR test | 26.00 | Feb | |||||||||
113.64/patient | Jul | 51.00 | Mar | |||||||||||||||||
100.00 | Apr | |||||||||||||||||||
Non-COVID | Space | - | - | Inpatient | Compensation for empty beds | 636.36/bed | Mar | - | ||||||||||||
Staff | Outpatient | Telephone consultation fee (clinic-level) | 4.16 | Feb | Outpatient | Telephone consultation fee (first visit) | 18.77 | Dec | Outpatient | Expansion of telemedicine coverage | Same as previous | Mar | ||||||||
Outpatient | Authorization of proxies (prescription drugs) (first visit, clinic-level) | 4.96 | Feb | Additional fee for consultation (under 6Â years old) | 8.77 | Apr | ||||||||||||||
Outpatient | Infection prevention and control fee (clinics dedicated to respiratory diseases) | 17.63 | Feb | Infection prevention and control fee (suspected patient) | 26.32 | Apr | ||||||||||||||
Inpatient and outpatient | Transmission prevention management fees in national safe hospitals | 17.63 | Feb | Additional examination fee for consultation | Outpatient | 0.44 | Dec | 409.09 ~ 863.64/bed | Jul | |||||||||||
Prescription | 0.35 | Dec | ||||||||||||||||||
Visiting nurse | 0.44 | Dec | ||||||||||||||||||
Inpatient | Infection prevention and control fee (mental hospital, long-term care hospital) | 0.99/day | Apr | Inpatient | Admission | 0.88 | Dec | |||||||||||||
Stuff | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||