▲ 의정부을지대병원 전경  © 브레이크뉴스 하인규 기자

(브레이크뉴스 경기동북부)하인규 기자=의정부을지대학교병원(병원장 이승훈)이 ‘약제급여 적정성 평가’에서 최고 등급인 1등급을 획득했다고 보도자료를 통해 밝혔다.

건강보험심사평가원은 의료서비스 질 향상을 통한 국민건강증진을 목표로 2001년부터 외래 진료내역 중 원내·외 처방약제를 대상으로 약제 급여 적정성 평가를 실시하고 있다.

이번 평가 항목은 ▲급성 상·하기도 감염항생제 처방률 ▲주사제 처방률 ▲처방건당 약품목수 ▲호흡기계질환 약품목수 ▲근골격계질환 약품목수 등 6개다.

의정부을지대병원은 평가에서 급성 상기도감염 항생제 처방률 11.38%(전체평균 32.36%), 과 급성 하기도감염 항생제 처방률 34.78%(전체평균 54.06%), 처방건당 약품목수 2.95%(전체평균 3.67%), 호흡기계질환 약품목수 3.06%(전체 평균 4.58%) 등 4가지 항목에서 1등급을 획득했다.

이승훈 의정부을지대병원장은 “1등급 획득은 우리 병원이 약물 오남용과 관련하여 환자들에게 신뢰를 줄 수 있는 의료기관임을 인정받은 것”이라며 “앞으로도 약제 사용 관리와 개선을 통해 환자 안전과 의료서비스 향상에 최선을 다하겠다”고 말했다.

한편 의정부을지대병원은 최근 만성폐쇄성폐질환, 정신건강 입원영역, 폐렴 등 3개 적정성 평가에서 높은 점수로 1등급을 획득했다. 

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Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital, obtained ‘1st grade’ in drug reimbursement adequacy evaluation

Scores significantly higher than the overall average for the 4 items

-Reporter Ha In-gyu

(Break News, Northeast Gyeonggi Province) = Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital (Director Lee Seung-hoon) announced in a press release that it had obtained the highest grade, Grade 1, in the “evaluation of drug benefit adequacy.”

Since 2001, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) has been conducting drug reimbursement adequacy evaluations for in-hospital and out-of-home prescription drugs among outpatient treatment details, with the goal of improving public health by improving the quality of medical services.

The evaluation items are ▲prescription rate of antibiotics for acute upper and lower respiratory infections ▲prescription rate of injections ▲number of drugs per prescription ▲number of drugs for respiratory diseases ▲number of drugs for musculoskeletal disorders.

Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital had an antibiotic prescription rate of 11.38% (overall average 32.36%) for acute upper respiratory tract infection, 34.78% (overall average 54.06%) antibiotic prescription rate for acute lower respiratory tract infections, number of drugs per prescription 2.95% (overall average 3.67%), and respiratory system. It obtained a grade 1 in 4 items, including 3.06% of the number of medicines for diseases (4.58% overall average).

Lee Seung-hoon, president of Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital, said, “Attaining the first grade means that our hospital has been recognized as a medical institution that can give patients confidence in relation to drug misuse. I will do my best,” he said.

Meanwhile, Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital recently obtained the first grade with high scores in three adequacy evaluations, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mental health hospitalization, and pneumonia.