Management deterioration due to the new corona University hospitals nationwide May 16% decrease May 18th 18:58
Due to factors such as refraining from receiving medical examinations due to the spread of the new coronavirus, it was found that the revenues in May for university hospitals nationwide decreased by 16% from the previous year, and the business situation has deteriorated.
The “National Medical Directors' Hospital Directors' Meeting”, which is created by the directors of university hospitals, conducted a questionnaire survey on 136 university hospitals nationwide regarding the impact on the management due to the spread of new coronavirus infection, and announced the results on the 20th. Did.
This means that the number of outpatients in May this year was 27% less than in the same month last year, and the number of first-time patients was reduced by 45%.
In addition, surgery tends to be postponed, and the number of operations in May was 30% less than last year. As a result, the income of university hospitals nationwide in May decreased by 16% compared to last year, and the management situation is deteriorating.
This means that there was a 21% decrease in income at university hospitals in eight prefectures with many infected people, such as Tokyo and Osaka.
The organizations surveyed require that the second supplementary budget of the country, which includes support for medical institutions, be promptly executed through prefectures.
At the press conference, Yukio Yuzawa, the chairman of the Fujita Medical University Hospital, who is the director of the hospital, said in a press conference, "There is a considerable load on other advanced medical care that university hospitals must take. We would like to see all medical institutions receive support promptly."