This statistic displays the out-of-pocket costs to treat selected acute medical conditions in three settings in 2015. Out-of-pocket costs can be defined as costs that an insured person must pay directly to a health care provider, without assistance from a third party (government or insurance). According to the study, out-of-pocket treatment costs for an ear infection are around 36 U.S. dollars in a retail clinic, compared to 414 dollars in an emergency room setting. Per the study, almost 30 percent of conditions treated in an emergency room could have been treated in a retail clinic at much less cost.
Out-of-pocket costs to treat selected acute conditions in 2015, by setting
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BCBS, & Blue Health Intelligence. (January 18, 2017). Out-of-pocket costs to treat selected acute conditions in 2015, by setting [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/699127/cost-to-treat-select-conditions-by-setting/
BCBS, und Blue Health Intelligence. "Out-of-pocket costs to treat selected acute conditions in 2015, by setting." Chart. January 18, 2017. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/699127/cost-to-treat-select-conditions-by-setting/
BCBS, Blue Health Intelligence. (2017). Out-of-pocket costs to treat selected acute conditions in 2015, by setting. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/699127/cost-to-treat-select-conditions-by-setting/
BCBS, and Blue Health Intelligence. "Out-of-pocket Costs to Treat Selected Acute Conditions in 2015, by Setting." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jan 2017, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/699127/cost-to-treat-select-conditions-by-setting/
BCBS & Blue Health Intelligence, Out-of-pocket costs to treat selected acute conditions in 2015, by setting Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/699127/cost-to-treat-select-conditions-by-setting/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
Out-of-pocket costs to treat selected acute conditions in 2015, by setting [Graph], BCBS, & Blue Health Intelligence, January 18, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/699127/cost-to-treat-select-conditions-by-setting/