Hospitals had to postpone a large number of operations during the high phase of the epidemic.
–iStock
–
The Swiss healthcare system would it be unthe creature bulimic who supporte poor diet? The demand of hospitals to obtain compensation for their shortfall during the crisis seems to confirm this. The coronavirus crisis has delayed many operations or treatments. Hospitals articulate autoday a loss between 1.7 and 2.6 billion. They hope to compensate for this decrease by turning to the Confederation or the insurers.
–
Si on can understanda Steps from an economic point of view, she does not arouse any manoint a certain discomfort. Finally, “savings” in health have been made and they should be filled. More absurd, it would be necessary to finance after the fact of the services which were not carried out. If our system has shown that it is flexible from a health point of view, it shows how rigid it is from a financial point of view. Certainly uno decrease in turnover hospitalsaux affecte Cascade a whole microcosm accustomed until now to stability, even to growth. But this is the case for many economic sectors during this crisis.
–
For hospitals, this unexpected episode should be an opportunity for introspection. How much of the hospital activity responds to a real demand for care and which part creates the demand? At what point in the system does the patient requiring care become the customer consuming services?
–
This crisis is a life-size test. Afterwards, we must be able to sort out what was urgent to do, what could wait et finally this that will not happen. THEn not sait not to what extent hospitals and the FOPH want to do a detailed analysisand of cand episode, but she would allow of cerner a little better where is located the overweight of the system.
—
