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Editor-in-Chief & President
A patient: Impact damage the economy - 2.2 billion
Dun & Bradstreet data shows that the number of patients with influenza during the current period
Higher by 10% compared to last year. "About 30% of patients reach the emergency room; in only 1.935 beds per thousand people, "
Extent of damage of flu season in winter will total approximately NIS 2.2 billion loss of working days calculation of hospital costs and doctor visits vaccine tests, hospitalization of an adult or child is sick and loss of work days of parents whose children become sick, according to a study by research firm Dun & Bradstreet Consultants .
According to Health Ministry figures flu each year in approximately 9% of a total of 692 550 people. Comparison with the average rate of volume of referrals to clinics a week with flu disease figures reveals that only about 78% of them seek medical attention.
Calculation carried out by Dun & Bradstreet shows that for five days of sick leave the economy loses an average of some 1.2 million working days, along with day to lose a parent in the case and force absent from work due to a sick child. By GDP per capita per day total of 429 shekels economy will lose about -548 million patients and about -703 million of parental absence from work due to illness of their children.
Applicants cost clinics for sorting, tests and vaccines will reach to 415 million. It is estimated that about 30% of patients with the flu coming to the emergency room that is about 200,000 thousand with only 60,000 thousand are hospitalized because of influenza. According to CBS data, the average number of days of hospitalization inner class is four days, the price of day care is about 2000 dollars and the price for the Israeli economy will amount to 500 million.
D & B notes that the most worrisome data are the rates of beds in relation to the population. "The number of beds for general care in Israel in 2009 was 14 599. The ratio of beds economic departments in Israel stands at 1.935 beds per thousand residents in internal department beds per person rate was about 0.528 beds per thousand residents. Department of kids in the situation even worse in 2009 there were 0.144 beds per thousand inhabitants. "
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Dun & Bradstreet data shows that the number of patients with influenza during the current period
Higher by 10% compared to last year. "About 30% of patients reach the emergency room; in only 1.935 beds per thousand people, "
Extent of damage of flu season in winter will total approximately NIS 2.2 billion loss of working days calculation of hospital costs and doctor visits vaccine tests, hospitalization of an adult or child is sick and loss of work days of parents whose children become sick, according to a study by research firm Dun & Bradstreet Consultants .
According to Health Ministry figures flu each year in approximately 9% of a total of 692 550 people. Comparison with the average rate of volume of referrals to clinics a week with flu disease figures reveals that only about 78% of them seek medical attention.
Calculation carried out by Dun & Bradstreet shows that for five days of sick leave the economy loses an average of some 1.2 million working days, along with day to lose a parent in the case and force absent from work due to a sick child. By GDP per capita per day total of 429 shekels economy will lose about -548 million patients and about -703 million of parental absence from work due to illness of their children.
Applicants cost clinics for sorting, tests and vaccines will reach to 415 million. It is estimated that about 30% of patients with the flu coming to the emergency room that is about 200,000 thousand with only 60,000 thousand are hospitalized because of influenza. According to CBS data, the average number of days of hospitalization inner class is four days, the price of day care is about 2000 dollars and the price for the Israeli economy will amount to 500 million.
D & B notes that the most worrisome data are the rates of beds in relation to the population. "The number of beds for general care in Israel in 2009 was 14 599. The ratio of beds economic departments in Israel stands at 1.935 beds per thousand residents in internal department beds per person rate was about 0.528 beds per thousand residents. Department of kids in the situation even worse in 2009 there were 0.144 beds per thousand inhabitants. "
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