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2007年04月30日 09時41分39秒 | 新聞記事から
在宅医療の報酬上げ 開業医に往診など促す 厚労省方針 08年度改定で 入院減らし医療費抑制
The Ministry of Health,Labor and Welfare likely will revise the related laws and rules in fiscal 2008 and then raise the medical treatment fee for doctors who are able to make a home visit.Accordint to the ministry's plan,the fees for doctors who are dependent only on outpatients and do not care for home medical care will be reduced.These are aimed at curbing the medical expenses by reducing people's going into the hospital,which is more expensive than at home medical care in terms of medical treatment cost.
参考:開業医practitioner 往診するmake a home visit, make (a) house call 外来患者 outpatient 入院患者inpatient 入院しているin (the) hospital