Investigating the income changes resulting from the implementation of the book of relative value 2018 in the hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

The aim of this study was to investigate the income changes resulting from the implementation of this book in the hospitals of the University of Medical Sciences.

This cross-sectional study was conducted based on retrospective information related to the first half of 1398 of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Data related to this study were collected from patientschr('39') records using hospital information system and hospital intelligent management system of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. In order to analyze the data, the average of Rials per service was used for each hospital and type of admission.

The results showed that with the implementation of the book of relative value 2018, the total income of the studied hospitals will increase by 10.67%. In total, the share of total book codes included in the study is 41% of the total, of which 20% is the professional component, 19% is the technical component and 2.4% is anesthesia. After book codes, hoteling with 26% and consumer goods with 14% and medicine with 11% make up the rest.

The approach of the 2018 book is more towards temporary inpatient services and encourages providers not to admit patients to receive services. Also in this book, the proper growth of the technical component of services will occur, which in other words indicates the approach and encouragement of investment in the hospital sector.