Evening star., 1949-05-05
Effect OF Costs
In nHospitaICa
lobe Surveyed
D, c. Medleol Society,
Public Heolth Service
To Undertoke Study
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TIE naAgscl Ate1seAl s$exlesy
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Health SerNarr thaa fan y II seS,ss-
Nog at Important anklyss. O. la
coats - hospital care tn tsr DIS.
;Tsci ard tArst relation 10 I've
ABILITY q patients to pay tos tAem.
IAs ocse;s announced plans
!os the study lAa nlghL after
anpyoslnE Il OF Ire recommends.
'son a TIE ConsalGsre en MedwAl
Care TIE aet4ora came a, the
groups sanuai business naeetans.
What does II cnst Ia ee treated
IN hospitals What services aru
needed fer SPECIFIC llineSSes aai
- hA' do they co&i Ho~ much are
doctors tees TO WHat extent cAn
people AFFORD them Ho~ do peoria
taFr who have prepayment health
insurance protection
In short. how ealamltols il The
cost Of hospital carr 20 Tic In.
diridusl today
First Sarsey aI Tsnr.
These arc some q The important
questions officials hope Will To
answered by the survey. described
As the 1rSt Of sts type Ia b. UNDER
taken
DIR William Nj Rall.nKrr. So
eiety Executive Board chairman.
who presented the plan !or ae-
tion. said The study viii hc a Joint
project involving The society The
Public Health Service and local
hospitals The Federal agency
already has agreed 10 particlpats.
and discussions Will he hrId IN tho
near future with hospital leaders.
officials Said
Theodore Wipftld. executive sec-
retary Of the Medical Society said
the Medieo-Chiurgieal Society,
representing the eliya eolored
doctors. also will be invited 10 toln,
The study sill not be started
during the summer. officials aaid.
because hospitals usually have
smaller patient loads during those
months, The Public Health Gerv-
iee estimates the project viii take
about eight months 10 finiah.
Voted to Head seeletS.
Dr Ballingcrs report said the
investigation should prove re-
Feallng and helpful In developing
medical care plans for the future" 4"
DR. BaIlinRer Was voted preki-
dent-eiect as the meeting. 10 take
Office July !. 1850 Dr Walter
Freeman viii take over leadership
Of tho society next July from IDT.
John Minor who presided At last
nights session Other new officers
elected included
Or. Samuel M Dodek. flrst vice
president; Dr.. Dorothy Jaeger -Lre,
second vice president. Dr Minor.
Executive Board member Dr.
Hugh Hussey. delegate 10 the
American Medical Association. Dr.
Frederick c. Fishbaek. alternate
delegate. and Dr. Richard v.
! Mattinsly. member OF the Board
of Censors.
| In another action, the society
voted 10 confer with District ON
eials at the earliest possible
moment" on problems involving
the care OF INDECENT patients in
their own homes by doctors who
agree to answer emergency calls.
/ The society also instructed dele
gates TO the ANA convention next
June TO introduce = resolution
urging that young doctors trained
In Army and Navy programs bs
selected whenever essential ned
ical needs of the armed forces
cannot be mst in any other way
Welfare Plan Described.
In an address, Or Clifford II.
Keene. medical director OF tho
Kaiser Frazer Corp. described =
new welfare program for en-
pioyes Of the corporation which
is a pilot project" In the labor
management development, OF well
fare funds In the autofnotivs In
dustry.
The plan. he said. provides go
u week Up 10 20 weeks for workers
Of the job because Of rlon-lncus-
trial injuries or illness hospliali-
Zation and surgical care prepay
ment insurance for workers and
their families. and 81 900 life "a
surance policies.
For the program. the corpora
ton pays into the fund eents for
each hour worked by each en-
pioye covered. amounting 10 abous
90 per worker per month. Or.
keene said
! The ofaeial Aald he feels II 10
only . matter Of time before
some Federal health program is
adopted He said he hopes 10