What is the difference between chronic disease registration and normal registration?

The core difference is actually whether it is bound to the medical insurance chronic disease registration qualification, which corresponds to completely different registration priorities, reimbursement rules and diagnosis and treatment services. In essence, it is not two independent registration categories.

I have been working at the outpatient consultation desk of a tertiary hospital for almost 5 years. Every day I encounter patients who cannot understand the difference between the two. Take Uncle Li who came here last week as an example. He has had coronary heart disease for seven or eight years. Before, he had always been concerned about the general number of internal medicine. He paid half of the 20 yuan registration fee each time through medical insurance. 1 0 yuan, and can only prescribe medicines for one month at most. I just completed the chronic disease registration last month and registered a dedicated chronic disease number. I only paid 2 yuan for the registration fee. I can also prescribe medicines for 3 months at a time. Even the follow-up routine electrocardiogram review and chronic disease reimbursement save nearly half of the money compared to the ordinary number.

Don’t underestimate the difference in registration fees. The corresponding number source tilt is what many elderly patients with chronic diseases care about most. Ordinary numbers are a common number pool for the entire population. For example, in autumn and winter when cardiovascular disease is at its peak, ordinary numbers in the Department of Cardiology cannot be booked a week in advance. However, the chronic disease number is an exclusive number pool set aside by the hospital. It is only given to registered chronic disease patients. Basically, all patients can be called on the same day, and the number will not be crowded out by patients with common colds or routine physical examinations.

Of course, not everyone thinks it is more convenient to register for chronic diseases. Last month, an aunt who suffered from both diabetes and COPD came to complain, saying that to prescribe medicine for two chronic diseases, she had to register with two chronic disease registers in the endocrinology and respiratory departments. Calculated, it is more expensive than registering with a general general practitioner. There are also many young chronic disease patients who feel that it is too troublesome to go to the community to submit materials and wait for review when registering for chronic diseases. They would rather register with a regular number to save the trouble of running back and forth.

In fact, to put it bluntly, ordinary registration is like going to a popular restaurant for dinner. Everyone queues up to wait for a table, and the discounts are based on the normal rules. Chronic disease registration is equivalent to you getting an exclusive frequent customer card of the restaurant. Not only does it have reserved seats, but you can also enjoy frequent customer discounts. You just have to spend some effort to obtain the regular customer qualification. Whether it is suitable depends on your own medical needs.