Coquille Valley still delivering
SHELL - From a financial point of view, the doctor, provide babies in a rural hospital is not very profitable. Constatée by the insurance costs for doctors, the practice of obstetrics, so that, if not enough babies, doctors can spend more money, as a subject of the premium to motherhood, the number visits.
For the three doctors, a delivery to the Coquille Valley Hospital, it can not pay, but it is not reflection. In addition, a service of the community, they appreciate the opportunity to purchase shares at a specific location, with its patients.
“Normally, when we see a person, it is rotzig a nose or a physical illness or something bad,” said Dr. Chuck Roesel, now in its 11th year Coquille. “(With a pregnancy), and you see someone, happy and healthy.” You see, weekly and monthly and then getting to know really. They are really close friendship with the people. ”
“These are moments of joy,” said Nancy Keller, who has three children, born on Coquille Valley, along with hundreds of other deliveries. “This is an example where we can and an important event in the life of a human being. ”
For candidates, there are pregnant women wanting the benefits of Coquille Valley Hospital.
“People like the atmosphere at the hospital,” said the basement. “It is small and it is considerable.”
He is also a factor in the relationship. Roesel, the cave and Dr. Bill Croson are all family practitioners. So if they have a child, this is not the end of their responsibility. It is a general rule, the beginning.
“When you start with a family doctor, there is a chance that 98 percent of the person is your baby,” said the basement. “The only reason why I am bored with my own patients, when I went out of the city.”
Keller never turns the same time, the potential to provide a child. Although not accept new patients, the winery made an exception for pregnant women. She loves the care of children, she is known for so long, how they were living.
“If you have the person who provided the child that you know all the problems,” she said. “We provide continuity. We understand all levels of the family.”
Delivering a baby on Coquille Valley Hospital is also relatively cheap. According to the Association of Oregon Health Systems and hospitals, the average number of hospital service vaginal delivery without complications was $ 4,800 on the subject Coquille Valley Hospital from October 2006 to September 2007. During the same period, Oregon hospitals pay an average of $ 7900 for the same service.
In addition, doctors in free demonstrations of pregnancy.
Dennis Zielinski, Coquille Valley’s CEO, said, the low costs for the care of the birth of the aid has been prepared in accordance with the Clinic of the general policy of pricing practice. He noted at the hospital in the charge are, in general, less than 20 percent of the lowest in Oregon hospitals.
“It is important that our board of the hospital very competitive prices,” he said. “It’s something that we in the workplace.”
Zielinski said the hospital to give all its departments to take responsibility for themselves, behaving as a challenge for the birth of aid in case of birth are rare.