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P J Cunningham1, J M Grossman, R F St Peter
1Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC 20024, USA. PJC@hschange.com
JAMA
|April 3, 1999
まとめ
マネージドケアプランの医師は,チャリティーケアを少なく提供しています. また,管理医療の普及率が高い地域では,医師のチャリティケア時間を短縮し,保険のない患者のアクセスに影響を及ぼします.
科学分野:
- 医療サービス 研究 医療サービス
- 医者の実践パターン
- 保健医療政策について
背景:
- 医療制度の変化は,医師の無償のケアを提供する能力を制限する可能性があります.
- これは,保険がなく,保険が不足している人々の医師へのアクセスを減少させる可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- マネージドケアへの関与と,医師による慈善医療の提供との関係を調査する.
- マネージドケアが脆弱な患者グループに対する医師の可用性にどのように影響するかを理解する.
主な方法:
- 1996-1997年のコミュニティ・トラッキング・スタディの医師調査のデータを活用した.
- 60のコミュニティの10,881人の医師の全国的に代表的なサンプルを分析しました.
- 慈善医療は,医師が患者の経済的ニーズのために無料または低料金のケアを提供した時間数で測定されます.
主要な成果:
- 77.3%の医師が,月平均10.3時間の慈善ケアを提供している.
- 高い管理ケア収入 (≥85%) を有する医師は,慈善ケアを提供する可能性が著しく低かった.
- 地理的な地域におけるマネージドケア普及率の高さは,個々の医師の関与に関係なく,慈善ケア時間の減少と相関している (P<.01).
- 単独の診療所と2人の医師の診療所では,他の診療所よりも多くの慈善医療が提供されました (P<.01).
結論:
- マネージドケアにおける医師の関与は,慈善ケア提供の減少と関連しています.
- 高い地域マネージドケア普及率は,医師による慈善ケアの可用性をさらに低下させる.
- これらの発見は,管理されたケアが保険のない患者のアクセス問題を悪化させる可能性があることを示唆しています.
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