以前保険に入っていなかった成人の健康は,メディケア保険に加入した後の健康です
J Michael McWilliams1, Ellen Meara, Alan M Zaslavsky
1Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
JAMA
|December 27, 2007
まとめ
メディケアの適用を受けることで,以前保険に加入していなかった成人の健康状態が,特に心血管疾患や糖尿病を患っている成人の健康状態が著しく改善されました. これは,脆弱な高齢者集団に対する保険の健康上の利点を示しています.
科学分野:
- 健康経済学 医療経済学
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 未保険の高齢者,特に心血管疾患や糖尿病などの慢性疾患を患っている人は,保険付きの同級生と比較して,健康状態が悪くなっています.
- この人口層に対する保険の健康上の利点については,まだ十分に研究されていない.
研究 の 目的:
- メディケア保険の取得が,以前保険に加入していなかった成人の健康状態に与える影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- Health and Retirement Study (1992-2004) の縦断データに関する準実験的分析を用いた.
- 65歳でメディケアを受ける資格を得た後,以前保険に入っていなかった成人と継続的に保険に入っていた成人における健康傾向の変化を比較した.
- 自己報告した一般的な健康状態,運動能力,痛み,うつ症状,および心血管疾患の不良の結果を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 以前保険に加入していなかった成人は,保険に加入したグループと比較して,メディケアに加入後の健康傾向が著しく改善したことを示した.
- 心血管疾患または糖尿病の成人は,概要的な健康,移動性,機敏性において顕著な改善を経験し,心血管疾患の有害なアウトカムが減少しました.
- これらの慢性疾患を患っている未保険の成人と保険の成人の間の概要的な健康の格差は70歳までに50%縮小した.
結論:
- メディケア保険の加入は,以前保険に入っていなかった高齢者の間で自己報告された健康傾向の改善と関連しています.
- ポジティブな健康効果は,心血管疾患や糖尿病を患っている人にとって特に顕著です.
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