高コストのメディケア患者の総支出に対する予防可能な急性ケア支出の貢献度
Karen E Joynt1, Atul A Gawande, E John Orav
1Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. kjoynt@partners.org
JAMA
|June 26, 2013
まとめ
高コストのメディケアの患者は,かなりの医療費を支えているが,その費用のほんの一部は,予防可能な救急診療所訪問や入院によるものだ. 外来診療の改善は,このグループの全体的なコスト削減に限られた影響を及ぼす可能性があります.
科学分野:
- 健康経済学 医療経済学
- ヘルスケア・マネジメント・ヘルスケア・マネジメント
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 米国の患者の少数の割合が,医療費の大きな割合を占めています.
- 高コストの患者グループにおける支出パターンを理解することは,コスト削減に不可欠です.
- これらの患者の間で予防可能な急性ケアサービスの範囲はよく理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- 高コストのメディケア受給者の間で,潜在的に予防可能な急性ケアサービスの割合を定量化するために.
- 支出パターンを分析し,コスト削減のための介入の分野を特定する.
主な方法:
- 65歳以上受給者の2009年から2010年のメディケアファイルの5%を分析した.
- 支出デシールに基づいて,高コストおよび持続的に高コストの患者の特定.
- 潜在的に予防可能な緊急治療室 (ED) の訪問と入院患者の入院を特定するためのアルゴリズムの適用.
主要な成果:
- 高コストの患者 (支出のトップ10%) は,ED費用の32.9%,入院費用の79.0%を負担しました.
- 高コストの患者では,ED費用の41.0%と入院費用の9.6%が潜在的に予防可能であった.
- 継続的に高コストの患者では,予防可能なED (43.3%) と入院 (13.5%) の支出の割合が類似していました.
結論:
- 高コストのメディケア患者の医療費の限られた割合は,予防可能なED訪問と入院に起因する.
- このコホートにおいて,強化された外来治療によるコスト削減の可能性は,制限されることがあります.
- 地域のプライマリーケア医師の供給は,高コストの患者で予防可能な支出の増加と相関しています.
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