まとめ
予約リマインダーは,プライマリケアにおける非出席率を大幅に削減します. 手紙のリマインダーと電話のリマインダーの両方が有効であり,出院しない可能性が低い患者にとっても費用対効果が高いことが証明されています.
科学分野:
- 医療サービス 研究 医療サービス
- プライマリーケア医療 プライマリーケア医療
- 健康経済学 医療経済学
背景:
- プライマリケアにおける高不出席率は,資源の非効率な配分とケアへのアクセスの減少につながります.
- 予約のリマインダーは,患者の非表示を軽減するための潜在的な戦略です.
研究 の 目的:
- 大人のプライマリケア内科センターにおける,さまざまなリマインダー戦略の費用対効果を評価する.
- 患者の非出席確率に基づいて,リマインダーを実行するための最適な値を決定する.
主な方法:
- ランダム化対照試験で,590件の予定されたフォローアップの診察が実施されました.
- 3つのグループを比較したところ,リマインダーなし,コンピュータで作成されたレターリマインダー,電話で送信されたリマインダー.
- 費用対効果を評価し,リマインダーから最も恩恵を受ける患者のサブグループを特定するための経済分析.
主要な成果:
- ノーショウ率は24% (対照群) からリマインダー群で14%に減少した.
- 手紙によるリマインダーと電話によるリマインダーは,同様の効果を示した.
- 費用対効果は,リマインダータイプと患者の出ない確率によって異なるが,コンピュータによる手紙の効果は5%以上,電話/マニュアルによる手紙の効果は11%以上であった.
結論:
- 予約リマインダーは,プライマリーケアにおける欠席を減らすための費用対効果の高い介入です.
- 高リスクの患者にリマインダーをターゲットにすること (出院しない確率>20%) は節約を最大化しますが,より広範な実施は依然として費用対効果的です.
- 提醒策は,特定の ambulatory 設定と患者集団に適応する必要があります.
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