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マネージドケアに登録された高齢患者のアクセスとアウトカム
D G Clement1, S M Retchin, R S Brown
1Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0203.
JAMA
|May 18, 1994
まとめ
健康維持機関 (HMO) のメディケア患者は,手数料対サービス (FFS) プランと比較して,ケアへのアクセスとアウトカムが異なることを示しました. 関節痛のHMO登録者はより多くの訪問を受けたが,胸痛の患者は少なく,全体的に症状の改善が少ない.
科学分野:
- 医療サービス 研究 医療サービス
- 比較効果研究 比較効果研究
- メディケア政策 メディケア政策
背景:
- ヘルス・メンテナンス・オーガニゼーション (HMO) とサービス代金制度 (Fee-for-Service, FFS) は,メディケア受給者のための医療提供の異なるモデルを表しています.
- これらのモデル間のケアアクセスとアウトカムの違いを理解することは,医療の質と患者の満足度を評価するために重要である.
研究 の 目的:
- HMOに登録された急性または慢性的な症状を経験しているメディケア患者の医療へのアクセスと医療結果をFFSプランと比較するために.
- 2つの支払いモデル間のケア利用と症状応答の具体的な違いを特定する.
主な方法:
- 1990年の世帯電話調査は,前12ヶ月間に関節や胸の痛みを報告したメディケア受給者の間で実施されました.
- 層格化されたランダムサンプルは,HMO登録者6,476人,FFS受給者6,381人の比較可能な受給者を含む.
- 重要な指標には,介護を求める行動,医師の診察,処置,処方箋,フォローアップ勧告,症状応答が含まれていました.
主要な成果:
- 関節痛を持つHMOの登録者は,FFSの非登録者と比較して,医師の診察や処方箋を受ける可能性が高くなりました.
- 胸の痛みのあるHMOの登録者は,FFSの非登録者よりも医師の診察が少ない.
- 両方の条件では,HMO登録者は,より頻繁に専門医を見たり,フォローアップを受けたり,または進行をモニターしたりせず,関節痛の症状改善が少ないと報告されました.
結論:
- メディケアリスク契約を締結したHMOは,特定の ambulatory conditionに対して,サービスの利用率が低下していることを示した.
- FFSの受給者と比較して,関節痛のHMO登録者において症状の改善が少ないことが観察されました.
- 研究結果は,メディケア患者のためのHMOとFFSモデルの間で,ケアへのアクセスと患者の報告されたアウトカムにおける潜在的なトレードオフを示唆しています.
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