在波士顿大都会地区,无保险医院患者的病例组合和资源利用情况
1Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115.
JAMA
|June 23, 1989
概括
没有保险的患者可能会得到较少的护理. 这项研究发现,与有保险的患者相比,无保险的个人住院时间较短,手术较少,即使医疗需求相似.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 医学社会学 医学社会学
背景情况:
- 竞争激烈的医疗保健市场可能会激励医院减少对无保险患者的服务.
- 对于没有保险的人群来说,医疗保健获取和质量的差异是一个重大问题.
- 了解保险状况如何影响医疗保健利用对于政策制定至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查未保险患者与保险患者相比,是否获得更少的医院服务.
- 分析非保险和保险患者组之间的病例组合,停留时间和程序的差异.
- 根据不同医院类型的保险状况,检查治疗强度的变化.
主要方法:
- 在1983年,对波士顿地区52家医院的65,032名患者记录进行了回顾性分析.
- 将患者分为自付/免费护理,蓝十字和医疗补助等类别.
- 病例混合严重性指数,住院时间和手术数量的比较,经过对诊断相关组 (DRG) 的调整.
主要成果:
- 没有保险的患者在公立和主要的教学医院表现出更高的病例混合严重性.
- 在所有医院中,无保险和保险患者的整体病例组合严重程度相似.
- 在调整了病例组合后,没有保险的患者比蓝十字患者住院时间短7%,手术次数少7%.
- 没有保险的患者的住院时间比医疗补助计划的患者要短,但手术率相似.
结论:
- 没有医疗保险的患者可能会在医院经历不平等的待遇.
- 较短的住院时间和对无保险患者的手术数量较少表明潜在的治疗不足.
- 调查结果强调,无论保险状况如何,都需要政策来确保公平的护理.
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