在前列腺癌治疗决策过程中对患者的观点和财务考虑进行前性评估
Karnvir S Rai1,2, Uday Mann2, Oksana Harasemiw3,4
1Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
概括
低收入的前列腺癌患者在治疗决策中优先考虑间接成本和旅行时间,面临更大的财务障碍. 了解这些独特的偏好对于公平的癌症护理讨论至关重要.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 癌症治疗的财政障碍可能会影响患者的决策,即使是在全民医疗保健系统内.
- 社会经济地位在患者如何感知和导航癌症护理方面发挥着重要作用.
- 局部性前列腺癌治疗决策受到个人价值观和系统障碍的复杂相互作用的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查社会经济地位与局部前列腺癌治疗决策之间的关系.
- 根据收入来确定患者的价值观,偏好和对护理的感知障碍.
- 了解财务障碍如何影响前列腺癌患者的选择.
主要方法:
- 对160名接受前列腺活检以初步检测前列腺癌的患者进行前性研究.
- 收集社会人口学变量,并使用验证的仪器评估健康素养.
- 低收入和高收入群体在诊断知识,治疗偏好和社会经济障碍方面的比较.
主要成果:
- 低收入患者的教育水平较低,失业率更高.
- 低收入前列腺癌患者强调间接的自付费用 (78.3%对33.3%) 和治疗旅行时间 (50%对15.1%).
- 较高比例的低收入患者报告了过去支付医疗保健服务的困难 (30.9%对9.1%).
结论:
- 收入较低的患者在前列腺癌护理中表现出不同的治疗价值和决策偏好.
- 间接成本和后勤挑战对寻求癌症治疗的低收入患者构成重大障碍.
- 在与来自不同社会经济背景的患者讨论前列腺癌治疗选择时,定制的沟通和支持至关重要.
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