在高需求,高成本的医疗保险人群中,高性能初级保健诊所
Adam L Beckman1, Maike Tietschert2, Andrew Old3
1Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
BMJ open quality
|July 25, 2023
概括
对于高需要,高成本 (HNHC) 医疗保险受益人的高性能初级保健诊所很少见. 没有一家诊所获得"明亮点"的地位,这表明需要为这些患者群体提供更好的支持.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 主要护理医学 医疗保健
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 初级保健诊所正在专注于高需要,高成本 (HNHC) 医疗保险受益者,以减少支出和提高质量.
- HNHC的受益者包括有虚弱的老年人,65岁以下残疾的成年人以及患有复杂慢性疾病的人.
- 对于这些HNHC亚群的高性能初级保健诊所的流行率,称为"明亮点",是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定初级保健诊所在HNHC子群体的成本或质量指标上表现出色的流行率.
- 确定在HNHC组中以更低的成本实现有利结果的"明亮点"诊所.
主要方法:
- 使用2014-2015年医疗保险索赔数据进行的横截面研究.
- 根据年度支出,可避免的住院,急救诊所,再入院率和在家度过的健康日子来评估诊所.
- 高绩效定义为在HNHC子群的≥4个指标上排名在最高四分位数中;在所有子群中"明亮点"的排名很高.
主要成果:
- 分析了2770家服务于HNHC亚群体的初级保健诊所.
- 不到4%的诊所是个别HNHC亚群的高绩效诊所.
- <0.5%的诊所在给定的子群体的五个措施中都表现出色.
- 没有一家初级保健诊所符合"明亮点"的定义.
结论:
- 对于HNHC医疗保险受益人来说,高绩效的初级保健诊所很少见.
- 需要大量的努力来支持初级保健,为这些复杂的患者群体提供最佳的护理.
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