北美和欧洲的医疗保健价格透明度
Harman Araich1, Julia Tran2, Jinho Jung2
1School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, Cleveland, United States.
The British journal of radiology
|September 3, 2023
概括
医疗保健价格透明度旨在帮助患者做出明智的决策并降低成本. 然而,美国当前的工具面临着可用性,准确性和整合质量指标的挑战,以实现真正的基于价值的护理.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 医疗保健政策 医疗保健政策
- 患者的决策能力
背景情况:
- 医疗保健价格透明度倡议旨在赋予患者权力,减少医疗服务成本变化.
- 这些举措对可购买的服务最为相关,患者必须自行支付费用,例如成像.
- 在全球范围内,对价格透明度的要求正在增加,特别是在具有成本共享模式的国家.
研究的目的:
- 评估医疗保健价格透明度倡议的有效性和挑战.
- 确定当前价格透明度工具的局限性,特别是在美国.
- 探索患者参与和明智的医疗保健选择所需的改进.
主要方法:
- 分析现有的医疗保健价格透明度任务和工具.
- 确定常见问题,包括供应商不合规和可访问性障碍.
- 评估有关用户友好性,成本重点 (自付费用与协商费用) 的工具特性,并包括质量指标.
主要成果:
- 目前的美国价格透明度工具往往难以使用,公众访问有限,并专注于收费而不是患者自付费用.
- 工具往往缺乏可靠的质量指标,可能导致错误的选择和价.
- 这些举措对患者决策和医疗保健成本的实际影响仍然不确定.
结论:
- 医疗保健价格透明度需要加强患者参与,并提供准确的,针对患者的自付费用信息.
- 将可靠的质量指标与价格数据相结合,对于实现真正知情的患者决策至关重要.
- 需要进一步发展,以克服目前的局限性,并确保透明度倡议带来预期的好处.
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