南达科他州皮肤病学:城市与农村等待时间调查和皮肤科医生密度调查
Colby Felts1, Lauren Ochoa1, Marcus Frohm1
1University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.
概括
南达科他州皮肤科医生的等待时间在农村和城市地区是相似的,这与研究假设相反. 尽管患者与提供者的比例充足,但获得皮肤病护理仍然是一个问题,需要进一步研究解决方案.
科学领域:
- 皮肤病学 皮肤病学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 农村卫生 农村卫生
背景情况:
- 南达科他州在2019年面临着严重的皮肤科医生短缺,每27,569人中有1人.
- 由于长时间的等待时间,无法获得皮肤病治疗,可能导致诊断延迟和疾病进展.
- 影响等待时间的因素包括社会经济地位,医疗服务供应商分布以及患者与医疗服务供应商的比例.
研究的目的:
- 调查南达科他州农村和城市地区等待皮肤科医生的等待时间是否不同.
- 为了比较南达科他州城市和农村环境中的患者与医疗服务提供者的比例.
主要方法:
- 在南达科他州的皮肤病诊所进行了等待时间调查.
- 通过互联网搜索,确定了皮肤病提供者,以建立城市/农村分类.
- 城市地区被定义为人口≥50,000;理想的比例为每10万人有4名皮肤科医生.
主要成果:
- 南达科他州75%的皮肤病诊所参与,农村和城市的代表性相等.
- 农村和城市诊所之间没有发现新的 (p=0.787) 或已建立的患者 (p=0.461) 等待时间的统计学上显著差异.
- 大多数南达科他州的城市都达到目标患者与皮肤科医生比例,但达科他沙丘是例外.
结论:
- 农村等待时间超过皮肤科医生的城市等待时间的假设没有得到数据的支持.
- 在农村和城市的诊所观察到超过六周的等待时间,这表明更广泛的访问问题.
- 需要进一步的研究,以确定改善及时获得皮肤病护理的策略,尽管提供者比例充足.
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