在辅助生殖技术保险覆盖之前和之后,对不孕不育医疗保健的利用进行比较分析:使用国家患者样本数据进行横截面研究
Han-Sol Lee1, Yu-Cheol Lim2, Dong-Il Kim3
1Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
PloS one
|November 30, 2023
概括
韩国 韩国 韩国 韩国
科学领域:
- 生殖医学 生殖医学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 不孕症影响着人口的很大一部分,需要可获得和负担得起的护理.
- 2017年在韩国引入了辅助生殖技术 (ART) 的医疗保险,旨在改善获得不孕症治疗的机会.
- 了解这一政策对医疗保健利用和成本的影响,对于公共卫生规划至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析在韩国实施ART医疗保险之前和之后的不孕症护理类型和成本.
- 检查寻求不孕症治疗的患者中医疗保健利用模式的变化.
- 评估新保险单对不孕不育护理的财务影响.
主要方法:
- 医疗保险审查评估-国家患者样本数据2016年和2018年的比较分析.
- 包括被诊断为女性 (N97) 或男性 (N46) 不孕症的患者.
- 分析患者人口统计,医疗机构类型,治疗方法和相关成本.
主要成果:
- 患者人口结构向寻求不孕症护理的老年人群的转变.
- 使用不孕服务的男性患者增加了23%.
- 医疗保健利用率,治疗费用,手术索赔和淋巴激素使用的显著增加.
- 全年不孕症护理费用大幅增加,从大约665,000美元增加到超过320万美元.
- 每名患者的年度费用从114.76美元增加到522.38美元.
结论:
- 在韩国引入ART医疗保险覆盖范围,导致不孕服务的使用率增加,相关医疗保健费用大幅上升.
- 国家卫生政策显然影响了不孕不育护理的可访问性,治疗模式和财务负担.
- 需要进一步的研究来评估ART覆盖的长期结果和成本效益.
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