在传统医疗保险和医疗保险优势登记者中使用避孕药
Jacqueline Ellison1, Sabnum Pudasainy2, Meghan Bellerose3
1Jacqueline Ellison (jellison@pitt.edu), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Health affairs (Project Hope)
|January 8, 2024
概括
对于生育年龄的残疾人来说,医疗保险的覆盖率很低,医疗保险优势和传统医疗保险计划之间存在差异. 扩大所有避孕方法的覆盖范围可以改善获得和生殖自主权.
科学领域:
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 医疗保险是拥有社会保障残疾人保险的生育年龄人群的主要保险公司.
- 医疗保险没有强制规定避孕措施的覆盖范围,传统的医疗保险和医疗保险优势的使用模式未得到充分研究.
- 了解避孕药的使用对于残疾人群体的生殖健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析传统的医疗保险和医疗保险优势注册人群中的避孕药使用和方法选择.
- 为了比较在没有或有非避孕药的临床指示的受试者之间使用避孕药的情况.
- 为了确定在医疗保险中获得和使用避孕药的差异.
主要方法:
- 对医疗保险和Optum数据的分析.
- 传统的医疗保险和医疗保险优势的注册人之间的避孕药使用率和方法的比较.
- 根据非避孕药临床指标的存在来评估避孕药的使用情况.
主要成果:
- 避孕药的使用在医疗保险优势中高于传统医疗保险,但与医疗补助注册人相比,整体使用率较低.
- 在避孕方法中观察到显著的差异;长效可逆避孕和输卵管绝育在Medicare Advantage中更常见.
- 没有避孕药的临床适应症的受试者使用避孕药的可能性是使用避孕药的两倍.
结论:
- 医疗保险优势计划的登记者使用更高的避孕药,但整体比例仍然很低.
- 覆盖率差距和成本共享可能会为避孕措施的获取带来财政障碍.
- 建议扩大医疗保险覆盖范围,包括所有避孕方法,而无需共享成本,以支持残疾登记者的生殖自主权.
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