评估保险类型作为儿童急诊室社会经济地位的代理:试点研究
Michael C Monuteaux1, Michelle Du1, Mark I Neuman1
1Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Annals of emergency medicine
|January 20, 2024
概括
保险状况是儿科急诊医学研究中社会经济状况的不可靠的代理. 这项研究发现,保险公司在多达23%的儿童中错误地分类了社会经济地位,这表明研究中的潜在偏见.
科学领域:
- 儿科急救医学 儿科急救医学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 健康的社会经济决定因素
背景情况:
- 社会经济地位 (SES) 是健康结果的关键决定因素.
- 保险状况经常被用作SES在健康研究中的代理.
- 在儿科急诊医学中使用保险状况作为SES的代理的有效性尚未得到充分确立.
研究的目的:
- 评估保险状况的准确性作为儿童急诊医学研究中社会经济状况的代理.
- 确定保险状况与SES (护理人员教育和家庭收入) 的直接措施之间的一致性.
主要方法:
- 在儿童医院急诊部对300名儿科患者 (5-17岁) 进行了一项横截面试验研究.
- 社会经济地位是根据照顾者的教育水平和家庭收入来评估的.
- 用教育和收入作为参考标准计算了保险状况 (公共和私人) 的错误分类率.
主要成果:
- 在使用护理人员教育作为参考时,保险状况错误地对23%的患者的社会经济状况进行了分类.
- 在使用家庭收入作为参考时,保险状态错误地对14%的患者的社会经济地位进行了分类.
- 调查结果强调了保险和直接SES措施之间的显著差异.
结论:
- 保险状况是儿科急诊医学研究中社会经济状况的不充分代表,导致潜在的偏见.
- 研究人员应该仔细考虑使用保险状况来调整SES的局限性.
- 建议对包括成年人在内的更大,多样化的群体进行进一步验证.
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