探索因癌症患者增加流动性而造成的财务负担:基于国家抽样调查的横截面研究
Mohit Pandey1, Mahadev Bramhankar1, Abhishek Anand1
1International Institute for Population Sciences, India.
Journal of cancer policy
|January 26, 2024
概括
癌症患者因治疗旅行而面临巨大的经济负担. 改善当地医疗保健基础设施和在农村地区部署瘤学家可以降低这些成本,并改善获得癌症护理的机会.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
- 瘤学患者护理服务
背景情况:
- 癌症治疗带来了巨大的经济负担,包括直接和间接的成本.
- 患者面临着严重的财政压力,因为医疗保健的流动性和旅行费用.
- 了解这些成本对于制定支持性患者政策至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查癌症患者获得医疗保健所需的额外旅行的程度.
- 评估与这种额外的流动性和癌症治疗旅行相关的财务负担.
- 识别影响医疗护理行为和相关成本的因素.
主要方法:
- 利用来自印度国家样本调查 (第75轮,2017-18年) 的单位级横截面数据.
- 对医疗支出和自付费用进行了描述性,双变量分析.
- 采用多变量后勤回归来分析灾难性医疗支出,应急融资和治疗地点.
主要成果:
- 住院治疗主要发生在同一个地区 (50.4%),在不同地区 (38.8%) 和其他州 (10.8%) 有很大一部分.
- 门诊治疗在地区内使用率更高 (65.5%),但州外旅行与更高的总和自付费用有关.
- 与门诊患者 (6.8%) 相比,在住院患者 (20.6%) 和联合病例 (23.9%) 中,应急融资更为普遍.
结论:
- 发展当地医疗保健基础设施至关重要,以最大限度地减少患者前往癌症治疗的旅行.
- 政策应优先考虑在非城市地区培训和部署瘤学家,以改善癌症护理的可获得性.
- 弥合农村地区癌症护理能力差距可以减少对长途患者旅行的需求.
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