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Ivan A Copado1,2, Shahin Hallaj1,2, Bharanidharan Radha Saseendrakumar1,2
1Division of Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Translational vision science & technology
|February 20, 2024
概括
难民和移民人口使用眼科护理服务较少,尽管他们有政府保险. 这突出了需要进一步调查的弱势群体的潜在医疗保健障碍.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 难民和移民群体经常面临着独特的医疗保健挑战.
- 了解这些群体的眼科护理使用情况对于解决健康差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较圣地亚哥县的难民/移民参与者和对照组之间的健康和眼睛护理使用情况.
- 识别视力护理获得和利用的潜在差异.
主要方法:
- 使用来自UCSD Health的电子健康记录 (EHR) 的横截面研究.
- 确定了64名难民/移民参与者和95名匹配的对照.
- 对比人口特征,保险类型和视力/眼部护理使用情况.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,难民/移民参与者更有可能获得政府赞助的保险 (主要是医疗补助) (55%对24%,P <0.01).
- 难民身份与眼科医生接触的次数较少显著相关,即使经过相关因素的调整 (系数 = -1.66,P = 0.009).
结论:
- 这项研究揭示了难民/移民群体在眼睛护理使用方面的显著差异.
- 调查结果表明,潜在的医疗保健障碍影响了这个脆弱群体.
- 需要进一步的研究来理解和解决这些在护理中发现的差距.
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