加拿大安大略省背部疼痛的成年人中高成本医疗保健用户的特征:基于人口的队列研究
Jessica J Wong1,2,3, Pierre Côté1,2,4, Andrea C Tricco1,4,5
1Epidemiology Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Pain
|March 5, 2024
概括
背部疼痛的高成本用户占所有医疗保健支出近一半. 这些人通常年龄较大,收入较低,慢性疾病和健康状况较差,突出了医疗保健干预的目标.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 背部疼痛是与高医疗保健支出相关的重大健康问题.
- 背部疼痛的高成本用户的特征不清楚,阻碍了有针对性的干预措施.
研究的目的:
- 描述背部疼痛的成年人中高成本医疗保健用户的社会人口统计,健康和行为特征.
- 为了确定这一群体中高医疗保健成本的预测因素.
主要方法:
- 基于人口的队列研究,使用加拿大社区卫生调查 (CCHS) 数据与安大略省 (2003-2012) 的行政健康记录相关联.
- 分析了36605名患有背部疼痛的成年受访者,根据一年的总医疗费用,将他们分为成本组 (顶部1%,顶部2-5%,顶部6-50%,底部50%).
- 多项逻辑回归用于识别与成本组相关的特征.
主要成果:
- 高成本用户的前5%占医疗保健总支出的49% (4亿加元),主要是住院医院护理.
- 高成本用户 (前5%) 更有可能是老年人 (≥65岁),收入较低,慢性疾病,多种并发症 (综合诊断组),以及公平/差的自我评价的一般健康状况.
- 额外的危险因素包括目前的/以前的吸烟,肥胖和良好的/不良的心理健康.
结论:
- 在医疗保健支出方面,高成本的背部疼痛用户代表了一个小但极具影响力的群体.
- 年龄较大,社会经济地位较低,并发症和一般/心理健康状况不佳是与高成本相关的关键特征.
- 调查结果可以为有针对性的医疗保健和公共卫生战略提供信息,以解决上游决定因素并有效管理成本.
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