眼科护理可能与患者需求不一致:对2008年至2022年期间全州患者需求和提供者密度的分析
Aidan Gilson1, Qingyu Chen2, Ron A Adelman1
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
International journal of medical informatics
|March 16, 2024
概括
谷歌趋势数据显示,患者对眼科医学的兴趣日益增加,但这种在线搜索活动与执业眼科医生的数量没有相关性. 需要进一步的研究,以使患者需求与医疗保健提供者的可用性保持一致.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 数字健康趋势 数字健康趋势
背景情况:
- 患者对眼科护理的需求是医疗保健规划中的关键因素.
- 了解患者的兴趣可以帮助优化医疗保健资源分配.
- 谷歌趋势为衡量公众对健康话题的兴趣提供了一个潜在的工具.
研究的目的:
- 评估谷歌趋势数据是否反映了患者对州级眼科护理的需求.
- 评估在线搜索兴趣与眼科医生密度之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 利用谷歌趋势分析美国各州眼科术语的网络和YouTube搜索率 (2008-2022).
- 使用普通最小平方回归来检查搜索兴趣和执业眼科医生率之间的关系.
- 在Web和YouTube平台上比较搜索趋势.
主要成果:
- 在网上搜索一般眼科术语增加了43.98%;视网膜术语增加了19.51%.
- 在YouTube上搜索一般眼科术语增加了55.83%,而视网膜术语减少了58.48%.
- 在搜索兴趣和眼科医生密度之间没有发现显著的关联.
结论:
- 患者信息需求和人口统计因素与眼科提供者密度的相关性很差.
- 在线搜索对眼科的兴趣并不能预测可用专家的数量.
- 需要策略来使眼科医生实践地点的选择与公众需求和医疗保健需求保持一致.
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