钱包活检:为心脏移植提供医疗众筹资金
Ersilia M Defilippis1, Adhya Mehta2, Fatimah A Alkhunaizi1
1Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY.
Journal of cardiac failure
|April 7, 2024
概括
众筹被许多心脏移植候选人使用,他们面临着严重的财务毒性. 许多活动筹集的资金很少,这凸显了医疗保健获得的差异.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 移植医学 移植医学
背景情况:
- 金融障碍显著阻碍了获得心脏移植的机会.
- 患者面临许多费用,包括住院,药物和旅行.
- 众筹已经成为一种潜在的,尽管不足的支持机制.
研究的目的:
- 描述为心脏移植候选人的众筹的景观.
- 确定活动的特点和筹款结果.
- 了解与心脏移植相关的财务毒性.
主要方法:
- 通过使用搜索术语"心脏移植"来审查1000个GoFundMe活动.
- 纳入标准导致了634个活动进行分析.
- 分析了活动的人口统计,筹款金额和患者入院状态.
主要成果:
- 大多数运动都支持白人,男性,成年患者.
- 15%的活动没有筹集资金;其他活动平均每天筹集53.24美元.
- 44%的患者在筹款期间住院;非医疗补助扩张州的活动最高.
结论:
- 众筹揭示了心脏移植候选人的巨大财务负担.
- 存在显著的差异,特别是在非医疗补助扩张州.
- 倡导改善政府和纳税人覆盖率对于公平获取至关重要.
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