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Optimizing the Modified No-Scalpel Vasectomy Technique
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在美国,输精管切除和输精管切除逆转术的自付定价存在很高的变化
Aaron Brant1, Patrick Lewicki1, Alec Zhu1
1Department of Urology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health
|May 23, 2024
概括
vasectomy和 vasectomy逆转的自付价格在美国医院之间差异很大,可能会限制男性生殖健康服务的获取. 这种变化凸显了这些常见程序的医疗保健成本的显著差异.
科学领域:
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在美国,接受输精管切除术或输精管切除术逆转的男性通常会承担自付费用.
- 这些程序的公开披露的定价显示出相当大的差异.
研究的目的:
- 分析美国医院公开披露的输精管切除和输精管切除逆转的自我支付价格.
- 确定导致这些男性生殖程序价格变化的因素.
主要方法:
- 对所有美国医院进行了查询,以收集公开披露的输卵管切除术和输卵管切除术的自付价格.
- 评估了医院间的价格变化,比较了高成本和低成本设施.
- 价格趋势在2022年后美国最高法院影响生殖权利的裁决背景下进行了审查.
主要成果:
- 相当多的医院 (20.5%用于输精管切除术,4.2%用于输精管切除术) 披露了自付价格.
- 观察到极端的价格差异:精管切除术的差异是17倍,血管切除术的差异是39倍.
- 高成本设施通常更大,更有可能是营利性,学术性和城市性.
结论:
- vasectomy和 vasectomy逆转的自付定价存在实质性的变化.
- 这种价格差异可能会成为获得基本男性生殖健康保健服务的重大障碍.
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