患者对医疗保险对人工尿道管放置医生补偿的看法
Robert J Pearce1, Charles P Jones2, Sultan Al Azzawi1
1Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Urology practice
|June 20, 2024
概括
患者大大高估了医疗保险医生对人工泌尿关 (AUS) 手术的赔偿. 这种对医疗保健成本的误解可能会影响患者提供者信任和对医疗程序价值的看法.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科
- 患者报告的结果
背景情况:
- 患者对医疗费用,特别是医生补偿的理解往往与实际数据不一致.
- 这种差异可能会影响患者对医疗保健系统的信任和满意度.
研究的目的:
- 评估患者对人工泌尿关节 (AUS) 置入医疗保险补偿的看法.
- 为了比较患者的估计与实际的报销金额,以提高医疗保健成本的透明度.
主要方法:
- 在2014年至2023年期间接受了AUS安置的64名患者进行了电话调查.
- 患者被问及他们认为的医疗保险退款以及他们对医生为手术提供公平补偿的看法.
主要成果:
- 患者高估了AUS安置的平均医疗保险报销额的25倍 (估计为18920美元,实际为757.52美元).
- 97%的患者认为实际赔偿低于公平,平均认为公平的赔偿是实际金额 (8,844美元) 的12倍.
- 在调查之前,54%的患者认为他们的医生被过分支付.
结论:
- 患者的看法和实际的医疗保险医生补偿AUS程序之间存在显著的差异.
- 这种理解差距可能会对患者的信任和他们对医疗保健价值的看法产生负面影响.
- 提高医疗程序成本的透明度对于促进更好的患者与提供者关系至关重要.
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