远程医疗在两个不同的医疗补助专注的儿科诊所的使用情况的比较
Nymisha Chilukuri1,2, Anne R Links1, Laura Prichett1
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
概括
在医疗补助儿科护理中,远程医疗的使用因年龄和种族而异. 虽然语言和付款人没有差异,但年幼的儿童和某些种族/族群的远程医疗使用率较低. 需要进一步的研究,以改善边缘化人口的获取.
科学领域:
- 儿科初级护理 儿科初级护理
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 远程医疗和数字健康
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,远程医疗的采用激增,特别是在初级保健机构.
- 了解弱势群体 (如医疗补助计划) 的远程医疗接入差异对于公平的医疗保健提供至关重要.
- 之前的研究表明,基于人口统计数据,数字健康工具的使用可能存在差异.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较远程医疗与在两个医疗补助专注的儿科初级保健诊所的办公室内访问利用.
- 确定与远程医疗使用相关的患者人口统计因素.
- 探索不同类型的访问和不同患者群体的远程医疗接入的差异.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性队列研究分析了2020年3月至2021年3月期间的17,142次访问,涉及两家服务医疗补助人口的不同儿科诊所.
- 结果包括通过远程医疗进行的访问的百分比和访问的原因.
- 使用统计分析,包括多变量后勤回归来评估患者人口统计和远程医疗利用之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 总体而言,A站点的13%和B站点的25%的访问使用了远程医疗.
- 远程医疗用于13.8%的健康儿童访问,36.2%的心理健康访问,25.0%的急性护理/随访访问.
- 虽然偏好的语言和支付者与远程医疗使用无关,但年幼的儿童 (1-4岁) 的几率较低. 与非西班牙裔白人患者相比,A站点显示非西班牙裔黑人,西班牙裔/拉丁裔和其他种族/种族群体的远程医疗使用率较低.
结论:
- 远程医疗已被Medicaid注册人成功地用于各种儿科初级保健需求.
- 基于偏好的语言或付款人身份,没有观察到远程医疗使用的差异.
- 在远程医疗接入方面,根据年龄和在一个地点,根据种族/种族,发现了显著的差异,突出了针对性干预的必要性,以确保边缘化群体获得公平的接入.
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