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Afash Haleem1,2, Zachary Rosenthal1, Daniel J Lee1
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
The Laryngoscope
|July 2, 2024
概括
与私人保险患者相比,Medicaid患者因突然听力损失而获得紧急护理中心的机会明显较低. 医疗补助扩张州的紧急护理中心更有可能接受医疗补助,但收取更高的自付费用.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
- 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科
背景情况:
- 获得紧急护理中心 (UCCs) 对于诸如突然听力损失等情况至关重要.
- 保险类型可以显著影响患者获得医疗保健服务的机会.
- 医疗补助扩展政策可能会影响医疗保健的获取和成本.
研究的目的:
- 根据保险类型,比较患者对突然听力损失的UCCs的访问.
- 评估州医疗补助扩张对UCC接受医疗补助患者的影响.
- 评估不同保险患者的自付价格和其他进入障碍.
主要方法:
- 使用模拟患者场景 (突然单边听力损失) 联系250个UCC (125个在医疗补助扩张州,125个在非扩张州).
- 每个诊所都被打了两次电话,一次是作为医疗补助患者,一次是作为私人保险 (PI) 患者.
- 收集的数据包括保险接受,自付价格,推率和价格非披露.
主要成果:
- 医疗补助的接受率 (68.1%) 显著低于研究人员的接受率 (98.4%) (p < 0.001).
- 医疗补助扩张州的UCC更有可能接受医疗补助 (76.8%对59.2%,p = 0.003).
- 扩张州的平均自付价格更高 (169.84美元对145.34美元,p = 0.046);医疗补助患者的推和保密率更高.
结论:
- 医疗补助患者面临着因耳部紧急情况而无法获得紧急护理的机会.
- 紧急护理中心对于有医疗补助的个人来说,存在重大进入障碍.
- 政策影响包括需要改善弱势群体获得紧急护理的平等机会.
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