退伍军人卫生管理局的家庭医疗利用:有农村和城市的差异吗?
Heather Davila1,2,3,4, Bradely Mayfield5, Michelle A Mengeling2,3,4
1Primary Care Analytics Team-Iowa City, Veterans Health Administration (VA) Office of Primary Care, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
概括
农村退伍军人更有可能使用家庭医疗保健,但访问人数较少,这表明潜在的访问障碍. 需要进一步的研究,以确保为所有退伍军人提供公平的护理.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 农村卫生 农村卫生
背景情况:
- 家庭医疗保健对老龄化人口至关重要.
- 农村退伍军人面临着获得医疗保健服务的独特挑战.
- 退伍军人健康管理局 (VA) 服务于大量的农村入学人口.
研究的目的:
- 调查VA系统内农村和城市退伍军人在家庭医疗保健利用中的差异.
- 确定地理位置 (农村与城市) 是否影响家庭医疗保健使用的可能性和频率.
主要方法:
- 对2019-2021年65岁及以上退伍军人的国家VA行政数据的分析.
- 利用描述性和多变量分析来比较农村和城市退伍军人之间的家庭医疗保健使用情况.
- 评估了接受任何家庭医疗保健的概率和收到的访问次数.
主要成果:
- 与城市退伍军人相比,农村退伍军人更有可能获得任何家庭医疗保健 (OR:1.10;95% CI:1.07,1.13).
- 尽管使用率更高,但农村退伍军人接受的家庭医疗访问显著减少 (IRR:0.70;95%CI:0.68,0.72).
- 农村退伍军人不太可能很脆弱或被诊断为痴呆症.
结论:
- 虽然农村退伍军人更频繁地获得家庭医疗保健,但访问人数减少表明潜在的访问问题.
- 这些发现强调需要进一步调查农村退伍军人在获得综合家庭医疗保健方面所面临的障碍.
- 需要制定战略,确保在VA系统内为农村退伍军人提供公平的接入和护理.
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