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Megan Knoetze1,2, Vinaya Manchaiah1,2,3,4,5, Ilze Oosthuizen1,2
1Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
American journal of audiology
|August 7, 2024
概括
高昂的助听器成本和缺乏保险是对处方和非处方 (OTC) 设备的采用的主要障碍. 解决这些财务挑战对于改善助听器可访问性至关重要.
科学领域:
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 消费者健康 消费者健康
背景情况:
- 助听器的采用受到各种因素的影响,包括成本.
- 了解用户对助听器定价的看法对于改善访问是必不可少的.
- 处方和非处方 (OTC) 助听器都有不同的市场动态和成本考虑.
研究的目的:
- 探索用户对助听器成本与普及之间的关系的看法.
- 为听力障碍者确定与成本相关的建议.
- 为了比较处方和OTC助听器用户之间的这些观点.
主要方法:
- 一个横截面调查数据的二次分析.
- 对有关助听器成本的回答进行定性内容分析.
- 包括241名成年参与者:179名处方和62名OTC助听器使用者.
主要成果:
- 两个用户群体都将高成本和缺乏保险覆盖确定为重大障碍.
- 处方药使用者表示,外部财务支持和保险是推动因素.
- 场外用户强调了他们的设备的可负担性,建议重点是研究.
- 处方药用户建议提供专业支持,而OTC用户则强调购买前的研究.
结论:
- 费用和保险覆盖是一致的,这是采用助听器的主要障碍.
- 倡议必须解决财政障碍,以提高助听器的可访问性.
- 需要进一步研究助听器的成本和使用情况,特别是对于OTC用户和需要经济援助的人来说.
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