在患有多发性骨髓瘤的年轻医疗补助受益者中获得治疗
Mark A Fiala1, Mengmeng Ji2, Yi-Hsuan Shih3
1Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis MO.
Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia
|August 29, 2024
概括
在多发性骨髓瘤诊断之前,连续的医疗保险覆盖与较少的治疗有关. 连续注册的患者在一年内接受治疗或干细胞移植的可能性较低.
科学领域:
- 血液瘤学 血液瘤学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 持续的医疗补助覆盖与固体瘤的更好的结果有关.
- 多发性骨髓瘤缺乏常规查,通常在急性事件期间诊断出来.
- 了解保险连续性对髓瘤护理的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查持续的医疗补助覆盖和及时的多发性骨髓瘤治疗之间的联系.
- 确定先前的连续保险是否会影响骨髓瘤患者接受治疗.
- 评估医疗补助计划下的多发性骨髓瘤患者获得护理的差异.
主要方法:
- 对Merative MarketScan多州医疗补助数据库的分析.
- 包括1105名被诊断患有多发性骨髓瘤的65岁以下的患者.
- 多变量考克斯回归分析连续招生 (≥6个月) 与不连续招生 (2-6个月) 并在一年内接受治疗.
主要成果:
- 只有54%的医疗补助计划注册者接受了骨髓瘤治疗,12%的人在第一年内接受了干细胞移植.
- 连续注册医疗补助计划的患者接受任何骨髓瘤治疗的可能性显著降低 (aHR为0.59;P<.001).
- 持续招生也与接受干细胞移植的可能性降低有关 (aHR为0.51;P = .005).
结论:
- 矛盾的是,在多发性骨髓瘤诊断之前,连续的医疗补助覆盖与接受治疗的可能性降低有关.
- 需要进行进一步的研究,以探索在持续注册的患者中对护理的潜在障碍,例如财务不稳定或更高的医疗需求.
- 调查结果表明,持续保险不能保证多发性骨髓瘤患者的及时或充分治疗,突出了获得挑战.
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