当面对负担不起和有问题的医疗账单时,不同患者的倡导
Erin L Duffy1, Melissa A Frasco1, Erin Trish1,2
1Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
JAMA health forum
|August 30, 2024
概括
许多美国人扎着支付医疗费用. 自我提倡通常会导致账单纠正和支付救济,但对于那些财务素养较低或没有保险的人来说存在差异.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 患者倡导 患者倡导
- 医疗保健中的社会经济差异
背景情况:
- 在美国,高昂的自付医疗费用给个人带来了巨大的财务压力和债务.
- 了解患者对负担不起或有争议的医疗费用的反应对于解决医疗保健负担能力至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查美国家庭如何应对他们负担不起或不同意的医疗费用.
- 确定影响患者自我倡导的因素和这些努力的结果.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性队列研究,使用来自"理解美国研究" (UAS) 的1135名美国成年人的全国代表性调查.
- 受访者报告了前12个月的医疗费用经历,包括他们是否联系了计费办公室以及他们采取或不采取行动的原因.
- 分析2023年8月至10月期间收集的调查数据.
主要成果:
- 五分之一的受访者收到了他们不同意或负担不起的医疗费用.
- 在那些与收费办公室联系的人中 (61.5%),许多人获得了账单纠正 (25.7%),支付计划 (15.5%),降价 (15.2%) 或财政援助 (8.1%).
- 教育程度较低,财务素养较低的个人和没有保险的人不太可能自我提倡,这表明潜在的社会经济差异.
结论:
- 患者自我倡导在解决医疗账单问题方面是有效的,导致许多人进行账单纠正和经济救济.
- 社会经济因素显著影响患者自我提倡的可能性,可能会扩大医疗债务的差异.
- 旨在减少行政负担或将其转移到提供商的政策干预可以减轻这些不平等.
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