人口因素影响澳大利亚中风幸存者的中风相关医疗利用率
D Sibbritt1, J Bayes2, W Peng1
1School of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Scientific reports
|September 11, 2024
概括
人口因素对中风后成年人医疗保健使用有重大影响. 低收入和某些教育水平增加了咨询,而女性性别,地区生活和年龄较大等因素减少了咨询,突出了潜在的健康公平差距.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 健康公平是全球医疗保健的优先事项.
- 教育,地理位置,年龄,性别,就业和收入等人口因素影响健康公平.
- 关于这些变量如何影响中年和中老年人中风后使用医疗服务的研究是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查人口统计特征和中风后成年人医疗服务利用之间的关联.
- 确定影响医疗保健咨询频率和类型的人口因素.
主要方法:
- 利用了澳大利亚萨克斯研究所45岁及以上研究的子研究数据.
- 包括576名先前被诊断患有中风的参与者.
- 采用波桑回归来分析人口统计和12个月内与医生和相关卫生从业人员的咨询之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 所有的人口统计指标都与医疗咨询有显著的关联.
- 对于那些在经济上扎的人来说,医生咨询的数量增加了,但对于女性,区域内居民,寡妇/离婚/离婚者以及具有职业资格的人来说,医生咨询的数量减少了.
- 对那些在经济上和职业资格方面扎的人来说,盟友健康咨询增加了,但随着年龄的增长而减少,对女性来说,以及对外围区域/偏远地区的人来说.
结论:
- 确定了与中风后成年人减少医疗保健服务使用相关的人口因素.
- 这些差异可能会造成护理障碍,可能导致中风结果较差.
- 需要进一步的研究来制定支持这些人的策略,并确保所有澳大利亚人获得公平的医疗保健.
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