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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
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医疗保险受益人的牙科保险
Gregory Wolownik1, Sally S Cohen2
1Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA.
Policy, politics & nursing practice
|September 28, 2024
概括
数以百万计的医疗保险受益者由于成本而缺乏牙科覆盖,影响口腔和整体健康. 扩大医疗保险福利包括全面的牙科护理对于老年人来说至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 糟糕的口腔健康与全身性疾病和降低生活质量有关.
- 医疗保险,成立于1965年,历史上排除了全面的牙科服务.
- 有限的牙科保险适用于特定的医疗条件,Medicare Advantage计划可能会提供一些福利.
研究的目的:
- 为了突出医疗保险受益人牙科覆盖的重大差距.
- 检查阻碍获得牙科护理的障碍,主要是成本.
- 倡导将全面的牙科福利纳入传统医疗保险.
主要方法:
- 对医疗保险覆盖政策和入学数据的分析.
- 审查受益人指出的缺乏牙科护理的原因.
- 检查护士组织的宣传工作和面临的反对.
主要成果:
- 2019年,有2400万名医疗保险受益者 (47%) 缺乏牙科覆盖.
- 高成本是71%没有牙科护理的传统医疗保险登记者的首要障碍.
- 扩大医疗保险牙科福利的倡导面临着重大的反对.
结论:
- 相当多的老年人没有基本的牙科覆盖,这会影响他们的健康.
- 扩大医疗保险,包括全面的牙科福利,对于改善老年人群的福祉至关重要.
- 加强护理领导力的倡导是克服立法障碍和实现政策变革的必要条件.
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