探索急诊室利用中的性别差异:对女性对男性急诊室访问频率的全面比较分析
Ali A Aalam1, Nofel Iftikhar2, Naveen Baskaran3
1Epidemiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Cureus
|September 30, 2024
概括
女性比男性更频繁地去急诊室 (ED),但这一差距正在缩小. 两种性别都显示ED访问的总体减少,预测表明这种趋势将继续. 这项分析突出了性别的紧急护理使用趋势.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 紧急诊所 (ED) 是患者护理的关键接入点,桥梁通用和专业服务.
- 由于急诊医疗服务的使用越来越多,因此需要分析患者人口统计数据.
- 了解患者的特征,特别是性别,对于确保公平的ED接入和护理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查美国急诊室访问频率的基于性别的差异.
- 从2012年到2021年,分析ED使用的性别趋势.
- 为医疗保健政策提供信息,并促进紧急护理中的公平.
主要方法:
- 从2012年到2021年,全国急诊部样本 (NEDS) 的患者数据的横截面分析.
- 女性和男性患者之间每年ED访问率的比较.
- 应用线性回归模型来预测ED访问的未来趋势.
主要成果:
- 与男性相比,女性始终占ED患者的比例较高.
- 总的来说,近年来,ED访问的频率在两性之间都下降了.
- 女性和男性之间的ED访问频率差异显著缩小,这一趋势预计将持续到2032年.
结论:
- 医疗保健的公平,特别是关于性别的公平,是重要的政策考虑因素.
- 根据性别分析ED访问数据对于制定基于证据的医疗保健政策至关重要.
- 这项研究提供了数据,以支持关于改善患者结果和确保急诊医疗保健平等的讨论.
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