尼泊尔甘地省农村地区老年人使用医疗保健服务:混合方法研究
Kamal Poudel1, Dinesh Kumar Malla2, Kanchan Thapa3
1Public Health Graduate, Shree Medical and Technical College, Purbanchal University, Chitwan, Nepal.
Frontiers in health services
|October 10, 2024
概括
在尼泊尔,只有65.4%的老年人使用医疗保健服务. 诸如种族,健康状况不佳和交通等因素会影响获取,而药品的可用性和人员的存在则会阻碍获取,从而影响老龄化人口的健康.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 全球老年人口正在迅速增加,预计到2030年,每六个人中就有一人将成为老年人.
- 尼泊尔正在经历其老龄化和老年人口的显著增长,需要专注的医疗保健策略.
- 解决老年人的医疗保健需求对于促进健康老龄化和整体福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索尼泊尔老年人口中医疗保健服务利用模式.
- 确定影响老年人获得医疗保健服务的能力的关键因素.
- 揭示影响老年人获得医疗保健的社会,医疗保健相关和个人决定因素.
主要方法:
- 在尼泊尔帕巴特的比哈迪乡镇进行了一项混合方法社区研究.
- 通过采访收集的定量数据,采访了355名60岁及以上的个人.
- 通过对18名受访者进行深入访谈收集的定性数据,使用内容和主题分析进行分析.
主要成果:
- 在老年受访者中,医疗服务的使用率为65.4%.
- 与使用积极相关的因素包括种族,健康状况不佳,以及使用公共汽车作为交通工具.
- 发现的障碍是药物供应有限,药物不足,缺乏训练有素的卫生人员,长时间等待和财务限制.
结论:
- 很大一部分老年人面临被排除在主流医疗保健服务之外的困境.
- 社会因素,与医疗保健相关的因素和个人因素共同影响医疗保健服务的利用.
- 建议包括优先考虑老年护理培训,确保药物可用性,并为老年人建立专门的医疗保险计划.
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