检查保险类型对儿童神经病学的遗传检测的影响
Sydney Carnes1, Laura D Fonseca2, Deborah Lee1
1Department of Pediatrics, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.
Pediatric neurology
|October 24, 2024
概括
保险类型不会影响儿童神经病患者的基因测试周转时间. 这项研究发现,无论患者是否有医疗补助或私人保险,获得遗传测试结果所需的时间都没有显著差异.
科学领域:
- 儿科神经学 儿科神经学
- 医学遗传学 医学遗传学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 关于保险类型如何影响基因测试可访问性的研究有限.
- 了解这些差异对于公平的医疗保健服务至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析不同类型的医疗保险对获得遗传检测结果的时间的影响.
- 为了比较儿童神经病患者与医疗补助 versus私人保险之间的基因测试周转时间.
主要方法:
- 回顾性队列研究,包括141名儿科神经病患者.
- 数据是从2014年1月1日到2023年3月1日在戴顿儿童医院收集的.
- 对人口统计,保险数据和基因检测结果的分析,比较医疗补助和私人保险集团.
主要成果:
- 大多数患者是男性 (51.8%),白人 (78.0%),非西班牙裔/拉丁裔 (96.5%),平均年龄为7.9岁.
- 医疗补助是60.3%的患者的主要保险,而私人保险为39.7%.
- 在医疗补助 (27.3天) 和私人保险 (31.5天) 患者 (P=0.40) 之间,从测试订单到结果日期的平均时间没有统计学上显著的差异.
结论:
- 收到基因测试结果的平均时间对于公共 (Medicaid) 与私人保险的儿科神经病患者来说是可比的.
- 研究结果表明,保险类型对这一群体的基因测试周转时间没有显著影响.
- 这表明,无论儿童神经病学护理的保险状况如何,均可获得及时的基因检测结果.
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