北卡罗来纳州预防性护理需求 医疗补助扩张人口人口
Jennifer C Spencer1,2,3, Rebecca G Whitaker4, Michael P Pignone1,4
1Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
AJPM focus
|December 4, 2024
概括
北卡罗来纳州的北卡罗来纳州.
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
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
背景情况:
- 北卡罗来纳州于2023年12月扩大了医疗补助资格,将覆盖范围扩大到联邦贫困水平的138%.
- 这种扩张创造了一个新的人口群体,具有潜在的未满足的预防性护理需求.
研究的目的:
- 评估北卡罗来纳州新获得医疗补助资格的人口的预防性护理需求.
- 为了比较医疗补助扩张组与北卡罗来纳州其他成年人群之间的预防性护理利用率.
主要方法:
- 北卡罗来纳州行为风险因素监测调查 (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) 的重复横截面分析.
- 定义医疗补助扩张人口为年龄在18-64岁之间没有保险的个人,家庭收入低于138%的联邦贫困水平.
- 将预防性护理使用和未满足的需求与传统的医疗补助注册者和一般的非老年成人人口进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 在2022年,估计有294,000个人在医疗补助扩张人口中.
- 预防性护理的使用率很低;只有36.7%的人有定期的护理来源,40.2%的人有健康访问,45.7%的人因成本而延迟护理.
- 扩展组的结肠直肠癌查率为28.6%,明显低于传统的医疗补助 (49.4%) 和州平均水平 (71%).
- 估计有176,000人需要进行健康检查,186,000人需要定期的护理人员,66000人需要进行癌症查.
结论:
- 北卡罗来纳州新获得医疗补助资格的人口面临着大量未满足的预防性护理需求.
- 建议包括加强供应商的能力,并促进这一群体的预防服务.
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