乘坐共享车和药物使用障碍治疗
Conor Lennon1, Johanna Catherine Maclean2, Keith Teltser3
1Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States of America.
Journal of health economics
|December 5, 2024
概括
像UberX这样的共享乘车服务并没有增加药物使用障碍治疗的整体入院率. 然而,它们通过减少患者的运输障碍,促进了获得更密集的护理的机会.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 运输研究 运输研究
- 药物使用障碍治疗 药物使用障碍治疗
背景情况:
- 对于寻求持续医疗护理的个人来说,交通是很大的障碍,特别是在物质使用障碍 (SUD) 治疗方面.
- 乘坐共享服务已经成为解决医疗保健接入的交通挑战的潜在解决方案.
研究的目的:
- 调查共享乘车服务,特别是UberX,是否可以作为对需要持续医疗护理的个人提供可行的交通替代方案.
- 估计UberX进入市场对美国各地药物使用障碍治疗入院的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用了一种准实验方法,将UberX输入数据与治疗事件数据集 (TEDS) 结合起来.
- 采用事件研究分析来研究UberX进入市场前后的趋势.
- 进行了可靠性检查,以确保调查结果的可靠性.
主要成果:
- UberX进入核心统计区 (CBSA) 对SUD治疗入院总数没有显著影响.
- 观察到非密集型门诊治疗入院人数有所减少.
- 密集门诊治疗病例的增加完全抵消了非密集护理病例的下降.
结论:
- 乘坐共享服务似乎减轻了交通障碍,使患者能够获得更高水平的护理.
- 这些发现表明,UberX促进了治疗方式的转变,而不是增加整体治疗利用率.
- 乘车共享可以在改善面临交通挑战的弱势群体获得医疗保健方面发挥作用.
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