加利福尼亚少数民族男性遵守常规健康检查访问:一项调查研究
Selin Aras1,2, Angela Bakaj1,3, Lucas Calica1,4
1MiOra-Public Health Non-profit Organization, Encino, CA, USA.
American journal of men's health
|January 2, 2025
概括
加利福尼亚州许多受保险的少数民族男性由于可访问性和保险素养障碍而没有参加例行健康检查. 解决这些差异对于改善医疗保健利用率和结果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 少数群体健康 少数群体健康
背景情况:
- 关于影响美国少数民族男性的医疗保健差异的研究有限.
- 流行病后的变化可能会不成比例地影响这一群体的医疗保健.
- 了解影响常规检查合规性的因素至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定影响加利福尼亚少数民族男性日常健康检查遵守的因素.
- 评估社会经济地位,保险和医疗保险素养对医疗保健获取的影响.
- 为减少这一人口群体医疗保健差异的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一项IRB批准的电子调查对266名加利福尼亚少数民族男性 (2022年10月至2023年7月) 进行.
- 收集的数据包括人口统计,社会经济地位,保险,诊所连接和医疗保险素养.
- 分析采用随机森林建模和后勤回归来确定关键影响因素.
主要成果:
- 只有50.8%的参与者参加了例行健康检查,尽管84.9%的人有医疗保险.
- 影响合规性的关键因素是邮政编码,诊所连接,以及找到保险覆盖诊所的能力.
- 加利福尼亚州60岁以下的一半受保险的少数民族男性没有参加例行检查.
结论:
- 与医疗保健可访问性和医疗保险素养相关的重大障碍妨碍了例行检查出席.
- 需要有针对性的干预措施来解决这些障碍,以改善健康公平.
- 调查结果强调需要改善少数民族男性的医疗保健利用率和结果.
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