财务毒性和枪支伤害:探索参与医院暴力干预计划参与者的财务需求
Ana M Reyes1,2, Carlene McKenzie2,3, Meghan Scott3
1Dewitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
Trauma surgery & acute care open
|January 23, 2025
概括
枪支暴力幸存者面临着严重的经济困难,91.3%的人面临着犯罪赔偿和医疗费用等需求. 将财务评估纳入幸存者计划对于解决这些人的财务毒性至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 创伤外科 手术 创伤外科
- 社会工作 社会工作 社会工作
背景情况:
- 财务毒性,或由于疾病而导致的财务困难,是众所周知的问题,但在枪支暴力幸存者中未得到充分研究.
- 贫困是社区暴力的公认驱动因素,突出了与受伤后经济困境的潜在联系.
- 基于医院的暴力干预计划 (HVIPs) 提供了一个独特的环境来评估幸存者的财务需求.
研究的目的:
- 探索财务需求,并确定枪支暴力幸存者的财务毒性情况.
- 调查医院暴力干预计划中注册的个人所面临的财务挑战的普遍性和类型.
- 假设幸存者会报告各种各样的财务需求.
主要方法:
- 在迈阿密-戴德县HVIP (2022-2023) 中对枪支暴力幸存者进行了一项混合方法的回顾性研究.
- 资格标准包括高暴力警察区枪击事件造成的伤害.
- 数据收集包括审查社会工作者摄入量和纵向病例记录,并对笔记进行定性主题分析和定量描述性统计数据.
主要成果:
- 招募了103名患者,平均年龄为27岁;82.5%是黑人,83.5%是男性.
- 在91.3%的患者中确定了财务需求,最常见的是受害者犯罪赔偿 (75.7%),医疗费用 (35.0%) 和工资损失 (22.3%).
- 确定了十个不同的财务需求,包括协助保险申请,埋葬费用和紧急搬迁.
结论:
- 枪支暴力的幸存者经历了巨大的财务挑战,这表明了巨大的财务毒性.
- 幸存者计划应该包括财政支持和毒性评估.
- 未来的研究应该利用经过验证的测量方法对这一群体的财务毒性进行纵向研究.
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