远程医疗和初级保健接入:对仅使用远程医疗的患者进行横截面观察研究
Aaron A Tierney1, Jie Huang2, Anjali Gopalan2
1Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Pleasanton, CA, USA. Aaron.a.tierney@kp.org.
Journal of general internal medicine
|August 5, 2025
概括
在年轻人,女性,黑人患者以及那些面临长途旅行时间或停车费等进入障碍的人群中,对初级保健的远程医疗的使用率更高. 这表明远程医疗可以改善某些患者群体的获取.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 数字健康数字健康
- 获得初级保健服务 获得初级保健服务
背景情况:
- 围绕未来远程医疗退款的不确定性需要了解其价值和患者的依赖.
- 识别与独家远程医疗使用相关的患者特征可以为医疗保健政策和资源分配提供信息.
研究的目的:
- 确定患者的人口统计和社会经济因素,与独家初级保健远程医疗利用相关.
- 分析患者特征与仅依赖远程医疗在初级保健中的可能性之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 这是一项横截面的观察性研究,分析了2022年1,151,984名成年患者的数据,这些成年患者多次访问初级保健机构.
- 主要结局:初级保健访问的模式 (仅远程医疗与任何面对面的).
- 统计分析的重点是调整后的百分比,将患者特征与只有远程医疗的初级保健服务联系起来.
主要成果:
- 2022年,70.5%的患者使用远程医疗;15.4%的患者在初级保健中专门使用远程医疗.
- 在年轻人 (18-44岁),女性,黑人患者和低SES社区的患者中,独家远程医疗的使用显着更高.
- 带有较长开车时间到诊所或诊所停车费的患者也更有可能完全使用远程医疗.
结论:
- 远程医疗似乎为那些遇到面对面访问障碍的患者提供了初级保健服务.
- 调查结果强调了远程医疗在缓解与年龄,社会经济地位和地理因素相关的访问挑战方面的作用.
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