ACA依赖的覆盖范围扩展和年轻成年人与物质相关的ED访问
Refat Rasul Srejon, Timothy Grigsby, Chris Cochran
1University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4700 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154.
The American journal of managed care
|September 18, 2025
概括
负担得起的医疗保健法案 (ACA) 减少了年轻成年人与酒精有关的急诊室访问,但没有影响与阿片类药物有关的访问. 需要进一步的研究来了解这些对物质使用障碍和医疗保健利用的混合影响.
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
- 药物使用障碍 药物使用障碍
背景情况:
- 负担得起的医疗法案 (ACA) 扩大了医疗保险覆盖范围,包括在26岁之前的依赖人保险.
- 年轻人是药物使用障碍 (SUD) 干预的关键人口.
- 了解ACA对SUD相关医疗保健利用的影响对于公共卫生政策至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查ACA的依赖性覆盖条款对年轻成年人中与物质使用障碍相关的急诊部 (ED) 访问的影响.
- 在ACA实施之前和之后分析与阿片类药物和酒精相关的ED访问和住院住院的变化.
主要方法:
- 一个准实验性的研究设计,使用全国紧急情况部门从2007-2019年的样本数据.
- 差异分析分析比较年龄在23-25岁的年轻人 (治疗) 与年龄在27-29岁的年轻人 (比较).
- 一般化的线性模型估计了调整的几率比率 (ORs) 与95%的置信区间 (CI),以评估ACA对医疗保健利用的影响.
主要成果:
- 在ACA后的治疗组中,与酒精相关的ED访问显著下降 (OR,0.841;95% CI,0.828-0.855).
- 在治疗组和对照组之间,没有观察到与阿片类药物相关的ED访问的显著变化.
- 对于酒精和阿片类药物相关访问的住院患者入院情况,这些组之间没有显著的变化.
结论:
- 该ACA证明了与年轻成年人中与物质相关的医疗保健利用的混合影响.
- 与酒精相关的ED访问减少表明了积极的影响,而与阿片类药物相关的ED访问和住院住院没有变化表明需要进一步干预的领域.
- 对州级变化的持续监测和研究对于解决物质使用障碍公共卫生挑战至关重要.
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