全国一项关于价格透明度和影响普通手程序成本的变量研究
Alexandra Polovneff1, Aishu Ramamurthi2, Brian Conway2
1Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
The Journal of hand surgery
|September 25, 2025
概括
医院价格透明度法律显示,普通手术的成本持续变化. 位置和所有权等因素影响价格,而不是医院质量评级,可能使患者处于不利地位.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 整形外科手术 整形外科手术
背景情况:
- 医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心 (CMS) 在2021年强制要求医院价格透明,以赋予患者权力并降低医疗保健成本.
- 了解医院的合规性和价格变化对于评估法律的有效性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估医院是否遵守价格报告法规.
- 分析常见手术手术的价格变化.
- 确定影响手术定价的医院特定因素.
主要方法:
- 利用Turquoise健康数据库,从3,700家医院中提取14个常见手术CPT代码的合同费率 (2023年3月至8月).
- 收集详细的医院信息,包括所有权,位置和安全网状态.
- 进行单变量和多变量分析,以确定医院特征对定价的影响.
主要成果:
- 分析了769,349个合同费率,揭示了手术手术手术的医院价格差异很大.
- 杜普伊特伦病治疗的价格范围最广,而损伤切除的变化最少.
- 地理区域 (西北,西部),私有所有权和非安全网地位与更高的价格有关.
- 医院评级,学术地位,床位大小和价格透明度的遵守并不总是影响价格.
结论:
- 尽管有CMS的价格透明度立法,但对于常见的手术,价格和透明度仍然存在很大差异.
- 这种缺乏一致的价格透明度可能会阻碍患者做出明智的决策,特别是在选择性手术中.
- 进一步调查价格波动和患者影响的驱动因素是有必要的.
关键词:
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