家庭改造相关的耐用医疗设备的利用:农村和城市退伍军人差异
Jaewon Kang1,2,3, Mi Jung Lee2,4, Sergio Romero1,2
1University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
OTJR : occupation, participation and health
|October 15, 2025
概括
房屋改造服务帮助退伍军人在现场老龄化. 农村退伍军人使用耐用医疗设备 (HM-DME) 服务与城市退伍军人相似,这表明潜在的接入缺口.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 退伍军人事务 退伍军人事务
背景情况:
- 家庭改造服务,包括耐用医疗设备 (HM-DME),对于使退伍军人能够在现场老龄化至关重要.
- 美国退伍军人卫生管理局 (VHA) 提供这些服务,但由于医疗保健差异,农村退伍军人可能会遇到进入障碍.
研究的目的:
- 8.分析退伍军人综合服务网络 (VISN) 中HM-DME服务的利用情况.
- 确定接受HM-DME的退伍军人比例,常见的医疗状况和使用的特定设备类型.
主要方法:
- 使用了描述性统计和皮尔森的千平方测试.
- 在VISN 8中分析了来自VHA设施的数据.
主要成果:
- 19.7%的退伍军人至少接受了一次HM-DME服务.
- 浴室安全修改是提供HM-DME的最常见类型.
- 农村和城市退伍军人之间没有发现HM-DME利用的显著差异,尽管农村退伍军人有更普遍的健康问题.
结论:
- 调查结果表明,在VISN 8内部可能存在服务交付差距.
- 持续获得HM-DME服务至关重要,特别是居住在农村地区的退伍军人.
相关概念视频
Documentation in Long-Term and Home Healthcare Setting
1.4K
Documentation in long-term care facilities and home healthcare settings is crucial for ensuring continuous, coordinated, and comprehensive care for patients. Each setting has its specific documentation processes and tools:
Long-Term Care Facilities
Long-Term Care Facilities
1.4K
Specialized Care Centers and Settings-II
1.2K
Rural Health Centers
Rural health centers are specialized care facilities in remote locations with very few medical personnel. The primary care providers who run the centers are mostly Registered Nurse Practitioners. Here, emergency treatment is provided to critically ill or injured patients before they are transferred to the closest hospital. Fortunately, due to advancement in technology, many rural healthcare facilities and professionals have easy access to diagnostic and treatment...
Rural health centers are specialized care facilities in remote locations with very few medical personnel. The primary care providers who run the centers are mostly Registered Nurse Practitioners. Here, emergency treatment is provided to critically ill or injured patients before they are transferred to the closest hospital. Fortunately, due to advancement in technology, many rural healthcare facilities and professionals have easy access to diagnostic and treatment...
1.2K
Restorative Care
2.3K
Restorative care is provided once a patient has been discharged from a healthcare facility and requires additional services. The additional services include home care, rehabilitation programs, and extended care. Restorative care centers help the patient regain their previous level of functioning or acquire a new level of functioning due to the incapacitating effects of a disease or a disability. It aims to assist patients in enhancing their quality of life by encouraging independence,...
2.3K
Specialized Care Centers and Settings-I
1.4K
Specialized care settings or centers are situated in convenient locations within the community and offer care to a specific group or population. They consist of daycare facilities, mental health facilities, rural health facilities, educational institutions, industries, shelters for the homeless, and rehabilitation facilities.
Daycare centers
They provide several functions. Some facilities care for healthy newborns and children whose parents work, while others are medically focused and care for...
Daycare centers
They provide several functions. Some facilities care for healthy newborns and children whose parents work, while others are medically focused and care for...
1.4K
Drug Dosing: Geriatric Patients
225
Elderly individuals encompass a diverse population with varying degrees of age-related physiological changes. Defining the elderly presents challenges, as the geriatric population is often arbitrarily categorized as individuals older than 65. However, many individuals in this group lead active and healthy lives, with an increasing number surpassing 85 years and falling into the older elderly category. Physiological changes associated with aging impact performance capacity and homeostatic...
225


