为成年人提供医疗补助听力助听器的州数量增加;变化是实质性的,2017-23
Michelle L Arnold1, Lauren Tonti2, Serena Phillips3
1Michelle L. Arnold (mlarnold@usf.edu), University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Health affairs (Project Hope)
|December 2, 2025
概括
32个州为成年人提供医疗补助助听力器保险,但政策有很大差异. 这影响了数百万人的获取,人口群体之间存在差异,凸显了对标准化的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
背景情况:
- 听力损失影响着数百万成年人.
- 获得助听器对于生活质量至关重要.
- 成年人使用助听器的医疗补助覆盖范围在全国范围内不一致.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查州级的医疗补助助听力器覆盖成人 (21+).
- 估计国家覆盖率并识别人口变化.
- 为改善助听器使用的政策提供信息.
主要方法:
- 监督国家医疗补助助听力助听器覆盖政策 (截至2023年12月31日).
- 来自50个州和华盛顿特区的横截面数据编译.
- 将政策数据与美国社区调查的个人数据合并.
主要成果:
- 32个州为成年人提供医疗补助助听力器覆盖.
- 大约70%的符合条件的医疗补助受益人居住在有覆盖的州.
- 覆盖政策在特征上表现出相当大的变化.
- 一些人口统计学特征 (女性,工作年龄,黑人成年人) 覆盖率较低;西班牙裔/拉丁裔和其他/多种族受益者覆盖率更高.
结论:
- 对于成年人,Medicaid的助听器覆盖范围存在显著差异.
- 需要政策扩展和标准化,以改善获取和利用.
- 解决覆盖率差距可以提高医疗补助受益人的健康结果.
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