美国老年人医疗保险状况和助听器使用情况:基于人口的横截面研究
Kaitlin Hori1, Albert Li1, Diego E Razura2
1Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
PloS one
|January 27, 2026
概括
医疗保险对老年人使用助听器有很大影响. 与军方相关的保险与单独的医疗保险相比,与更高的助听器采用和定期使用有关.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
背景情况:
- 医疗保险福利与助听器采用之间的关系尚不清楚.
- 了解不同保险状态的助听器使用模式对于公共卫生倡议至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 根据美国老年人医疗保险状况,调查美国老年人常常使用助听器的比例.
- 为了确定与各种保险覆盖相关的助听器使用的差异.
主要方法:
- 2005-2018年国家健康和营养检查调查 (NHANES) 数据的横截面分析.
- 包括3,172名老年人 (≥65岁) 拥有有关保险,听力测量和助听器使用的全面数据.
- 八个保险类别与仅限于医疗保险的保险范围的比较,重点是常规使用助听器.
主要成果:
- 总体而言,30.3%的听力损失的老年人曾经使用过助听器,而22.9%的人经常使用助听器.
- 拥有军方相关保险的人群使用助听器率最高,有史以来 (43.3%) 和经常使用 (30.8%).
- 在对共变量进行调整后,与军方相关的保险与仅使用医疗保险相比,有史以来 (OR 1.80) 和定期 (OR 2.17) 使用助听器的几率明显更高.
结论:
- 根据保险状况,老年人使用助听器存在显著差异,即使控制了听力损失严重程度和其他因素.
- 与军人相关的保险覆盖与助听器采用率增加和老年人群一致使用有关.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索具体的障碍和促进因素,例如获得护理和福利覆盖,影响不同保险组的助听器使用.
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