根据来自三个州区域毒药中心的呼叫者调查数据,估计了紧急护理成本的节省
Jon B Cole1, Tuyet Lien D Lam2, Laura L Schrag3
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Regional Poison Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
The American journal of emergency medicine
|February 11, 2026
概括
毒品中心通过防止不必要的紧急访问,显著降低了医疗保健成本. 我们的研究估计,三州地区的年度节省额为3650万美元至580万美元,这表明投资回报强.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
背景情况:
- 众所周知,中毒中心 (PC) 通过减轻不必要的紧急护理来减少医疗保健支出.
- 最近缺乏对PC服务的综合性成本节约估计.
- 本研究解决了关于PC经济影响的最新数据的需求.
研究的目的:
- 估计三州毒药中心每年节省的成本.
- 为了确定PC服务的效益与成本的比率,以防止紧急部门 (ED) 访问.
- 更新中毒中心运营的经济影响评估.
主要方法:
- 来自三州美国PC (2021-2024) 的呼叫者调查数据的回顾性分析.
- 使用医疗保险和医疗补助服务数据对救护车运输和ED评估和管理 (E&M) 代码进行紧急护理成本估计.
- 基于呼叫者回复的替代行动的成本节约计算,如果PC无法使用,使用E&M代码99284和99285.
主要成果:
- 在1670名调查受访者中,81%的受访者表示,如果PC无法使用,他们会立即寻求治疗.
- 三州地区的年度成本节省额外推算为3450万美元至6070万美元.
- 收益成本比率从12.07:1到18.55:1不等,在计算PC的预算后,净节约为3650万美元至5880万美元.
结论:
- 毒中心服务通过避免昂贵的紧急护理,为经济带来了巨大的好处.
- 估计的成本节约大大超过了毒药中心的运营预算,证明了高价值.
- 这些发现支持继续资助和利用中毒中心作为一个具有成本效益的公共卫生资源.
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