通过CMS国家可下载文件和美国人口普查数据分析的足部护理的获取.
Jessica Carrillo1, Daniel Ruggiero1, Daria Zucchi1
1Resident, Temple University Hospital Podiatric Surgical Residency Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
概括
美国的足科医生分布与人口和收入有关. 东南地区糖尿病患病率较高,可能会使人们难以获得足部护理.
科学领域:
- 足部医学和外科手术
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 在足部医学和外科手术中存在有限的劳动力分析.
- 越来越多的担忧包括劳动力基础设施,糖尿病率的上升以及人口老龄化.
- 了解足科医生分布对于获得医疗保健至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述足科医生的地理分布.
- 分析与人口,经济因素和糖尿病患病率相关的实践地点.
- 确定在获得足科医疗护理方面的潜在差异.
主要方法:
- 使用CMS数据,美国人口普查数据和美国糖尿病协会统计数据进行流行病学描述性分析.
- 相关性分析,以检查足科医生密度和人口/经济因素之间的关系.
- 按地区计算糖尿病患者与 podiatric 医生的比例.
主要成果:
- 6603个美国邮政编码至少有一个足科医生 (DPM) 计费地址.
- 在DPM地址和邮政编码人口,中位数收入和平均收入之间发现了显著的正相关性.
- 观察到全国平均每DPM有2582名糖尿病居民,东南地区的比例更高.
结论:
- 这项研究为美国足部医生的地理分布提供了新的见解.
- 这些发现可以为提高足部护理效率和可访问性的策略提供信息.
- 确定患者与医生的比例较高的地区可以指导劳动力发展和资源分配.
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