超越障碍:替代支付方案可能会使按摩治疗更实惠
Victoria Morgan1, Jo Smith1, Donna Smith1
1Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill, New Zealand.
International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork
|March 4, 2026
概括
替代支付计划 (APSs) 可以提高按摩治疗的可访问性. 按摩治疗师和客户都喜欢分期计划,解决成本障碍并提高幸福感.
科学领域:
- 补充和替代医学 补充和替代医学
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
背景情况:
- 按摩治疗在新西兰是一个受欢迎的,由用户资助的服务,由于成本,往往无法获得.
- 有限的私人保险覆盖存在,但政府补贴通常是不可用的.
研究的目的:
- 探索按摩治疗师 (MT) 和客户对按摩治疗替代支付方案 (APSs) 的观点.
- 识别与APS相关的好处和障碍,例如"付前付","付你想要的"和分期付款.
主要方法:
- 采用半结构面试的定性研究,对12名MT和7名面临成本障碍的客户进行了半结构面试.
- 面试是在新西兰的因弗卡吉尔,杜内丁和奥克兰进行的,面对面或通过电话进行的.
主要成果:
- 出现了四个主题:金融背景,APS作为积极的概念,行政考虑和首选计划.
- 客户和医疗医生认为APS可以提高可访问性和使用性,从而有可能改善健康结果.
- 分期付款方案受到MT和客户的青,尽管对管理,透明度和财务风险存在担忧.
结论:
- 按摩治疗是一种有价值的健康服务,但成本仍然是利用的重要障碍.
- APS,特别是用户友好,可信赖和安全的分期付款计划,显示出增加按摩治疗可负担性和可访问性的潜力.
- 进一步开发APS可以加强按摩治疗的整合到更广泛的健康和健康实践.
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