心理健康专家 远程医疗 摄入量和患者位置
Jacob Jorem1, Andrew D Wilcock2, Alisa B Busch1,3
1Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
JAMA network open
|March 5, 2026
概括
心理健康专家越来越多地使用远程医疗,但在接触农村患者方面仅有很小的增长. 需要采取政策干预措施,以改善弱势群体获得心理健康护理的机会.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 远程医疗服务是远程医疗服务.
- 心理健康服务 心理健康服务
背景情况:
- 在获得心理健康护理方面的地理差异仍然存在,特别是在农村和城市地区之间.
- 远程医疗提供了一个潜在的解决方案,将专家与偏远或服务不足的社区的患者联系起来.
研究的目的:
- 调查心理健康专家的远程医疗采用与他们在农村,低通道或偏远地区的患者分布之间的联系.
- 量化远程医疗的高使用对达到地理上孤立或服务不足的患者群体的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项队列研究分析了从2018年到2023年为心理健康专家的医疗保险服务费索赔.
- 专家根据他们的2021年远程医疗访问比例被分为四分之一.
- 一个差异差异框架评估了患者位置和访问指标的变化.
主要成果:
- 远程医疗使用率最高的专家 (99%-100%的访问) 显示,农村患者的访问量略有增加 (0.88个百分点).
- 在缺乏地区,州外或距离20英里以上的患者中也观察到类似的小增长.
- 与远程医疗低用户相比,远程医疗高用户的新患者减少了 (-3.55个百分点).
结论:
- 心理健康专家越来越多地采用远程医疗,这与到达服务不足的人群的微小改进有关.
- 目前的远程医疗应用可能无法完全弥合面临重大地理或资源障碍的患者的访问差距.
- 有针对性的政策干预对于最大限度地发挥远程医疗在改善心理健康护理公平性方面的潜力至关重要.
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