在医疗保险注册的自闭症老年人中,对临终关怀利用率的公平性评估
Lauren Bishop1, Melica Nikahd2, Bethany J Wolf3
1University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Autism in adulthood
|March 6, 2026
概括
自闭症老年人与他们的非自闭症同龄人使用类似的宿舍,这表明普遍医疗保健政策在减少差异方面可能取得成功. 这项研究考察了自闭症患者的终身护理.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
背景情况:
- 自闭症个体的识别和预期寿命的增加需要了解他们的终身护理.
- 现有文献强调了自闭症人口的健康差异.
- 迫切需要评估自闭症老年人的住院利用率.
研究的目的:
- 将自闭症和非自闭症老年人之间的临终关怀利用情况进行比较.
- 调查是否存在的医疗保健不平等在自闭症患者中被放大.
- 检查自闭症老年人的临终关怀时间 (早期,中期,晚期).
主要方法:
- 从2013年到2021年对医疗保险临终关怀索赔的分析.
- 包括5468名自闭症老年人和10934名匹配的非自闭症对照.
- 多变量后勤回归用于比较临终关怀利用率,并评估与性别,种族和农村地区的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 自闭症和非自闭症的老年人对任何临终关怀利用的几率都相似 (OR: 1.05).
- 在早期 (OR: 1.01),中期 (OR: 1.03),或晚期 (OR: 1.07) 临终关怀利用方面没有发现显著差异.
- 没有发现自闭症状况与性别,种族或农村生活之间的显著相互作用.
结论:
- 医疗保险注册的自闭症老年人以与非自闭症同龄人相似的速度和时间接受临终关怀.
- 研究结果表明,通用医疗保健政策可以有效地减少医疗利用方面的差异.
- 对医疗保险中自闭症患者平等获得终身护理的积极前景.
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