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儿童医疗保险计划对新入学儿童的影响
1Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Lave@pop.pitt.edu
JAMA
|June 17, 1998
概括
为儿童提供医疗保险显著改善了他们获得医疗保健的机会,并减少了未满足的医疗需求. 家庭报告说,压力和负担较少,这表明对整体幸福感有积极的影响.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 儿科健康结果的结果
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 关于医疗保险对美国儿童及其家人的影响的数据有限.
- 在全国范围内,人们对减少无保险儿童的数量越来越感兴趣.
研究的目的:
- 评估儿童健康保险计划对获得医疗保健的影响.
- 评估对儿童及其家庭生活的更广泛影响.
主要方法:
- 一个对照组的前后研究在宾夕法尼亚州西部进行.
- 1031名新入学儿童和460名对照儿童被跟踪了12个月.
- 电话调查评估了医疗保健的获取,利用和家庭影响.
主要成果:
- 获得医疗保健的机会显著改善,99%的人有定期医疗保健,85%的人在12个月后有定期牙科护理.
- 不满足或延迟的护理从57%降至16%.
- 父母报告说,家庭压力减少,获得必要护理的能力提高.
结论:
- 将医疗保险扩展到没有保险的儿童身上,为儿童和家庭带来了巨大的积极成果.
- 保险导致了更适当的医疗保健利用,而不是过度使用.
- 这些发现支持儿童医疗保险计划的好处.
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