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Guo P, Qin Y, Wang R, Li J, Liu J, Wang K, Li Y, Kang Z, Hao Y, Liu H, Sun H, Cui Y, Shan L, Wu Q. Perspectives and evaluation on the effect of financial burden relief of medical insurance for people with catastrophic diseases and its influencing factors. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1123023. [PMID: 37089514 PMCID: PMC10117759 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1123023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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Background Catastrophic disease sufferers face a heavy financial burden and are more likely to fall victim to the "illness-poverty-illness" cycle. Deeper reform of the medical insurance system is urgently required to alleviate the financial burden of individuals with catastrophic diseases. Methods Data were obtained from a cross-sectional questionnaire survey conducted in Heilongjiang in 2021, and logistic regression and restricted cubic spline model was used to predict the core factors related to medical insurance that alleviate the financial burden of people with catastrophic diseases. Results Overall, 997 (50.92%) medical insurance-related professionals negatively viewed financial burden relief for people with catastrophic diseases. Factors influencing its effectiveness in relieving the financial burden were: whether or not effective control of omissions from medical insurance coverage (OR = 4.04), fund supervision (OR = 2.47) and degree of participation of stakeholders (OR = 1.91). Besides, the reimbursement standards and the regional and population benefit package gap also played a role. The likelihood of financial burden relief increased by 21 percentage points for each unit increase in the level of stakeholder discourse power in reform. Conclusion China's current medical insurance policies have not yet fully addressed the needs of vulnerable populations, especially the need to reduce their financial burden continuously. Future reform should focus on addressing core issues by reducing the uninsured, enhancing the width and depth of medical insurance coverage, improving the level and capacity of medical insurance governance that provides more discourse power for the vulnerable population, and building a more responsive and participatory medical insurance governance system.
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- Pengfei Guo
- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Department of Health Economy and Social Security, College of Humanities and Management, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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Sung ADM, Baik YS, Jang S, Park JK, Sung HK, Lee JY, Shin BC, Choi SY, Sung SH. Utilization of Traditional Korean Medicine Services by the Older Population: A Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10081444. [PMID: 36011101 PMCID: PMC9408479 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10081444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Korean healthcare service is divided into conventional medicine and traditional Korean medicine (TKM). This cross-sectional study compared the older population (65 years and older) with two groups of the general population (19–50 years and 51–64 years) to understand the current patterns in the use of TKM services by the older population. Using data from the 2017 National Survey of TKM Usage, we analyzed the main purpose and diseases or symptoms for TKM use, the reason for choosing TKM over other types of medicine, and the treatments provided. Both age groups sought TKM services to “[treat] a disease”. The top five diseases and symptoms in the older adult (65 and older) group were musculoskeletal and are as follows: arthritis and joint diseases (37.8%, n = 166), disc-related diseases (25.5%, n = 112), back pain (8.4%, n = 37), frozen shoulder and shoulder pain (7.7%, n = 34), and sprain (5.9%, n = 26). The most frequently used treatments for these diseases were acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, and physiotherapy. The present study suggests that older adults primarily used TKM clinics for the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases. Further studies are necessary to assess the clinical effectiveness of conventional medicine versus TKM versus a combination of both in treating musculoskeletal disorders.
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- Angela Dong-Min Sung
- Department of Policy Development, National Development Institute of Korean Medicine, Seoul 04554, Korea; (A.D.-M.S.); (Y.-S.B.)
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- Department of Policy Development, National Development Institute of Korean Medicine, Seoul 04554, Korea; (A.D.-M.S.); (Y.-S.B.)
- Department of Korean Medicine Classics, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02453, Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongsan 38609, Korea;
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea; (J.-K.P.); (B.-C.S.)
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- Department of Korean Medicine Pediatrics, School of Korean Medicine, Semyung University, Jecheon 27136, Korea;
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Daejeon Korean medicine Hospital of Daejeon University, Daejeon 35235, Korea;
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea; (J.-K.P.); (B.-C.S.)
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- Seoul Metropolitan Government Big Data Division, Official, Seoul 04524, Korea
- Correspondence: (S.-Y.C.); (S.-H.S.)
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- Department of Policy Development, National Development Institute of Korean Medicine, Seoul 04554, Korea; (A.D.-M.S.); (Y.-S.B.)
- Correspondence: (S.-Y.C.); (S.-H.S.)
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Chu YH, Jiang GH, Zhang H, Luan XR. Effects of medical insurance system on the hospitalization cost of acute myocardial infarction patients. COST EFFECTIVENESS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION 2022; 20:8. [PMID: 35193603 PMCID: PMC8862383 DOI: 10.1186/s12962-022-00343-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Acute myocardial infarction is still a burden on Chinese patients. Whether different medical insurance system have any influence on the hospitalization cost and therapeutic effect of acute myocardial infarction patient needs further investigation. METHOD In this study, 600 patients were stratified by health insurance status to investigate the cost effectiveness. RESULT Compared with free medical care, patients with other health insurance status have a significantly lower age (P ˂ 0.05-0.001), the youngest of which is new rural cooperative medical system. The hospital expense, nursing fee, length of stay, daily hospitalization cost, daily drug cost, daily nursing cost and percent of nursing cost of different health insurance status were statistically significant. ANCOVA analyses controlling for age showed that the differences of hospital expenses, nursing fee, length of stay and daily hospitalization cost were still statistically significant. Further studies found that health insurance status was the leading factors influencing length of stay (β = - 0.305, P = 0.0000001), nursing costs (β = - 0.319, P = 0.004), daily hospitalization costs (β = 0.296, P = 0.0001) and occurrence of clinical events (β = - 0.186, OR = 0.830, 95% CI 0.694-0.993, P = 0.041). CONCLUSIONS The hospitalization cost, length of stay, nursing work and therapeutic effect of acute myocardial infarction patients are affected by different health insurance status and age.
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- Ying-Hong Chu
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250012, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250012, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250012, People's Republic of China
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- Nursing Department of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250012, People's Republic of China.
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Shih CI, Weng CC, Chen W, Yang HF, Fan SY. Consideration factors of older adults seeking medical treatment at outpatient services in Taiwan. BMC Health Serv Res 2021; 21:1216. [PMID: 34753473 PMCID: PMC8579537 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-07251-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Taiwan will become a super-aged society by 2025, leading to the more frequent use of outpatient services by older adults for medical treatment compared with other age groups. Understanding the outpatient service consideration factors of older adults seeking medical treatment can improve health care quality. This study explored the selection factors and crucial considerations of older adults for outpatient services. METHODS Qualitative study was conducted. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 16 older adults over 65 years of age with chronic disease who were patients of an internal medicine department and regularly returned for checkups. Data including reasons for receiving medical treatment, factors affecting their choice of hospitals, and health care and environmental considerations were collected through structured interviews. RESULTS The older adults identified four factors. (1) The care of doctors: The doctors possessed professional skill, allocate sufficient consultation time, and undertake effective communication. (2) The care of other medical professionals: Other medical professionals provided services in a cordial manner. (3) The accessibility and convenience of outpatient services: Convenient transportation and registration as well as short consultation wait time. (4) Environment and equipment: The hospital had the novel facilities and satisfactory barrier-free equipment. CONCLUSIONS The older adults cared most about the adequacy of diagnosis and treatment by doctors and other medical professionals. In addition, they reported having higher satisfaction with hospitals that provide comprehensive medical facilities, fast and convenient medical procedures, and short wait times.
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- Chen-I Shih
- Department of Community Health, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
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- Department of Family Medicine, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
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- Medical Department, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
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- Department of Family Medicine, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
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- Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, University Road, 701, Tainan City, Taiwan.
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Sritart H, Tuntiwong K, Miyazaki H, Taertulakarn S. Disparities in Healthcare Services and Spatial Assessments of Mobile Health Clinics in the Border Regions of Thailand. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:10782. [PMID: 34682527 PMCID: PMC8535297 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182010782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Reducing the disparities in healthcare access is one of the important goals in healthcare services and is significant for national health. However, measuring the complexity of access in truly underserved areas is the critical step in designing and implementing healthcare policy to improve those services and to provide additional support. Even though there are methods and tools for modeling healthcare accessibility, the context of data is challenging to interpret at the local level for targeted program implementation due to its complexity. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop a concise and context-specific methodology for assessing disparities for a remote province in Thailand to assist in the development and expansion of the efficient use of additional mobile health clinics. We applied the geographic information system (GIS) methodology with the travel time-based approach to visualize and analyze the concealed information of spatial data in the finer analysis resolution of the study area, which was located in the border region of the country, Ubon Ratchathani, to identify the regional differences in healthcare allocation. Our results highlight the significantly inadequate level of accessibility to healthcare services in the regions. We found that over 253,000 of the population lived more than half an hour away from a hospital. Moreover, the relationships of the vulnerable residents and underserved regions across the province are underlined in the study and substantially discussed in terms of expansion of mobile health delivery to embrace the barrier of travel duration to reach healthcare facilities. Accordingly, this research study addresses regional disparities and provides valuable references for governmental authorities and health planners in healthcare strategy design and intervention to minimize the inequalities in healthcare services.
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- Hiranya Sritart
- Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand;
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- School of Dentistry, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand;
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- Center for Spatial Information Science, Tokyo University, Chiba 277-8568, Japan;
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- Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand;
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Peng Z, Zhu L. The impacts of health insurance on financial strain for people with chronic diseases. BMC Public Health 2021; 21:1012. [PMID: 34051775 PMCID: PMC8164330 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11075-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Due to ongoing expenses for both short-term and long-term needs for health services, people with chronic diseases tend to struggle with financial hardship. Health insurance is employed as a useful tool in aiding people to solve such financial strain. This study aims to examine and compare the impacts of public and private health insurance on solving financial barriers for people with chronic diseases. Methods This research obtained an outpatient sample consisted of 1739 individuals and an inpatient sample consisted of 1034 individuals. We employed a Chi-square test and a two-sample T-test to explore differences in financial strain and insurance status between people with chronic diseases and those without. Then we adopted binary logistic regression technique to assess the impacts of different types of health insurance on outpatient and inpatient financial strain for people with chronic diseases. Results Our research has five key findings: first, people with chronic diseases were more likely to experience both the outpatient and inpatient financial strain (P < 0.01); second, public health insurance was found to reduce the outpatient financial strain; third, private health insurance was found to positively associate with inpatient financial barriers; fourth, Urban Employment Insurance (UEI) was expected to reduce both the outpatient and inpatient financial barriers, while self-paid private insurance (SPI) was positively associated with inpatient financial barriers; and fifth, income was identified as a positive predictor of having outpatient and inpatient financial strain. Conclusions Public health insurance has the potential to reduce the outpatient financial strain for people with chronic diseases. Private health insurance was identified as a positive predictor of inpatient financial strain for people with chronic diseases. Policy should be proposed to promote the capacity of public health insurance and explore the potential effects of private health insurance on solving the inpatient financial barriers faced by people with chronic diseases in China.
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- Zixuan Peng
- Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- School of Political Science and Public Administration, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, China.
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Wang N, Xu J, Ma M, Shan L, Jiao M, Xia Q, Tian W, Zhang X, Liu L, Hao Y, Gao L, Wu Q, Li Y. Targeting vulnerable groups of health poverty alleviation in rural China- what is the role of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme for the middle age and elderly population? Int J Equity Health 2020; 19:161. [PMID: 32928229 PMCID: PMC7489030 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-020-01236-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background In light of the health poverty alleviation policy, we explore whether the New Rural Cooperative Medical System (NRCMS) has effectively reduced the economic burden of medical expenses on rural middle-aged and elderly people and other impoverished vulnerable groups. The study aims to provide evidence that can be used to improve the medical insurance system. Methods Data were obtained from the 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). The method of calculating the catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment by medical expense (IME) was adopted from the World Health Organization (WHO). The treatment effect model was used to identify the determinants of CHE for rural middle-aged and elderly people. Results The incidence of CHE in rural China for middle-aged and elderly people is 21.8%, and the IME is 8.0%. The households that had enrolled in the NRCMS suffered higher CHE (21.9%) and IME (8.0%), than those that had not enrolled (CHE: 20.6% and IME: 7.7%). The NRCMS did not provide sufficient economic protection from CHE for households with three or more chronic diseases, inpatients, or households with members aged over 65 years. Key risk factors for the CHE included education levels, households with inpatients, households with members aged over 65 years, and households with disabilities. Conclusions Although the NRCMS has reduced barriers to the usage of household health services by reducing people’s out-of-pocket payments, it has not effectively reduced the risk of these households falling into poverty. Our research identifies the characteristics of vulnerable groups that the NRCMS does not provide enough support for, and which puts them at a greater risk of falling into poverty due to health impoverishment.
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- Nianshi Wang
- Policy and Management Research Center, School of Health Management, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, No.157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, 82 Zhongshan Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Policy and Management Research Center, School of Health Management, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, No.157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Policy and Management Research Center, School of Health Management, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, No.157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Policy and Management Research Center, School of Health Management, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, No.157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Policy and Management Research Center, School of Health Management, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, No.157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Policy and Management Research Center, School of Health Management, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, No.157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Policy and Management Research Center, School of Health Management, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, No.157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150001, Heilongjiang, China
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- Policy and Management Research Center, School of Health Management, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, No.157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Policy and Management Research Center, School of Health Management, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, No.157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Policy and Management Research Center, School of Health Management, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, No.157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
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- Policy and Management Research Center, School of Health Management, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, No.157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
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Tao S, Li H, Xie Y, Chen J, Feng Z. Is There A Non-Essential Hospitalization Day In Inpatients With Diabetes Under Medical Insurance? Evidence From An Observational Study In China. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes 2019; 12:2309-2316. [PMID: 31807044 PMCID: PMC6842738 DOI: 10.2147/dmso.s220238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Non-essential hospitalization day of inpatient diabetes threatens health seriously and contributes to great economic burden on individuals and the society. Studying the essential utilization of hospitalization services is conducive to the reduction in the burden of diabetes. The purpose of this study is to identify the existence of non-essential hospitalization days during hospitalization in diabetic patients through exploring the use of health care in different types of insured patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS A sample of 6731 admission records from 5929 hospitalized patients was studied. Binary logistic regression was performed to estimate the adjusted effects of health insurance status on readmission. Multiple stepwise linear regression was performed to estimate the adjusted effects of health insurance status on length of stay (LOS), direct medical expenses (DME), out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures, and percentage of individual payment after reimbursement (PIPAR). Adjusted odds ratios (with 95% CI) were reported as the results of logistic regression models and linear regression models, respectively. RESULTS Adjusted 7-day readmission rate and 30-day readmission rate were not significantly different between urban and rural resident basic medical insurance (URRBMI) and urban employee basic medical insurance (UEBMI). Compared with inpatients under URRBMI, the adjusted LOS and DME were significantly higher for UEBMI inpatients (adjusted OR of 2.6, 95% CI=1.9-3.2, adjusted OR of 1870.85, 95% CI=1370.97-2370.73, respectively). Adjusted OOP and PIPAR were significantly lower for UEBMI inpatients (adjusted OR of-970.86, 95% CI =-1111.63--830.10, adjusted OR of -0.19, 95% CI=-0.20--0.18, respectively). CONCLUSION There was a non-essential hospitalization day existing in the treatment of diabetes. Moral hazard has been found in UEBMI which would trigger overtreatment in hospitalization of diabetics, and the lower PIPAR of UEBMI was one of the main causes of moral hazard.
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- Siyu Tao
- School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Automobile, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Health Service Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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Liu WS, Jiang Y, Zhang D, Shi LQ, Sun DL. Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration Is a Safe and Effective Strategy for Elderly Patients. Surg Innov 2018; 25:465-469. [PMID: 29998783 DOI: 10.1177/1553350618785487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) has been widely used to remove common bile duct (CBD) stones. However, surgery is not considered as the first treatment choice for elderly patients with CBD stones because of the potential risk of postoperative complications. This study aims to evaluate the safety and efficiency of LCBDE for elderly patients. METHODS From April 2011 to October 2016, 265 consecutive patients underwent LCBDE. We performed a retrospective study and divided these patients into 2 groups. The younger group was younger than 70 years old (n = 179), and the elderly group was 70 years old or older (n = 86). We compared patient demographics, clinical characteristics, intraoperative parameters, postoperative complications, and incidence of recurrent stone between the 2 groups. RESULTS The elderly patients had higher preoperative morbidity of chronic diseases, such as pulmonary diseases, heart diseases, arterial hypertension, and abdominal operation history ( P < .05). There were no significant differences between the 2 groups in terms of operation time, intraoperative blood loss, conversion rate to open surgery, total cost, overall complications, and incidence of recurrent stone ( P > .05). CONCLUSION LCBDE can also be carried out as a safe and effective approach to remove CBD stones in elderly patients, although they have higher risk of chronic diseases.
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- Wen-Song Liu
- 1 Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, P R China
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- 1 Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, P R China
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- 1 Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, P R China
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- 1 Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, P R China
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- 1 Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, P R China
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