Mauser E, Miller N A
Office of Research and Demonstrations, Health Care Financing Administration.
Health Care Financ Rev. 1994 Fall;16(1):17-33.
Recently, the use of home health services by Medicare beneficiaries has been growing. From 1987 to 1992, the percentage of all enrollees receiving home health rose from 4.8 to 7.2 percent, while the average number of visits among users increased from 23 to 54. This article uses the 1992 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) to profile home health users. In addition to providing descriptive information about who uses Medicare home health, Tobit models are estimated to determine the factors that predict home health utilization and reimbursement. Various policy options for redesigning the home health benefit are also discussed.
最近，医疗保险受益人对家庭健康服务的使用一直在增加。从1987年到1992年，接受家庭健康服务的所有参保人的比例从4.8%上升到了7.2%，而使用者的平均就诊次数从23次增加到了54次。本文使用1992年医疗保险当前受益人调查（MCBS）来描述家庭健康服务使用者的情况。除了提供关于谁使用医疗保险家庭健康服务的描述性信息外，还估计了托比特模型，以确定预测家庭健康服务利用和报销的因素。还讨论了重新设计家庭健康福利的各种政策选择。
