Dulin Mary Katherine, Olive Kenneth E, Florence Joseph A, Sliger Carolyn
Department of Internal Medicine, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, USA.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2006 Nov;17(4):821-9. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0121.
There has been little discussion in the literature regarding the financial value of the services provided to the participants in health fairs. This article examines the financial value of preventive services provided through a community health fair in an economically depressed area of southwest Virginia. Current Procedural Terminology codes were assigned to the services provided in order to estimate costs participants might incur for such services. An average 50-year-old man would have paid up to $320 to obtain commonly recommended preventive services available free at the fair. An average 50-year-old woman would have paid up to $495. Overall, over $58,000 in services were provided through the health fair. This community health fair provided preventive services that many participants otherwise might have found to be cost-prohibitive.
文献中很少有关于健康集市向参与者提供的服务的经济价值的讨论。本文研究了在弗吉尼亚州西南部一个经济萧条地区通过社区健康集市提供的预防服务的经济价值。为所提供的服务分配了当前程序术语代码，以估计参与者可能为此类服务产生的费用。一名普通的50岁男性为了获得在集市上免费提供的常见推荐预防服务，本应支付高达320美元。一名普通的50岁女性本应支付高达495美元。总体而言，通过健康集市提供的服务价值超过58,000美元。这个社区健康集市提供了预防服务，否则许多参与者可能会觉得这些服务费用过高而无法获得。
