Patel Minal R, Nelson Belinda W, Id-Deen Effat, Caldwell Cleopatra H
Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health , Ann Arbor, MI , USA and.
J Asthma. 2014 Dec;51(10):1083-8. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2014.936453. Epub 2014 Jul 4.
The purpose of this study was to define perceptions of health-related financial burden based on the views of individuals who report these perceptions through qualitative approaches.
Four focus groups were conducted in Southeast Michigan with 26 African American women with asthma, recruited based on maximum variation sampling procedures. A semi-structured interview was employed by facilitators. Coded transcripts were analyzed for themes regarding dimensions of the meaning of financial burden.
Major domains of financial burden identified included (1) high out-of-pocket expenses; (2) lost wages from exacerbations, inability to maintain a stable job and stress from making decisions about taking a sick day or coming to work; (3) transport costs; (4) both costs and stress of managing insurance eligibility and correcting erroneous bills.
Greater awareness of factors that add to perceptions of financial burden might better equip researchers to develop interventions to help care teams manage such concerns with their patients.
本研究旨在基于通过定性方法报告这些认知的个体的观点,界定与健康相关的经济负担认知。
在密歇根州东南部对26名患有哮喘的非裔美国女性进行了4个焦点小组访谈,采用最大差异抽样程序招募。主持人采用半结构化访谈。对编码后的访谈记录进行分析,以找出与经济负担含义维度相关的主题。
确定的经济负担主要领域包括:(1)高额自付费用;(2)病情加重导致的工资损失、无法维持稳定工作以及因决定请病假或上班而产生的压力;(3)交通成本;(4)管理保险资格和纠正错误账单的成本及压力。
更多地了解增加经济负担认知的因素,可能会使研究人员更好地制定干预措施,以帮助护理团队处理与患者相关的此类问题。