Isaacson Brad, Greally Emma
Tellica Imaging, LLC, An Intermountain Health Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Health Equity. 2025 Mar 19;9(1):183-185. doi: 10.1089/heq.2024.0111. eCollection 2025.
The economic burden of medical care is shared (often disproportionately) between patients, health care systems, and payers. Diagnostic scans in particular provide valuable information for providers; however, imaging is often performed in high-cost settings. Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities have emerged as viable options for patients, but care is often fragmented and may lack sufficient quality standards. To change health care, bold steps are needed to maximize value-based care, enhance access, and ensure affordability for communities. If this fails to occur, for many more years, we will unfortunately hear "should I buy groceries or get a diagnostic scan?".
医疗护理的经济负担在患者、医疗保健系统和付款人之间分担(通常比例不均衡)。特别是诊断扫描为医疗服务提供者提供了有价值的信息;然而,成像检查往往在高成本环境中进行。独立诊断检测机构已成为患者的可行选择,但护理往往分散,可能缺乏足够的质量标准。为了改变医疗保健状况,需要采取大胆措施,以最大限度地实现基于价值的护理,增加可及性,并确保社区能够负担得起。如果做不到这一点,在未来许多年里,我们将不幸地听到“我该买食品杂货还是去做诊断扫描?”这样的问题。