Gold M
Health Serv Res. 1981 Winter;16(4):383-405.
The amount of primary care provided at hospitals is increasing, yet little information exists on the relative costs of this form of care. To address this issue, we compared the treatment resources used by internists practicing in hospital-based and free-standing clinics. The study site was the Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program, Oregon Region. To control for case mix, the analysis focused on episodes of six specified conditions; upper respiratory infection, urinary tract infection, hypertension, abdominal pain, chest pain, and physical exam. The California Relative Value Schedule was used to define care intensity by summarizing the clinical, laboratory, and radiology services provided. Results indicate that setting exerts little influence on the intensity of primary care for the episodes studied; care of similar intensity is provided in hospital-based and free-standing settings.
医院提供的初级保健数量在增加,但关于这种护理形式的相对成本的信息却很少。为了解决这个问题,我们比较了在医院附属诊所和独立诊所执业的内科医生所使用的治疗资源。研究地点是俄勒冈州地区的凯撒医疗保健计划。为了控制病例组合,分析集中在六种特定疾病的发作上:上呼吸道感染、尿路感染、高血压、腹痛、胸痛和体格检查。加利福尼亚相对价值量表用于通过汇总提供的临床、实验室和放射学服务来定义护理强度。结果表明,环境对所研究疾病发作的初级保健强度影响很小;在医院附属和独立环境中提供的护理强度相似。