| Autor: |
Masato Matsushima, Rieko Mutai, Yoshifumi Sugiyama |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 3 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2044-6055 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068497 |
| Popis: |
Objectives This study aimed to elucidate the relationship between patient complexity and healthcare costs in a primary care setting on a Japanese island.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Tarama Clinic, Okinawa Miyako Hospital, on Tarama Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.Participants Patients who visited Tarama Clinic from 1 April 2018 to 30 June 2018, were aged 20 years or above, were resident in Tarama Village and had decision-making capacity.Outcome measures Patient complexity scored using Patient Centred Assessment Method (PCAM), healthcare costs per person per year/visit and participant characteristics.Results We included 355 study participants. The means (SD) of the total PCAM scores and healthcare costs per person per year/visit were 21.4 (5.7) and 1056.4 (952.7)/125.7 (86.7) in US dollars, respectively. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients between the total PCAM scores and healthcare costs per person per year/visit were 0.33 and 0.28 (p values |
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