Rural-Urban Health Care Cost Differences Among Latinx Adults With and Without Dementia in the United States.

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Journal of Aging and Health Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-29 DOI:10.1177/08982643231207517

Ángela Gutiérrez, Mónika López-Anuarbe, Noah J Webster, Elham Mahmoudi

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Abstract

Objectives: To compare rural-urban health care costs among Latinx adults ages 51+ and examine variations by dementia status.

Methods: Data are from the Health and Retirement Study (2006-2018 waves; n = 15,567). We inflation-adjusted all health care costs using the 2021 consumer price index. Geographic context and dementia status were the main exposure variables. We applied multivariate two-part generalized linear models and adjusted for sociodemographic and health characteristics.

Results: Rural residents had higher total health care costs, regardless of dementia status. Total health care costs were $850 higher in rural ($2,640) compared to urban ($1,789) areas (p < .001). Out-of-pocket costs were $870 higher in rural ($2,677) compared to urban ($1,806) areas (p < .001). Dementia status was not an effect modifier.

Discussion: Health care costs are disproportionately higher among Latinx rural, relative to urban, residents. Addressing health care costs among Latinx rural residents is a public health priority.

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美国患有和不患有痴呆症的拉丁裔成年人的城乡医疗保健成本差异。

目的：比较51岁以上拉丁裔成年人的城乡医疗保健费用，并检查痴呆状态的变化。方法：数据来自健康与退休研究（2006-2018波；n=15567）。我们使用2021年消费者价格指数对所有医疗保健成本进行了通胀调整。地理环境和痴呆状态是主要的暴露变量。我们应用了多变量两部分广义线性模型，并根据社会人口和健康特征进行了调整。结果：无论是否患有痴呆症，农村居民的总医疗费用都较高。农村地区（2640美元）的医疗保健总费用比城市地区（1789美元）高850美元（p＜0.001）。农村地区（2677美元）的自付费用比城市（1806美元）高870美元（p＞0.001）。痴呆症状态不是影响因素。讨论：相对于城市居民，拉丁裔农村居民的医疗保健费用高得不成比例。解决拉丁裔农村居民的医疗保健费用是公共卫生的优先事项。

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