Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- Volume 14 Issue 1
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- Pages.65-74
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- 1981
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- 1975-8375(pISSN)
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- 2233-4521(eISSN)
A Study on Sickness and the Status of Medical Care in a Rural Area
일부(一部) 농촌주민(農村住民)의 상병(傷病) 및 의료실태(醫療實態)에 관(關)한 조사연구(調査硏究)
- Park, Jeong-Sun (Dept. of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University)
- 박정선 (이화여자대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
- Published : 1981.10.01
Abstract
This survey was made to determine the overall health situation on (1) the status of sickness; (2) the medical care utilization; (3) the medical cost in Mi-Kum Myun, Nam Yang Ju Gun, Kyung-Gi Do. The survey with questionnaire was carried out with 2,840 peoples in 560 households from August 9th to 16th, 1979. The findings from the survey were as follows; 1. Annual morbidity rate of the prolonged ill cases was 97.2 per 1,000 population (male 94.7, female 99.6), The highest age specific morbidity rate was 274.5 of the 45-to 64-year group and the lowest was 21.9 of the 5-to 14-year group. 2. Annual morbidity rate of the new patients was 777.5 per 1,000 population(male 644.5, female 909.5). 3. The chief complaints distribution of the prolonged ill cases was: local pain 36.6%, indigestion 22.4%, and coughing 7.3%, respectively, In terms of age and sex distribution, a large number of female of the 45-to 64-year group complained of local pain or general pain and a large number of both sexes of the 25-to 44-year group complaned of indigestion. 4. The major diseases of the new patients which classified with International Classfication of Diseases (I.C.D.) were disease of the respiratory system, disease of the digestive system, and disease of the musculo-skeletal system and connective tissue for male, disease of the respiratory system, disease of the digestive system, and accident, poisoning, violence for female. 5. Total ill days of the 92 new patients were 536 days and average ill days per case were
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