Radiation Oncology Journal
- Volume 17 Issue 2
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- Pages.172-178
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- 1999
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- 2234-1900(pISSN)
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- 2234-3156(eISSN)
The Structure of Korean Radiation Oncology in 1997
국내 병원 별 방사선치료의 진료 구조 현황(1997년 현황을 중심으로 한 선진국과의 비교 구)
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Kim Mi Sook
(Department of Radiation Oncology. Korea Cancer Center Hospital) ;
- Yoo Seoung Yul (Department of Radiation Oncology. Korea Cancer Center Hospital) ;
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Cho Chul Koo
(Department of Radiation Oncology. Korea Cancer Center Hospital) ;
- Yoo Hyung Jun (Department of Radiation Oncology. Korea Cancer Center Hospital) ;
- Yang Kwang Mo (Department of Radiation Oncology. Korea Cancer Center Hospital) ;
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Je Young Hoon
(Department of Radiation Oncology. Korea Cancer Center Hospital) ;
- Lee Dong Hun (Department of Radiation Oncology. Korea Cancer Center Hospital) ;
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Lee Dong Han
(Department of Radiation Oncology. Korea Cancer Center Hospital) ;
- Kim Do Jun (Department of Radiation Oncology. Korea Cancer Center Hospital)
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김미숙
(원자력병원 방사선종양학과, 방사선영향연구실) ;
- 류성렬 (원자력병원 방사선종양학과, 방사선영향연구실) ;
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조철구
(원자력병원 방사선종양학과, 방사선영향연구실) ;
- 유헝준 (원자력병원 방사선종양학과, 방사선영향연구실) ;
- 양광모 (원자력병원 방사선종양학과, 방사선영향연구실) ;
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지영훈
(원자력병원 방사선종양학과, 방사선영향연구실) ;
- 이동훈 (원자력병원 방사선종양학과, 방사선영향연구실) ;
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이동한
(원자력병원 방사선종양학과, 방사선영향연구실) ;
- 김도준 (원자력병원 방사선종양학과, 방사선영향연구실)
- Published : 1999.06.01
Abstract
Purpose : To measure the basic structural characteristics of radiation oncology facilities in Korea during 1997 and to compare personnel, equipments and patient loads between Korea and developed countries. Methods and Materials : Mail serveys we conducted in 1998 and data on treatment machines, personnel and peformed new patients were collected. Responses were obtained from the 100 percent of facilities. The consensus data of the whole country were summarized using Microsoft Excel program. Results: In Korea during 1997, 42 facilities delivered megavoltage radiation theraphy with 71 treatment machines, 100 radiation oncologists, 26 medical physicist, 205 technologists and 19,773 new patients. Eighty nine percent of facilities in Korea had linear accelators at least 6 MeV maximum photon energy. Ninety five percent of facilities had simulators while five percent of facilities had no simulator, Ninety one percent of facilities had computer planning systems and eighty three percent of facilities reported that they had a written quality assurance program. Thirty six percent of facilities had only one radiation oncologist and thirty eight percent of facilities had no medical physicists. The median of the distribution of annual patients load of a facility, patients load per a machine, patients load per a radiation oncologist, patients load per a therapist and therapists per a machine in Korea were 348 patients per a year, 263 patients per a machine, 171 patients per a radiation oncologist, 81 patients per a therapist, and 3 therapists per a machine respectively. Conclusions : The whole scale of the radiation oncology departments in Korea was smaller than Japan and USA in population ratio regard. In case of hardware level like linear accelerators, simulators and computer planning systems, there was no big differences between Korea and USA. The patients loads of radiation oncologists and therapists had no significant differences as compared with USA. However, it was desirable to consider the part time system in USA because there were a lot of hospitals which did not employ medical physicists.
목적 : 국내 방사선치료에 대한 전국현황의 통계를 1997년을 중심으로 한 병원 별 진료 장비, 인력 현황을 조사하고 그에 대한 연간 신환자수의 분포를 검토하여 그 결과를 선진국의 예와 비교함으로써 현재의 국내 방사선치료의 진료 수준을 분석하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1998년에 치료방사선과가 있는 전국의 42개 병원을 대상으로 설문조사를 통해 자료를 수집하였다. 통계자료는 1997년 1월부터 12월까지 총 1년으로 하였고 통계처리는 마이크로소프트사의 Excel 프로그램을 이용하였다. 결과 : 1997년에 국내에서 42개의 병원이 71대의 외부 방사선치료장치, 100명의 치료방사선과 전문의, 26명의 의학 물리학자, 205명의 방사선사가 있었고 연간 19,773명의 신환을 치료하였다. 전국 42개 병원의 89