Evaluation of Government Assisted Visiting Nursing Services of Health Center in 2000

2000년 보건소 공공근로 방문간호사업 평가

  • 고일선 (연세대학교 간호대학, 연세대학교 간호대학 간호정책연구소) ;
  • 김조자 (연세대학교 간호대학, 연세대학교 간호대학 간호정책연구소) ;
  • 이태화 (연세대학교 간호대학, 연세대학교 간호대학 간호정책연구소) ;
  • 이경자 (연세대학교 간호대학, 연세대학교 간호대학 간호정책연구소) ;
  • 김의숙 (연세대학교 간호대학, 연세대학교 간호대학 간호정책연구소) ;
  • 마희경 (연세대학교 간호대학, 연세대학교 간호대학 간호정책연구소) ;
  • 이영숙 (전남대학교 간호학과, 전남대학교 간호과학연구소) ;
  • 박경민 (계명대학교 간호학부)
  • Published : 2002.06.01

Abstract

This study is a fact-finding research to understand the status of visiting nursing services operated by health centers in Korea and it aims to provide basic information for policy development on operation and management of visiting nursing services in health centers. Method: This study investigates the results of visiting nursing services in 242 health centers from Jan. 10 through Dec. 30, 2000, where 3,106 visiting nurses were employed by the public work program. Result: In 2000, 129,401 new household as service recipients was identified and that was 0.9% of Koreas total households (15,137,000), and 5.8% of low income households (2,242,000). The highest high risk group was dementia patients(aver. 55.2/1,000 person). Average number of households visited by visiting nurse were 4.5 households per day and the first-visited houses per visiting nurse were 1.1 households per day. The re-visiting rate was 71.3%. Total 4,059,130 service items were provided and assessment ranked the highest with 33.7%. The satisfaction level of clients on the nurses was an average of 3.17 points in the scale of 4 and the nursing service was a 2.60 points in a scale of 3. Conclusion: Visiting nursing service should continue to provide comprehensive healthcare services in cost-effective ways while cooperating with others

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