Health Policy and Management (보건행정학회지)

Korean Academy of Health Policy and Management (한국보건행정학회)
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Effects of Public Health Service Impartiality on Subjective Health Happiness: Mediated Effect of Public Health Service Quality

공공의료서비스 제공의 공평성이 주관적 건강행복에 미치는 영향: 공공의료서비스 질의 매개효과

  • Moon, Seung Min (Department of Public Administration, Yonsei University Graduate School)
  • 문승민 (연세대학교 대학원 행정학과)
  • Received : 2019.07.08
  • Accepted : 2019.08.19
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of impartiality in providing public health services on subjective health happiness and the mediated effects of public health service quality. Based on this, this study intends to present policy implications to improve public health services. Methods: The research method is multiple linear regression analysis. The analysis of the mediating effects is performed by Baron & Kenny's test, Sobel-Goodman's test, and Bootstrap. Results: The impartiality of public health services and the quality of public health services are shown to have a statistically significant effect on subjective health happiness. Quality of public health service appears to be mediating the relationship between impartiality in providing public health care and subjective health happiness. Conclusion: To promote people's subjective health happiness, it is necessary to secure impartiality in providing public health services in the first place and improve the quality of public health services.

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