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Literature Review on Private Health Insurance for Korean older adults

한국 노인대상 민간의료보험에 관한 선행연구 고찰

  • Received : 2021.01.11
  • Accepted : 2021.04.02
  • Published : 2021.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to review literature about private health insurance (PHI) schemes for Korean older adults published in Korea and abroad from 2015 to 2019, and to present the implications of the study and provide an overview of PHI utilization by Korean older adults. Nineteen quantitative academic research papers were selected and analyzed with respect to presentation time, research purpose, data source, and study design. Old age, low income, low education, and chronic disease were found to hinder enrollment in PHI schemes. Although the relationship between PHI and medical usage was not consistent, it was positively related to health outcomes such as subjective health status and health-related quality of life. Therefore, for PHI to fulfill the role of providing supplementary medical care for older adults with high medical demands, a national improvement policy should be developed to address the barriers that prevent older adults adopting PHI schemes, and empirical studies related to medical usages by and the health outcomes of older adults should be conducted in order to generate a basis for the use of PHI.

본 연구는 2015년부터 2019년까지 국내외에서 발표된 한국 노인 대상 국내외 민간의료보험에 관한 선행연구의 경향을 분석하고 이를 바탕으로 향후 노인 대상 민간의료보험 관련 연구 및 활용 방향에 대한 시사점을 제시하기 위한 문헌 고찰 연구이다. 본 연구에는 양적 학술연구 논문 19편이 분석에 포함되었으며, 논문 발표 시기, 연구 목적, 자료원, 연구 설계 등으로 나누어 자료를 분석하였다. 분석 결과 노인의 민간의료보험 가입 결정을 방해하는 요인으로 고령, 저소득, 저학력, 만성질환 등이 유의미한 요인으로 확인되었다. 민간의료보험 가입과 의료 이용과의 관계는 긍정적인 영향을 미치기도 하고 부정적인 영향을 미치기도 하여 어느 한 방향으로 일관되지 않았으나 민간의료보험 가입과 주관적 건강상태, 건강관련 삶의 질 등의 건강 성과와는 대부분 긍정적인 관련이 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 따라서 의료 이용과 의료요구도가 높은 노인에게 민간의료보험이 보충적 의료의 역할을 담당하기 위해서는 노인에 대한 민간의료보험 가입 장벽을 해소할 수 있는 국가 차원의 개선 정책이 개발되어야 하며, 민간의료보험 활용의 근거 생성을 위하여 노인을 대상으로 의료 이용과 건강 성과와 관련 다양한 실증연구를 수행하여야 한다.

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