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Factors Affecting the Registration and Access Levels of the Pilot Project for the General Physician System among People with Disabilities

장애인 건강주치의 시범사업 수요자의 등록 및 이용수준 영향 요인 분석

  • Eunhee Choe (Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Service) ;
  • Yeojeong Gu (Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Service) ;
  • Seungji Lim (Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Service)
  • 최은희 (국민건강보험공단 건강보험연구원) ;
  • 구여정 (국민건강보험공단 건강보험연구원) ;
  • 임승지 (국민건강보험공단 건강보험연구원)
  • Received : 2024.04.18
  • Accepted : 2024.05.30
  • Published : 2024.06.30
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Abstract

Background: Disabled people have particularly restricted access to health care. In response to this, the pilot project for the general physician (GP) system for disabled people was implemented in 2018, based on the rights of people with disability to the Health Act in South Korea. However, its participants were 0.2% among the total of those with severe disabilities in 2021. Therefore, this study examined the factors related to registering with a GP and the access level to its services to suggest implications for activating the participation of disabled people. Methods: We analyzed factors affecting the registration with a GP and the number of using the services among the participants of the GP system during May 2018 and December 2021 by conducting hierarchical logistic regression and hierarchical regression. The data were linked with the national health insurance data to examine various predictors, including disability types, socioeconomic status, health status, and GP registration. Results: As a result of analyzing the factors affecting whether or not to register for the pilot project, those with disabilities (physical disabilities, brain lesions, visual, intellectual, mental, and autistic disability) eligible for disability care (odds ratio [OR], 4.157) than other disability, and those living in metropolitan (OR, 4.330) or cities (OR, 3.332) than rural residences were highly likely to enroll the pilot study. Health-related variables also predicted the registration status of the pilot project. The predictors related to GP enrollment types (membership type: general health or disability care, GP's affiliation: clinics or hospitals) significantly influenced levels of access to services. Conclusion: It is necessary to develop the GP project for disabled people by considering the variation in types of disability, residences, and health. Further study will be needed to investigate the impact of GPs on the level of participation among disabled people.

연구배경: 장애인의 일상적 건강관리 미흡과 낮은 의료접근성으로 인해 다양한 건강문제 발생 및 과다한 의료비 지출 부담이 발생하고 있다. 이에 "장애인건강권법"에 근거하여 2018년 장애인 건강주치의제도 시범사업을 시행하였으나 2021년 기준 전체 중증장애인 중 시범사업 참여자는 0.2%에 불과하다. 이에 본 연구는 수요자의 장애인 건강주치의 참여 활성화를 위한 시사점을 얻고자, 시범사업 등록 여부와 시범사업 이용수준의 영향요인을 규명하고자 하였다. 방법: 2018년 5월 30일부터 2021년 12월 31일까지 시범사업 정보와 국민건강보험 데이터를 연계하여 이분형 로지스틱 회귀분석과 위계적 다중회귀분석을 통해, 장애인건강주치의 참여 장애인의 시범사업 등록 및 서비스 이용횟수에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하였다. 독립변수는 장애유형, 인구사회경제학적 특성과 건강상태(만성질환의 개수, 찰슨동반상병지수(Charlson comorbidity index [CCI]), 외래민감질환 및 복약불순응과 다제약제관리 필요의 해당 여부), 시범사업 서비스 이용 관련 변수를 포함하였다. 결과: 시범사업의 등록 여부에 영향을 주는 요인 분석결과, 주장애관리 가입 대상에 해당하는 장애유형(지체, 뇌병변, 시각, 지적, 정신, 자폐성 장애인)이 그 외 장애유형(odds ratio [OR], 4.157)보다, 군 지역 거주자보다 특별광역시 거주자(OR, 4.330)와 시 지역 거주자(OR, 3.332)가 시범사업에 등록할 확률이 높았으며, CCI와 만성질환 개수와 같은 건강수준의 영향도 있었다. 그러나 주치의 서비스 이용수준의 결정요인으로 참여자의 인구사회학적 특성(장애유형, 연령, 의료보장 형태, 거주지역)과 건강수준(만성질환 개수, CCI) 등 개인적 요인보다 시범사업 서비스 가입 형태에 해당하는 변수군(수요자가 등록한 주치의의 소속 및 서비스 유형)이 더 높은 설명력(20.4%)을 보였다. 결론: 수요자의 장애유형과 지역과 건강수준에 따른 시범사업의 참여 편차를 고려하여 향후 서비스 개발이 필요하며, 수요자의 서비스 이용수준에 공급자의 요양기관 형태나 서비스 유형의 영향력이 큰 바 향후 공급자의 참여 양상과 수요자의 참여수준과의 관계를 분석하는 연구가 필요할 것이다.

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