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A Study of Hospital Foodservice Management after Covering Hospital Foodservice in The National Health Insurance  

Hwang, Rah-Il (National Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Corporation)
Kwon, Jin-Hee (National Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Corporation)
Jeong, Hyun-Jin (National Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Corporation)
Kim, Jung-Hee (National Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Corporation)
Lee, Ho-Young (National Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Corporation)
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition / v.13, no.2, 2008 , pp. 244-252 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the overall operations of National Hospital Food service after it was benefited by National Health Insurance (NHI). The survey was conducted between July and August, 2007. Among questionnaires mailed to 2,558 medical care institutions, 2,090 returned (81%) questionnaires were analyzed by descriptive statistics, $x^2$-test and ANOVA using the SPSS 13.0. The general foodservice characteristic of medical care institutions were as follows. The type of foodservice operations were 'self-operated' (86.9%), 'contracted' (10.5%) and 'Both' (2.6%). Only 6.4% of medical care institutions provided 'hospital food menu not benefited by NHI'. The number of dietitians and cook for medical care institutions were 1.1 and 1.0, respectively. The cost of a general diet meal was 4,205 won and therapeutic diet meal was 4,434 won. The overall operations of hospital foodservice were different depending on the types of medical care institution. After hospital foodservice was benefited by NHI, the overall quality of hospital foodservice including manpower, facilities, and environment was improved. The future direction of hospital foodservice should 1) differentiate the cost of hospital foodservice by the types of medical care institution, 2) increase in co-payment, and 3) provide same service with equal expenses in each party as medical aid or NHS beneficiary.
Keywords
hospital foodservice; national health insurance; benefits for hospital foodservice; medical care institution;
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