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http://dx.doi.org/10.7319/kogsis.2015.23.3.049

Analysis on the Accessibility of the Primary Medical Facilities in Jinju City  

Kim, Mi Song (BK21+, Urban engineering, Gyeongsang National University)
Won, Tae Hong (BK21+, Urban engineering, Gyeongsang National University)
Yoo, Hwan Hee (BK21+, ERI, Urban engineering, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science / v.23, no.3, 2015 , pp. 49-55 More about this Journal
Abstract
Current medical delivery system in Korea has been distinguished into three types; primary medical facilities, secondary facilities, and tertiary facilities since 1989. This system prevents the waste of medical resources along with the maintenance of balance according to the medical treatment subjects. However, it is inevitable that the imbalance of the medical services among regions has been generated due to the concentration of the medical facilities on large cities. In this regard, this study attempted to evaluate the quality of the primary medical services, emphasizing accessibility and convenience targeting Jinju city, a small and medium-sized city, based on the distribution characteristics of the space. The study results show that cohesion index about the spatial distribution of the primary care facilities was 0~0.25. It conducted a correlation analysis between the location of the hospitals and users, based on the study results. Finally, it is demonstrated the correlation between the location of the hospitals and users tended to be low, while, the cohesion of the Oriental medicine clinics was high in other treatment subjects, and the accessibility to the Oriental medicine clinics was the highest because most Oriental medicine clinics were distributed to the places where users were many. However, on account that the locations of the medical facilities and users were varied in other treatment subjects except for the Oriental medicine clinics, problems were generated in terms of the accessibility. Therefore, it is judged that the preparation of the measures to improve the selection of lots in consideration of users, who use the primary medical services, is required.
Keywords
Primary Medical Facilities; Medical Delivery System; Spatial Distribution Characteristics; Cohesion Index; Correlation Analysis;
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