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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2017.8.1.221

An Analysis of Convergence Factors on the Unmet Health Needs of the Indigent Elderly  

Park, Sun Joo (Korea Institute for Pharmaceutical Policy Affairs)
Lee, Won Jae (Dept. of Healthcare Management, Gachon University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.8, no.1, 2017 , pp. 221-229 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify the convergence factors affecting the unmet health needs of the indigent elderly. The data the study is the Korean medical panel of 2011 and the parameters belonging to each factors were selected based on the Anderson model. We analyzed the general characteristics using frequency analysis and the correlations between variables using cross analysis. Finally, logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the factors affecting unmet health needs. The indigent elderly with no education and elementary school graduates were 1.5 times more likely to experience unmet health needs than the poverty elderly with high school graduates. The indigent elderly who does not work for income, who were employers and self-employeds were 1.5 times more likely to experience unmet health care need than unpaid family workers. The indigent elderly with disabilities in activites of daily living were 2.9 time more likely to experience unmet health care needs than the indigent elderly with no disability in activites of daily living. The results of this study confirm that the increase in the economic burden of medical care for the indigent elderly can lead to the unmet health needs.
Keywords
Anderson model; convergence; elderly; health care; health promotion; indigent; unmet;
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