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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2021.12.12.443

Analysis of related to unmet healthcare needs for the disabled in Korea using focus groups: Focused on the 2nd Pilot project for primary care for people with disabilities  

Kim, Mi So (College of Nursing, Shinhan University)
Choi, Kyung-Hwa (Dankook University College of Medicine)
Kim, Jung Ae (Cooperative Institute for Health Plus)
Park, Jinah (Seoul Asan Medical Center)
Jeong, Eunhye (College of Nursing, Shinhan University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.12, no.12, 2021 , pp. 443-451 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is a qualitative research using focus group interviews with disabled people and their families to understand the unmet healthcare needs perceived themselves and to analyze the experiences of 'The 2nd pilot project for primary care for people with disabilities', from 9 to 17 February 2021. The subjects of the study was the disabled who can express their opinions (group 1) or the guardians of the subjects who can not express their opinions (group 2). The participants were interviewed for about 100 minutes for each group once or twice. As a result of this study, the factors regarding unmet healthcare needs were extracted in subject, provider, institutional, and socio-cultural aspects. Further, the factors resolved and unresolved by the pilot project were extracted. Based on the results, we can recommend that the expanded application to the visiting service, inclusion of doctors from various departments, multidisciplinary approach including physical or occupational therapists, minimizing disconnection among the hospitals and healthcare centers, improvement of service quality by collecting opinions from people with disabilities, and more publicity activities should be applied.
Keywords
Disabled; Unmet healthcare needs; Policy; Focus group interview; Primary care; Convergence;
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