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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.11.4968

The Effects of Socioeconomic factors on Medical Information resources when Choosing Medical Service  

Tak, Yang-Ju (Department of Emergency Medical Service, Chungju National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.11, 2011 , pp. 4968-4979 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Socioeconomic factors on medical information resources when medical consumer choose inpatient or outpatient services. The target population was 12,249 people aged above 19 in Chungcheongbuk-do. The sample was accrued for the period of 3 months in 2008 by face to face interview of direct visiting from systematic sampling method. There was a significant difference in the use of personal informer and public informer by sex(p<0.001). There was a significant difference in the use of experimental and professional informer by living area(p<0.001). In conclusion, the results suggest that there is relationship between medical information resource and socioeconomic factors of medical consumer.
Keywords
Medical information resource; Socioeconomic factor;
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