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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.8.3547

A study on the present situation of the treatment services provided by alcohol addiction specialized hospitals  

Cho, Hyun (Department of Health Care Management, Inje University, Institute of Health Science and Information, Inje University)
Yoo, Jin-Yeong (Department of Health Administration, Daegu Polytechnic College University)
Lee, Ji-Hwan (Department of Health Care Management, Graduate School, Inje University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.8, 2011 , pp. 3547-3554 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study is to take hold of the present situation as well as the perspective of the domestic alcohol specialized hospitals. The structured questionnaire was prepared to understand the type of services, manpower and systematic programs. Among eight hospitals that stand for the alcohol addiction specialized hospitals, six hospitals agreed to participate in the survey, which was made from Jun. 17 to July 15, 2010. The average number of beds of the surveyed hospitals was 208. They were mostly private ones(66.7%), located in urban area(50%), and had experiences of alcohol treatment less than five years(50%). While all of them practiced both the inpatient and outpatient services, only 33% provided the systematic outpatient program that was at least 2 or 3 hours per week. All hospitals practiced the physical and individual psychological evaluations, but only 16.1% had the daytime programs. The beds of protective ward were 72% of all beds, and the beds of night and day occupied 7.6% and 2.6% respectively. It was found that although the average number of mental health social worker and mental health nurse was larger than that required in the regulation of mental health law there are significant deviations between hospitals. However, the manpower of psychiatrists and nurses were comparatively large. The first problem indicated by clinical experts was the patient's refusal of care, which results in an inefficiency in the treatment. The next problem was the lack of local health care institutions that can attend on the discharged patients were important issues. Also the low reimbursement and indifferences to the alcohol abuse were considered as important issues.
Keywords
Alcohol addiction treatment specialized hospitals; Mental health law; Mental health social worker; Mental health nurse;
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