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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.7.443

Utilization Behavior of Medical Services According to Socioeconomic Characteristics and Prevalence  

Lee, Ko-Eun (Health Care Management, Graduate school of Catholic University of Pusan)
Im, Bok-Hee (Health Care Management, Catholic University of Pusan)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.7, 2018 , pp. 443-452 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the utilization behavior of medical services according to the characteristics of socioeconomic status (SES) and prevalence by using the 6th National Health and Nutrition Survey data for adults over 25 years old. Frequency and technical statistical analysis, ANOVA, ${\chi}^2$-test, and regression analysis were performed using SPSS 23.0. The results were as follows: more female than male, 65 years old and over, high school graduate, and unemployed and income quintiles were similar. The SES score considering education level, function, and income quintiles was the highest at 7-8, and most of the respondents felt moderate about their subjective health condition. The mean number of prevalence was $1.07{\pm}1.497$, the mean utilization of outpatient services was $0.50{\pm}0.045$, and the mean number of inpatient services use was $0.12{\pm}0.454$. Depending on general characteristics, there was a significant difference between subjects with prevalence and subjective health conditions. Higher age was associated with lower education, skill level, income, and SES score, and average prevalence was associated with poor subjective health conditions. More serious prevalence was associated with greater utilization of inpatient services. More chronic prevalence was associated with utilization of outpatient services. In other words, higher SES score was associated with lower overall use of medical services. Lower SES score was associated with higher use of medical services. In conclusion, we must develop appropriate health education programs that can prevent diseases in groups with low socioeconomic characteristics. There is the need to construct and implement a community-based appropriate health service system so that proper medical services can be used.
Keywords
SES score; utilization of medical service; KNHNES; prevalence; subjective health condition;
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