Browse > Article

An Analysis on the Reduction of Medical fee by Accidents at home and the Distinction on a Possibility of Housing Renovation for the Aged  

Kim, Tae-il (제주대학교 건축학부)
Lee, Kyeong-Rak (영동대학교 건축학부)
Publication Information
Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal / v.19, no.4, 2010 , pp. 99-108 More about this Journal
Abstract
The goal of This study is to predict medical fee by accidents at home and the factors of accidents, and also to suggest the conditions of housing adaptations for elderly people. As the result of in-house accidents, on average 2.97 million Korean won was to be spent for medical care. Furthermore, 2808 billion Korean Won, which was predicted by multiplying the number of older people with the reported accident rates of 2.0% by the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2005, can be estimated to pay on medical care in 2005. And in addition it is analyzed on residential conditions and 65 cases of elderly housing. According to the 65 safety problem cases, it examines that in-house accidents of older people generally happen at the steps, toilet and bathroom. It is necessary to adapt physical conditions and it is more effective. As the result of research, medical fee by accident at home has been increasing and also it could be predicted to spend 280,800million won in 2005. To reduce medical fee, it is necessary to promote physical environment by renovation. When be decided to renovate a housing, we know that it is more effective to use a checklist of space using at home. And also it is suggested to amend a checklist with other factors including physical conditions and health condition and so on to promote a correctness.
Keywords
The Aged; Accidents at Home; Medical Fee; Housing Adaptation;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 김태일, 주택내에서 고령자 안전사고에 관한 연구, 대한건축학회 논문집 제14권 제1호, 1998
2 J.Thomas Hutton, M.D., Ph.D., Jeffry W. Elias, Ph.D., JoAnn Leavey Shroyer, Ph.D., and Zane Curry, Ph.D., Preventing Falls, promtheus Books, 2000
3 저출산고령사회위원회, 고령사회 주거지원 종합대책의 보고서, 2006
4 이호택${\cdot}$장기정${\cdot}$장인환${\cdot}$이영진, 노인군에서 낙상에 의한 고관절 골절환자의 특성, 가정의학회지 제 15권 제 4${\cdot}$ 5호, 1994
5 국토해양부, 고령자 주거지원 및 관리에 관한 제도 연구, 2009
6 Ministry of Helath Planning, Prevention of Falls and injuries among the elderly, British Columbia, Canada, 2004
7 CMHC, Canada Mortage and Housing Corporation, Flexhousing -The Professionals' Guide, 2000
8 社団法人日本住宅協舎, 人にやさしいまちに・すまい, 1993
9 (財)高齢者住宅財団,高齢者のための住宅改造賓態調査報告書, 2001
10 建設政策研究センター, 高齢者住宅整備による介護費用軽減効果, 1993
11 건설교통부 . 한국주거학회, 노인가구의 자립생활중진을 위한 주택개조기준 개발 및 보급방안 연구, 2006
12 (財)住宅総合研究財団, 高齢者の住まいづくり研究委員舎,ハウスアダブテーションー高齢者・障碍者向け住宅改造・在宅ケア のシステム化, 丸善, 1995
13 (財)住宅総合研究財団,高齢者の住まいつくり研究委員舎,日本のハウスアダブテーション, 1993
14 이해각, 가정내 노인안전사고 실태조사결과, 한국소비자보호원, 1998
15 신경주 . 이민아, 주택내 안전을 위한 주거학적 접근 III-P시의 주거안전사고의 실태분석-, 한국주거학회지 제4권 제2호, 1993
16 박범규, 가정내 노인안전실태조사결과, 한국소비자보호원, 2003
17 건설교통부, 고령자주거지원 중장기 계획수립 연구, 2006