• Proceedings of The Korean Society of Health Promotion Conference
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• 1998.07a
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• pp.81-97
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• 1998

국민들의 생활수준향상 및 질병양상의 변화 등으로 건강에 대한 관심이 증대됨에 따라 지역사회 뿐만 아니라 의료보험관리공단 및 의료보험조합에서도 각종 만성퇴행성질환에 대한 사전예방을 통하여 국민의 건강증진을 꾀하고 삶의 질을 향상시킴으로써 의료비 지출을 절감시킬 수 있는 보건예방사업을 전개하기 시작하였다. 이는 예방이 치료보다 10배 정도의 비용절감효과를 가져오기 때문이다.

• Health Policy and Management
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.87-93
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• 2024

Background: In recent years, studies have shown conflicting results regarding the benefits of dietary supplements in reducing healthcare expenditures. This study aimed to address this inconsistency by examining the association between supplement consumption and health expenditures using nationally representative data from the Korea Health Panel Survey (2019-2020). Methods: A 1:1 matched case-control dataset was established using propensity score matching technique based on supplement consumption. Then, total annual healthcare expenditures were compared between the two groups. In addition, a multivariate regression analysis (Proc Surveyreg) was performed to determine the association between the supplement consumption and medical costs. Results: The supplement user group spent about 1.72 million Korean won, while the non-user group spent about 1.43 million Korean won on medical services (p=0.0186). The results of multivariate regression showed that the costs were approximately 26.15% higher in the user group than in the non-user group (p=0.0004). Conclusion: Contrary to the previous studies that have shown the benefits of supplement use in reducing healthcare costs, this study showed that those who consistently consumed supplements spent more on medical services. This can be interpreted in the same context as previous studies suggesting that dietary supplement intake is a healthy behavior for managing one's health. However, we caution against drawing firm conclusions due to data limitations. Further analysis using patient-level epidemiologic data is needed.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.9 no.7
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• pp.495-500
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• 2015

Health care privatization will have a very significant impact on the quality of medical service and income redistribution and risk diversification. This study was conducted to improve the situation without too much insistence that one did not understand the essence rife about the privatization of health care. In this study, grasp the implications of the current health care debate to be privatized, and dealing with the claims accordingly. Seeks to help establish an objective perspective, looking at the pros and cons at the same time claims for medical privatization policy. The Health and diversification through the capitalist market access as part of the transition process is being overlooked as a new growth engine industries. But health care is constrained to follow the growth of universal access and how to deal with life because it is practical conduct of the person. In addition to services that are not only for the benefit of the profit or government institutions.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2010

This study aims to improve the more confident and efficient projection method that is to estimate the Number of Household per Family scales(NHF) in projecting the Household Heath care Expenditure(HHE). For this purpose, this paper suggested three results of the research. First, because projecting the NHF does not reflect the recent socio-demographic trends in the process of projecting the National Health Expenditure(NHE),the prior projection results have serious problem in the confidence and political availability. Second, the projection results about the HHE might be underestimated relative to the real one. Third, in order to estimate the more confident and efficient estimates of the HHE, the estimated NHF reflecting the socio-demographic trend must be used to project the one. There is an alternative method that the NHF and the increasing or decreasing rate of them which are regularly surveyed and suggested by the KOSIS should be used to project the process.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.8 no.10
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• pp.224-233
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• 2008

This study is planned and designed to develop an education program for students majoring health care in order to improve their knowledge and attitudes of ethics and service. First, this study examine the educational needs of 505 students majoring health care and 175 field workers through literature reviews, survey of questionnaire, and opinions of experts. And then, the educational goals, contents, methods are selected and established in this study. Lastly, the effects of the ethics and service education program shown by their knowledge and attitudes are examined. In the effect analyses, we can see there is meaningful difference in average variation of knowledge level in before and after the education, and also find that average scores after education was higher than before education in the field of intrinsic, social, and altruistic compensations. We can conclude that the developed education program in this study, has an effect on increasing a standard of value of the students participated in the program.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.05b
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• pp.859-862
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• 2010

본 연구는 대전광역시의 응급의료서비스 취약지를 도출하고 취약지역의 보건학적 특성 및 응급의료서비스 취약여부와의 관련성을 분석하여 응급의료 관련 정책의 의사결정에 유용한 기초자료로 제공하기 위한 연구이다. 응급의료서비스 취약지 도출은 Arc GIS의 공간분석 방법 중 가중분석(Cost Weighted distance) 방법으로 응급의료센터로부터의 접근성 분석을 하였으며, 응급의료서비스 취약지의 보건학적 특성 및 응급의료서비스 취약여부와의 관련성은 SPSS 17.0을 이용하여 비모수 t-검정 및 다중회귀분석을 시행하였다. 본 연구의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 연구지역의 응급의료기관 분포는 동구와 유성구, 대덕구는 지정된 응급의료센터가 없으나 서구와 중구는 응급의료센터가 2개소 이상 위치하고 있어 응급의료기관 분포가 편중되어 있으며, GIS를 활용하여 응급의료센터와의 접근성 분석을 수행한 결과, 대전광역시 자치구별 전체 면적 대비 응급의료서비스 취약지의 비율이 높은 자치구는 동구가 41.2%로 가장 높았다. GIS를 활용하여 행정동별 응급의료서비스 취약지를 분석한 결과, 대덕구 신탄진동, 동구 대청동과 산내동, 유성구 구즉동과 노은2동, 서구 기성동, 중구 산성동으로 나타났으며, 응급의료서비스 취약지 중 기성동, 대청동이 노인 인구밀도가 높게 나타났다. 응급의료서비스 취약여부에 따른 보건학적 특성별 차이를 분석한 결과, 국민기초생활수급권자, 장애인등록자, 농업인구 비율의 평균은 취약지가 비취약지에 비해 높았으며 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<0.01). 응급의료서비스 취약여부를 종속변수로 하고 지역별 보건학적 특성을 독립변수로 하여 로지스틱 회귀분석을 시행한 결과, 농업인구 비율과 국민기초생활수급권자 비율이 높았으며 이는 통계적으로 유의하여 응급의료서비스 취약여부를 설명할 수 있는 변수인 것으로 나타났다(p<0.01, p<0.05). 이상의 결과를 종합하면 대전광역시 5개 자치구의 행정동 중 응급의료서비스 접근 불평등지역이 도출되었고 이러한 지역은 보건학적 특성 중 농업인구 비율과 국민기초생활수급권자의 비율이 높았으며 이는 통계적으로 유의하여 응급의료서비스 취약여부와 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 향후 효율적인 응급의료 자원 분배를 위해서는 GIS를 활용한 의사결정이 필요하며, 응급의료서비스 이용의 형평성을 증진시키기 위해서 응급의료서비스의 사각지대에 놓여있는 지역의 보건학적 특성을 고려한 정책이 시행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.200-208
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• 2014

This study analyze long debate issues by the analysis of existing studies and the effect of private health insurance in the satisfaction of health service utilization. Then make developmental role of private health insurance. The analysis results of literatures, high-income earners are more subscriptions and the poor people in health status are excluded. Thus, enable private health insurance has the potential to lead the polarization of people. The medical use of private health insurance subscriber is more than non-subscriber and is likely to result in additional expenditure spending of public insurance. The contribution of private health insurance on improvement of the health option is clear. However, is not clear the contribution on health care quality improvement and health service customer satisfaction. The contribution on the national health care system efficiency of private health insurance is not clear. Private health insurance in the satisfaction of health service utilization is on effect. In short, supplementary private health insurance is desirable in our country.

• Health Policy and Management
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.1-22
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• 2002

Health is a fundamental human right and a sine qua non for happiness of people and for national development. Government has a responsibility for the provision of health services for their people. Recent changes of disease pattern, i.e. decrease of Infectious diseases and increase of chronic and degenerative diseases Including cancer and cardiovascular diseases, together with universal coverage of health insurance and improved living standard have prompted medical care utilization and skyrocketed the national health expenses. The goal of national health policy is improving the quality of life through the betterment of health level. To achieve this goal it is necessary to establish a healthcare system for lifetime, to improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery system, and to strengthen the public health services for disease prevention and health promotion. The current public health service programs are Inefficient due to an inconsistent policy for health service program, lack of health information system, irrational health program planning and evaluation, and Inadequate training of health workers. Local government has a legal responsibility for health service program planning and promoting the competence of health workers. Thus, municipal and provincial health departments should expand their roles and strengthen their function. The strategies for developing public health service programs at local level are ${\circled}1$ stipulating the goals of health policy, ${\circled}2$ promoting the ability for health program planning and evaluation, ${\circled}3$ establishing health information and surveillance system, ${\circled}4$ training of health workers, ${\circled}5$ establishing an institution for health information management and training of health workers, and ${\circled}61$ collaboration with local universities.

• The Korean Nurse
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• v.23 no.1 s.124
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• pp.25-35
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• 1984

인간 궁극의 목적은 ''행복한 생활''이며 이를 위한 가장 중요한 조건이 ''건강''이라는데 이론을 제기할 사람이 없다. 그간 우리나라는 1970년대를 거치면서 절대빈곤을 해결하느라고 경제개발계획을 수립하는 등 최선의 노력을 해 왔으며, 따라서 보건정책은 등한시 해 왔던 것이 사실이며 이는 극히 당연한 일이라고 생각한다. 최근 경제 개발 계획의 성공적인 시행으로 중진국의 대열에 서게 되었다. 산업 전략이 빚는 인구 이동의 불가피성, 인구의 도시집중 현상과 사회 구조의 변화는 생활방식 뿐 아니라 의식구조의 변화와 가치관의 변화를 가져왔으며 질병 양상과 건강 문제의 양상을 변화시켰다. 이로 말미암은 경제적, 지역적, 심리적 및 문화적 불균형 상태는 건강관호와 보건의료제도에도 불균형 상태를 갖고 와 불가피하게 된다. 이러한 불균형은 해소되어야 하는 시점에 온 것이며 정부가 목표로 하는 복지사회 건설을 위한 가장 중요한 보건 정책에 정부가 역점을 두게 된 것은 극히 당연하다. 이에 1976년 발족한 한국 보건 개발 연구원이 1977년부터 시작한 시법 사업을 실시한 결과, 지역 주민의 반응, 수용성, 의료 이용도, 의료비 절감 등을 분석하고 그 효율성을 인정받아 1981년 12월 31일 농어촌 보건의료를 위하여 특별 조치법을 제정하고 의료시설, 요원의 도시편중 교통의 불편, 고가의 의료 수가로 소외되어 오던 보건의료 취약지역 주민에게 기본권으로서의 기초 건강 서비스를 제공하기에 이르렀다. 이 건강 관호 제도에 그 바탕을 두며 보건 진료원이 그 척추의 역할을 담당한다. 1981년도와 1982년도에 선발되어 교육을 받고 배치된 738명의 보건 진료원은 38만명의 벽오지주민에게 현재 의료의 손길을 펴고, 질병의 예방을 위한 조치를 취하며 건강의 유지, 증진을 위하여 활동하고 있다. 건강관호는 시설이나 장비가 하는 것이 아니고 건물이 하는 것은 더욱 아니며, 지식과 기술을 갖춘 자격있는 의료인이 소명의식을 갖고 임할 때만 가능하다. 오랜숙원이었던 보건의료의 지역간 경제, 사회적, 문화적 계층간의 불균형을 해소하고 온 국민에게 기본권으로서의 건강을 갖도록 하는 이 새로운 제도는 패기에 넘치는 열정을 지닌 많은 젊은 간호학도들의 참여없이는 성공을 기대할 수 없다. 어떠한 제도이건 새로운 제도가 사회에 정착되기까지는 여러 해 동안의 시행착오와 고난이 반드시 수반되어 왔다는 사실을 우리는 역사를 통해 알고 있다. 그러나 그 제도가 다수를 위해 정의롭고 바람직한 제도일 때 반드시 성공을 거두었다는 사실도 알고 있다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.303-317
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• 2015

Although the public health centers have been initiating health education recently, it is not extending as expected and the participation of the program is low. The reason is that the office workers have few opportunities to receive health education since there are few public health centers in relation to the population. Much time is required for travel and attendance of the classes. In order to solve this problem, the aim is to increase participation in health education, improve the overall public health awareness, expand the number of health education locations to reduce medical expenses, vitalize the lifelong educational health programs, and improve the national health insurance. In order to research about the health education expansion plan for public health improvement, a study focused on men and women above age 20 who need health education. The research sample was selected through random sampling that targeted people who participated in the health programs or the health education. The period of this survey was from September 1st to September 30th, 2014. A total of 509 participants completed the survey data for the actual analysis to propose the health education expansion plan for the public health improvement.