• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Health Policy and Administration Conference
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• 한국보건행정학회 2002년도 후기학술대회
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• pp.200-202
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• 2002

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.313-320
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• 2019

This paper was attempted to identify the convergent factors related to the state anxiety of Female Administrative Staff in Medical Institutions(FASMI). For randomly selected 226 FASMI at 27 medical institutions in J region, from July 4, 2018 to July 25, 2018, we conducted an anonymous self-administered questionnaires. As a result of hierarchical multiple regression analysis, the state anxiety of respondents turned out to be significantly higher in following groups: a group in which subjective happiness is lower, a group in which cynicism, sub-areas of job burnout are higher, a group in which psychosocial stress is higher, the explanatory power of them was 57.3%. In conclusion, in order to lower the state anxiety of FASMI, it is necessary to increase subjective happiness, lower cynicism, which is a sub-area of job burnout, and to lower psychosocial stress. These results could be used in hospital job management and mental health education to lower the level of state anxiety in FASMI. Future research needs to develop and interpret a structural equation model that affects the state anxiety of FASMI.

• Advanced Industrial SCIence
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.31-41
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• 2023

The study aims to identify unmet needs, barriers, and constraints in reproductive health education for adolescent girls in Luwero, Uganda. The study included a survey of 55 young women (aged 14-26) in the region and interviews with 40 stakeholders, including teachers and healthcare workers. Results showed that the majority of respondents (87%) rely on schools for reproductive health information, preferring health institutions (58%) for reproductive health services. Over half of respondents encountered obstacles accessing relevant information due to limited resources and cultural barriers and emphasized the significance of schools and health institutions as essential health information sources. Schools and health institutions need to collaborate to enhance reproductive health education for young women's accessibility.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Health Policy and Administration Conference
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• 한국보건행정학회 2004년도 전기학술대회
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• pp.169-185
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• 2004

최근 병원 간 경쟁이 격화되고 의료시장의 개방이 임박하면서 많은 병원들이 경쟁력강화를 위한 전략 수립에 많은 노력을 기울이고 있다. 일반적으로 서비스산업의 경영에 있어서 고객의 요구를 파악하고 이를 경영관리에 반영하는 것은 중요한 경쟁력강화 전략의 하나로 인식되고 있다. 특히 의료서비스에 있어서 환자 만족은 소비자 선택에 직접적인 영향을 미치고 있는 것으로 나타나고 있다(Burns, 1994). 최근 강조되고 있는 환자중심의 병원도 병원을 찾는 환자를 의료소비자 개념의 고객으로 보고 그들을 만족시킬 수 있도록 의료 기술적, 인간 관계적, 서비스 편의적 노력을 다해야 한다는 의미를 내포하고 있다. 병원에서의 환자만족 향상 노력은 그 자체가 매우 다차원적인(multidimensional) 개념으로 양질의 의료서비스를 통한 삶의 질 향상과 환자들에게 병원에 대한 좋은 이미지를 심어줌으로써 충성도를 높이고자 하는데 그 목적이 있다. (중략)

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.181-189
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• 2020

This study conducted a questionnaire survey using the Google questionnaire on 285 college students over 20 years old who attended universities in Chungnam to investigate the personal quarantine attitude of college students according to COVID-19. As a result, the attitude of washing hands, coughing etiquette, wearing a mask, and keeping distance under running water for more than 30 seconds scored high. However, when the mask was removed, the method of storing the mask or disinfecting surrounding objects such as desks at school was insufficient. Therefore, the attitude of personal quarantine should be more emphasized in the national quarantine system as a basic policy for preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the future and ending the virus.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Health Policy and Administration Conference
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• 한국보건행정학회 2004년도 전기학술대회
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• pp.105-125
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• 2004

제17대 총선에서 여대야소 국회가 구성되고 대통령 탄핵안이 헌번재판소에서 기각됨에 따라 참여정부의 본격적인 행보가 시작되고 있다. 보통 정권이 바뀌면 가장먼저 시작하는 분야가 정부조직 개편이다. 새로운 각오로 시작하는 참여정부에서도 벌써 정부조직개편안이 나오기 시작하였다. 보건의료부분도 '사회부총리신설안, 보건복지부, 식약청, 노동부를 통폐합하여 '복지노동부'와 '보건식약청'으로의 개편안과 대통령 사회정책수석의 신설 등이 거론되고 있다. (중략)

• Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.14-23
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• 2023

Purposes: The Specialty hospital designation policy had launched in 2011 and 110 designated specialty hospitals have been operating nationwide in 2022. This study was to estimate the market share of specialty hospitals for the specific diseases compared to other types of hospitals. Methodology: Data were derived from the National Health Insurance Claim data from 2018 to 2019. Subjects were all the inpatients with MDC(Major Disease Category) that specialty hospitals specialized in. A total of 34,231,387 claims were analyzed to estimate the market share. Findings: 90 specialty hospitals were responsible for 2.4 percent of inpatient care with specific diseases for specialty hospitals. There were regional variations in the market share of the specialty hospitals as the number of specialty hospitals in regions. Specialty hospitals' market shares were relatively high in burn(31.3%), ophthalmology(16.4%), obstetrics and gynecology(7.1%), alcohol(6.0%), joint(3.7%), spine(2.7%). After adjusting the number of inpatients per hospital, hospitals specialized in burn, alcohol, ophthalmology, breast, joint, obstetrics and gynecology, and hand replantation had treated more patients than tertiary hospitals. Practical Implications: Although specialty hospitals' market share was small, some types of specialty hospitals had an impact on the regional market as well as the national level market. To improve patients' accessibility to a specialty hospital, it is necessary to government supports non-specialized hospitals to change into specialty hospitals in certain fields and regions where the number of specialty hospitals is insufficient.

• Health Policy and Management
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.184-194
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• 2019

Background: The extent of coverage rate of the public health insurance is still insufficient to meet healthcare needs. Private health insurance (PHI) plays a role to supplement coverage level of national health insurance in Korea. It is expected that reduce unmet need healthcare. This study was aimed to identify relationship between PHI type and the unmet healthcare need and its associated factors. Methods: Data were obtained from the 2014 Korea Health Panel Survey using nationally representative sample was analyzed. Respondents were 8,667 who were adults over 20 years covered by PHI but have not changed their contract. According to the enrollment form, PHI was classified into three types: fixed-benefit, indemnity, and mixed-type. To identify factors associated with unmet needs, multiple logistic regression conducted using the Andersen model factors, which are predisposing factors, enabling factors, and need factors. Results: Our analysis found that subjects who had PHI with mixed-type were less likely to experience unmet health care needs compared than those who did not have it (odds ratio, 0.80; 95% confidence interval, 0.66-0.98). As a result of analyzing what affected their unmet healthcare needs, the significant factors associated with unmet medical need were gender, marital status, residence in a metropolitan area, low household income, economic activity participation, self-employed insured, physically disabled, low subjective health status, and health-risk factors such as current smoking and drinking. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that having PHI may reduce experience of unmet healthcare needs. Findings unmet healthcare needs factors according to various subjects may be useful in consideration of setting policies for improving accessibility to healthcare in Korea.

• Health Policy and Management
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.205-215
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• 2022

Background: The purpose of this study is to identify the factors infecting the medical care utilization from a new perspective by newly classifying the categories of administrative districts using the urban decline index and medical vulnerability index as indicators. Methods: This study targeted 150,940 people who used medical services using the 2015 cohort database (DB), 2010-2015 urban regeneration analysis index DB, and 2014-2015 public health and medical statistics DB. The decline of the region was classified using the urban decline index typed using k-means clustering and the medical vulnerability index typed using the quantile score calculation. Regression analysis was performed 3 times with medical expenditure, length of stay, and the number of outpatient visits as dependent variables. Results: There were 37 stable region (47.4%), 29 health vulnerable region (37.2%), and 12 decline region (15.4%). The health vulnerable region had lower medical expenditure, fewer outpatient visits, and a higher length of stay than the stable region. The decline region was all higher than the stable region but had no significant effect. Conclusion: The factors that cause the health disparity between regions are not only factors related to individual health behavior but also environmental factors of the local community. Therefore, there is a need for a systematic alternative that properly considers the resources within the community and reflects the characteristics of the population.

• Health Policy and Management
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.78-86
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• 2024

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the specialty hospital system by comparing the medical use of inpatients who had artificial joint replacement surgery in specialty hospitals and non-specialty hospitals. Methods: This study utilized 2021-2022 healthcare benefit claims data provided by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. The dependent variable is inpatient medical use which is measured in terms of charges per case and length of stay. The independent variable was whether the hospital was designated as a specialty hospital, and the control variables were patient-level variables (age, gender, insurer type, surgery type, and Charlson comorbidity index) and medical institution-level variables (establishment type, classification, location, number of orthopedic surgeons, and number of nurses). Results: The results of the multiple regression analysis between charges per case and whether a hospital is designated as a specialty hospital showed a statistically significant negative relationship between charges per case and whether a hospital is designated as a specialty hospital. This suggests a significant low in charges per case when a hospital is designated as a specialty hospital compared to a non-specialty hospital, indicating that there is a difference in medical use outcomes between specialty hospitals and non-specialty hospitals inpatients. Conclusion: The practical implications of this study are as follows. First, the criteria for designating specialty hospitals should be alleviated. In our study, the results show that specialty hospitals have significantly lower per-case costs than non-specialty hospitals. Despite the cost-effectiveness of specialty hospitals, the high barriers to be designated for specialty hospitals have gathered the specialty hospitals in metropolitan and major cities. To address the regional imbalance of specialty hospitals, it is believed that ease the criteria for designating specialty hospitals in non-metropolitan areas, such as introducing "semi-specialty hospitals (tentative name)," will lead to a reduction in health disparities between regions and reduce medical costs. Second, it is necessary to determine the appropriateness of the size of hospitals' medical staff. The study found that the number of orthopedic surgeons and nurses varied in charges per case. Therefore, it is believed that appropriately allocating hospital medical staff can maximize the cost-effectiveness of medical services and ultimately reduce medical costs.