• 보건행정학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.108-128
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• 2000

The Korean government has implemented the policy for merging 141 health insurers into Korean Unified Health Insurer (KUHI) in July of 2000. The unification of multiple insurers will definitely effect the stability of financial management, equity of premium burdens and efficiency of administrative management. However, it is difficult to predict what forms the far-reaching effects of the unification would take. Thus, pursuing the unification may be express as a huge policy experiment. In order to lead the unification, which lies on a crossroad between success and failure, to the road of success, we need to infer the problems and obstacles predicted in the step-wise processes of merging organizations, finances and the systems of computing premium, and come up with the effective means to maintain the stability of financial management, to improve the equity of premium burdens and to increase the efficiency of administrative management. Thus, I first described the changes of the Korean medical insurance system, and analyzed the performances of self-employed medical insurance 1 year after the integration of societies in October of 1998. At the base of examining the stability of financial management, equity of premium burdens and efficiency of administrative management, I predicted the problems and obstacles that could occur after the unification of the multiple medical insurers, and proposed a few ways of leading the unification of the multiple medical insurers in Korea to success. The most worried factor is that insurance finance would become unstable since the expansion of premium revenues is not easy because raising the premium for all Koreans is to be difficult. In addition, the unification of insurance finance could weaken the insurer's efforts for declaring real incomes of the self-employed and increasing the collection rate of premiums from them. This weakening would be the decisive factor of lowering the equity of premium contributions between the self-employed and employees. And bureaucratization and rigidity that are unavoidable in a gigantic unified organization could lower the efficiency of administrative management. Furthermore, by having 3 labor unions in the unified organization, it is possible to experience frequent difficulties and discords among the unions and between the unions and organization. Thus, when smooth pursuing of the unification of multiple insurers gets difficult, the social expenses derived from the failure would eventually end up on all Koreans. The unification is to be performed after coming up with the ways to eradicate these worries, so that the unification of multiple insurers would step onto the road of success.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.48-67
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• 2006

The aim of the study was to examine levels of satisfaction with health care in North Korea and to identify factors associated with it using a convenience sample of North Korean refugees in China. Data from the 2004 Survey of Health Seeking Behavior of North Korean Households conducted by the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health were used. The study subjects were 273 North Korean refugees whose length of stay in China was less than 3 months. Factor analysis was used to extract factor dimensions from the 12 satisfaction items. Bivariate (t test and ANOVA) and multiple regression analyses were used in examining factors associated with satisfaction with health care use in North Korea Overall, satisfaction level was low ($2.36{\pm}0.36$, score range: 1-5). Of the three-factor dimensions, physician skills scored the highest $(2.93{\pm}0.36)$, followed by drug availability $(2.51{\pm}0.07)$ and general cleanliness $(1.66{\pm}0.55)$. In the multiple regression analysis, having a usual source of care was significantly associated with patient satisfaction. Respondents who identified primary care (section) doctors as their usual source of care tended to be less satisfied than those with the city or county hospital as their usual source of care. County residents tended to report a lower degree of satisfaction with general cleanliness than city residents. Among socioeconomic characteristics, the number of household assets positively predicted satisfaction with drug availability. North Korean residents appear to be dissatisfied with their medical care. It may reflect some inadequacies in the North's universal health care system to meet the healthcare needs of its people.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.183-206
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• 2012

Changing social conditions have resulted in a situation where elderly patients are no longer cared for by family and where medical care hospitals play a more prominent role. In this study, the unique elements of the medical service required from a long term care hospital were identified using conventional and exploratory analysis, and the causal relationship between medical service quality, relationship quality, and Revist intent was confirmed. The intermediary role and the quantitative importance of relationship quality (including trust and commitment) were also characterized. This study identifies the key points and indicators that the administrators of a long term care hospital can use to effectively plan their medical service offering in order to secure the commitment of customers through relationship quality. The theoretical indications of this study are set out below. First, four factors are selected as being the key elements determining service quality: medics, administrative service, healthcare environment, and subsidiary facilities. Second, it seems that medics, administration service, and the healthcare environment have some effect on the evaluations made in relation to trust and satisfaction (subsidiary facilities are not considered to be a key element). Third, patient satisfaction has a positive impact on trust and commitment and can be regarded as a key element for establishing connections. Fourth, commitment is likely to be strengthened when trust is significant. Fifth, as trust and commitment increase, revist intent strengthens. Lastly, this study illustrates how the levels of trust and commitment play a modulating role between patient satisfaction and revist intention. There are many practical indications from the findings of this study. First, the influences of medics, the administrative service, and the healthcare environment on trust and satisfaction vary. Especially, the healthcare environment is likely to be more important than medics. Accordingly, it is essential to establish an elderly-friendly environment, to improve a hospital's structure, and to maintain a clean environment. Second, medics must show compassion to their patients and be patient when providing explanations to elderly patients who often lack powers of concentration. Third, in order to establish patient trust, it is essential that medics provide an excellent medical service. Ultimately, these elements of relationship quality may strengthen the revist intention of elderly patients.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.482-495
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• 2019

Background: An important function of the regional public hospital is to satisfy the basic medical needs of the community through the stable provision of high-quality medical services. The purpose of this study was to identify the relevance index (RI) of the regional public hospital and to identify the factors that affect the RI. Methods: Data were obtained from the 2017 regional public hospital operation evaluation report and 2017 medical monitoring report for vulnerable area. RI of the regional public hospital was a dependent variable, and multiple regression analysis was performed with observed variables of medical supply-demand condition, medical supply, and medical supply structure. Direct effects and indirect effects were confirmed by the analysis of structural equation models (SEM) to see if there were mediating effects. Results: The RI was 13.1%, and the average of all percentage refined diagnosis-related group (RDRG) was 29.4%. Factors affecting RI were medical supply-demand conditions, medical supply, and medical supply structure. As a result of multiple regression analysis, RI was higher when high percentage RDRG of the regional public hospital (t=4.117, p<0.05), the size of regional public hospital location (t=-2.554, p<0.05), and the population of regional public hospital location (t =-2.415, p<0.05) were smaller. The results of the SEM analysis show that the higher the medical supply-demand conditions, the more direct effect of decreasing the RI and the indirect effect of decreasing the effect of reduction through the medical supply (direct effect=-1.322, total effect=-0.573, p<0.01). The higher the medical supply structure, the more direct effect on the RI (direct effect=1.047, p<0.05) and the higher the medical supply, the more indirect effect of RI through the medical supply structure (total effect=direct effect=0.619, p<0.05). Conclusion: It has been confirmed that the provision of medical services can affect the RI the regional public hospital which should be considered in carrying out future policies.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.111-125
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• 2000

To compare the differences in the recognition on hospital utilization and satisfaction, 368 hospital employees and 485 patients were selected in four hospitals in Seoul and Kyung-gi do. The survey was done using a constructed form of checklist from Apr. 30 to May 10, 1999. And the results are as follows: l. Gaining knowledge of hospitals available among hospital employees differed from that of patients. When finding out about sources of information concerning hospitals, direct visit to the hospital was recognized to be the main factor for the hospital employees in contrast to the patients' recognition which were mass media, personal involvement of job related workplace and recommendations from other hospitals. There was no difference between university and general hospitals. 2. The factors that concern which hospital to choose there was a difference between hospital employees and patients. Hospital employees recommended their own hospital solely based on the reason that it was their work place. On the other hand, the patients made a choice based on the type of medical staff, transportation available and whether it was a university hospital or not. There was no difference between university and general hospitals. 3. The recognition of employees concerning hospital image of a hospital between hospital employees and patients was different. In university hospitals, the employees recognized the name value of university hospital and cooperation as most important, whereas the patients thought convenience, kindness were the main factors. Patients considered general hospitals to be more convenient. There was some difference between university and general hospitals. For university hospitals employees' recognition was higher and for the general hospital patients' recognition is higher on hospital image. 4. The recognition of employees was different from that of patients' on hospital satisfaction. The patients' satisfaction was higher than that of employees'. There was no difference between university and general hospitals. Based on the above findings, the employees' recognition on hospital utilization and satisfaction was different from that of the patients, but there was no difference between university and general hospitals. In both groups choice of hospital was associated with satisfaction. Results showing difference between employees' and patients' recognition can be applied to implement customer-oriented attitude and be used as a baseline data for internal-external marketing planning of hospital management. The study may be limited in that the results cannot be generalized due to its small sample size and not being able to reflect demographic variables and life style. Further studies to investigate the difference of hospital utilization and hospital satisfaction will be necessary to define demographic characteristics and recognition of employees which influences patients' hospital satisfaction.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.124-145
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• 1993

General practitioners, internists, pediatricians, and family physicians are classified as so-called primary care physicians in the United States. We carried out this study for the purpose of answering the following question; "Who are the primary care physicians in Korea\ulcorner" We analyzed the 663, 154 claims which were drawn from the health insurance processing file made during the period of one month, April 1992 on the basis of systemic random sampling technique. The 663, 154 cases were matched with the doctor's file registered at the National Federation Medical Insurance by using the indivisual physician code number and analyzed according to the kind of specialty. If we follow the Geyman's definition of primary care physician in the United States, this study shows that they can take care of 43.2% of the total private clinic's claims in Korea. Provided that general practitioners and family physicians are considered the same way as in the United Kingdom, they could with only 8.3% of the total claims in Korea. The most frequent diseases are those which rank first to 46th in the total private clinic's claims. The proportion of the most frequent diseases was highest for pediatricians(90.4%) and followed by internists(81.4%), otolaryngologists(78.7%) and family physicians(76.5%). The proportion of the most frequent diseases in the most common 46 diseases was highest for radiologists(80.4%) and the next was as follows : general practitioners(78.3%), family physicians(67.4%), and internists(67.4%). We classified the most common 20 diseases of each specialty into 17 categories of ICD-9 and compared it with those of general practitioners. The specialists who had managed a similar disease pattern to those of general practitioners were identified as anesthesiologists, family physicians, general surgeons, and internists. Some specialists practicing at private clinics managed the diseases which were not quite appropriate for their specialties. After we evaluated each specialty by the most common diseases, the most frequent diseases, and the most frequent 20 diseases of each specialty in terms of the 17 categories of ICD-9, a tentative assumption is made that the primary physicians in the Republic of Korea are general practitioners, anesthesiologists, family physicians, internists, and general surgeons. This study has concluded that the categories of the primary care physicians are so diverse that their roles and distributions are distorted accordingly. Vigorous health policy efforts in correcting the malcomposition need to be made for the better provision of primary health care in Korea. in Korea.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.435-447
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• 2019

불필요한 재입원을 예방하기 위해서는 재입원 확률이 높은 집단을 집중적으로 관리할 필요가 있다. 이를 위해서는 재입원 예측모형의 개발이 필요하다. 재원예측 모형을 개발하기 위해 1개 대학병원의 2016년에서 2017년의 2년간의 퇴원요약환자 데이터를 수집하였다. 이때 재입원 환자는 연구 기간 내에 2번 이상 퇴원한 환자라 정의 하였다. 재입원환자의 특성을 파악하기 위해 기술통계와 교착분석을 실시하였다. 재입원 예측 모형개발은 데이터마이닝 기법인 로지스틱회귀모형, 신경망, 의사결정모형을 이용하였다. 모형평가는 AUC(Area Under Curve)를 이용하였다. 로지스틱회귀모형이 AUC가 0.81로 가장 우수하게 나옴에 따라 본 연구에서는 로지스틱 회귀모형을 최종 재입원 예측 모형으로 선정을 하였다. 로지스틱회귀모형에서 선정된 재입원에 영향을 끼치는 주요한 변수는 성별, 연령, 지역, 주진단군, Charlson 동반질환지수, 퇴원과, 응급실 경유 여부, 수술여부, 재원일수, 총비용, 보험종류 등이었다. 본 연구에서 개발한 모형은 1개병원의 2년치 자료이므로 일반화하기에는 제한점이 있다. 추후에 여러 병원 장기간의 데이터를 수집하여 일반화 할 수 있는 모형을 개발하는 것이 필요하다. 더 나아가 계획에 없던 재입원 까지 예측을 할 수 있는 모형을 개발하는 것이 필요하다.

• 보건의료생명과학 논문지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.147-151
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• 2021

본 연구는 대학교 재학중인 남학생과 여학생의 비만 정도에 따른 삶의 질에 영향을 미치는 변수를 알아 보기위해 수행되었다. 연구자료는 국민건강영양조사 제8차 1차년도(2019년)자료를 사용하였다. 조사자료 중 대학에 재학중인 287명을 대상을 하였다. 연구결과 성별에 따른 체질량 지수는 남학생이 23.71kg/m² 이었고, 여학생은 21.31kg/m²로 남학생은 과체중으로 나타났으며 여학생의 경우에는 정상체중을 보였다. 성별에 따른 삶의 질 점수는 남학생이 0.97점이었으며, 여학생은 0.98점으로 여학생의 삶의 질 점수가 높게 나타났다. 비만이 대학생의 삶의 질에 미치는 영향을 알아보기위해 시행된 회귀분석 결과에서 남학생은 저체중에 비해 정상체중(β=0.053, p=0.003), 과체중(β=0.041, p=0.030) 및 비만체중(β=0.046, p=0.012)에서 삶의 질이 유의하게 높게 나타났다. 하지만, 여학생에서는 유의한 관련성이 없었다. 향후, 대학교의 건강관련 교육 프로그램에 비만체형에 대한 교육과 저체중에 대한 교육 프로그램이 병행되어야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2009

본 연구는 구강보건관련 직무교육에 대한 실태를 파악하고 효율적인 직무교육프로그램 개발에 도움이 될 수 있는 기초자료를 제공하고자 2004년 4월부터 5월까지 전국 보건(지)소에 근무하는 1,255명의 치과위생사 중 층화무작위추출법에 의해 추출된 380명의 대상자들에게 2003년도 구강보건사업관련 직무교육실태 및 교육과정내용의 필요에 대한 인식도를 분석하기 위하여 대상자들에게 설문을 실시하여 다음과 같은 결론을 도출하였다. 1. 보건(지)소의 치과위생사 집단의 일반적 특성에서 보건지소 근무치과위생사가 61.1%이었고, 보건소 근무 치과위생사가 35.3%이었으며, 연령은 36~40세가 62%로 높은 비중을 차지하였고 경력은 11~15년이 48.4%, 16년 이상이 35.7%, 10년 이하가 15.9%순으로 나타났다. 또한 가장 높은 직급은 의료기사 7급이 85.5%로 나타났다. 2. 2003년 구강보건관련 직무교육 수료자율은 28.9%, 미수료자율은 71.1%이었고 '직무교육이 업무수행에 도움이 되었다'가 65.6%, '보통이다'가 34.4%, '도움이 되지 않았다'가 0%로 업무수행에 도움이 되는 의견이 높았다. 또한 교육받지 않은 이유로는 '행정상 시간상 이유로 신청하지 않았다'가 44.6%, '신청을 하여도 선정이 안 되었다'가 29.3%순이었으며, 치과위생사업무가 아닌 타업무에 종사하여서 교육을 받지 않은 경우도 13.4%로 나타났다. 3. 직무교육의 교육과정내용별 필요에 대한 인식도는 초등학교 예방진료가 4.42, 구강보건교육이 4.41, 유아구강보건사업과 노인구강보건사업이 4.04, 장애인구강보건사업이 3.92, 구강보건기획 평가가 3.85, 구강보건진단이 3.69순으로 나타났다. 그러나 근무기간에 따른 인식도의 차이는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았으며(p > 0.05), 근무지에 따른 인식도의 차이는 구강보건 기획 평가와 구강보건진단에서 보건소와 보건지소 근무치과위생사간에 유의성이 나타났다(p < 0.001). 4. 직무교육의 적당한 시기로는 전반기가 39.8%, 연중 무관하다가 34.4%, 중반기가 12.2% 로 나타났고, 전문치위생사 양성과정이 필요하다는 의견도 79.2%로 나타났다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.141-155
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• 2024

연구배경: 최근 국내 중고령층 수면무호흡증 환자 수는 증가되는 추세이며, 그 중 가장 임상적으로 흔히 나타나는 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증은 전반적인 건강 및 웰빙과 연관된다. 이에 본 연구는 한국 중고령층의 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 위험과 주관적 건강 및 건강 관련 삶의 질 간의 연관성을 파악하고자 하였다. 방법: 2019-2020년 국민건강영양조사(Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VIII) 전체 응답자 22,559명 중 40세 이상 성인을 추출하여, 결측치가 없는 총 6,659명의 중고령층을 대상으로 데이터를 2차 분석하였다. 그리고 로지스틱 회귀분석과 다중회귀분석을 통해 폐쇄성 수면무호흡 위험 여부와 주관적 건강 및 건강 관련 삶의 질 간의 연관성을 조사하였다. 결과: 폐쇄성 수면무호흡 비위험군에 비해 위험군인 경우 주관적 건강이 저하될 오즈비는 1.84배(p<0.001) 통계적으로 유의하게 높았고, 건강 관련 삶의 질은 0.02점(β, -0.02; p<0.001) 통계적으로 유의하게 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 특정 변수에 대해 하위그룹 분석을 실시한 결과, 성별, 수면시간, 우울증 여부, 가구소득, 가구원 수에 따라 폐쇄성 수면무호흡 위험과 주관적 건강 및 건강 관련 삶의 질 간의 연관성이 통계적으로 유의하게 나타났다. 폐쇄성 수면무호흡 위험군을 기준으로 하였을 때, 남성에 비해 여성에서 주관적 건강이 낮을 연관성이 더 높았고 건강 관련 삶의 질 점수가 낮았다. 수면시간이 8시간 이상이거나 6시간 이하인 경우 6-8시간인 경우보다 주관적 건강이 낮을 연관성이 더 높았고 건강 관련 삶의 질 점수가 낮았다. 우울증이 있는 경우 없는 경우보다 주관적 건강이 낮을 연관성이 높았다. 가구소득 수준이 낮을수록, 가구원 수가 감소할수록 주관적 건강이 낮을 연관성이 높아지고 건강 관련 삶의 질 점수가 낮아졌다. 결론: 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 위험이 단순히 수면장애로만 직결되는 것이 아니라 개인의 주관적 건강과 건강 관련 삶의 질과도 연관성이 있다는 점을 인식할 수 있도록 사회적인 지원 및 교육이 제공되어야 한다. 특히 여성, 낮은 가구소득, 1인 가구원, 우울증이 있는 취약계층을 대상으로 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 예방 및 관리프로그램을 통해 주관적 건강과 건강 관련 삶의 질을 향상시킬 수 있도록 해야 할 것이다.