• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.92-105
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• 2020

이 연구에서는 실손형 민간의료보험 가입의 영향요인과 실손형 민간의료보험이 외래 및 입원 의료이용에 미치는 영향에서 성별 차이를 파악하고자 하였다. 한국의료패널의 2010년부터 2016년까지 조사 자료를 패널자료로 구성하여 로짓모형과 회귀모형으로 분석하였다. 실손형 민간의료보험의 가입에서 남성은 여성보다 가입확률이 낮았고, 여성의 경우 미충족 의료 여부, 주관적 건강상태에 따라 가입확률의 차이가 있었고, 남성의 경우 결혼상태, 거주지에 따라 차이가 있었다. 실손형 민간의료보험은 여성군에서 외래 방문 당 진료비에 영향을 미치지 않았으나 남성군에서는 외래 방문 당 진료비를 증가시키는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한, 여성군에서 실손형 민간의료보험이 입원 당 진료비를 유의하게 증가시켰으나 남성군의 입원 당 진료비에는 영향을 주지 않았다. 실손형 민간의료보험의 가입과 실손형 민간의료보험이 의료이용에 미치는 영향에서 성별 차이가 있음을 확인하였으며, 이는 실손형 민간의료보험 관련 연구와 제도 운용에서 성별 차이를 고려할 필요가 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.268-276
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• 2018

건강과 의료비 부담에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 실손형 민간의료보험 가입자가 증가하고 있다. 민간의료 보험과 의료 이용의 관련성 분석에서 중요한 과제인 내생성 통제에 관해 도구변수 추정법이 제안되고 있지만 적절한 도구변수 발굴의 한계로 많이 활용되지 못하고 있다. 본 연구는 실손형 민간의료보험이 가입자의 외래 및 입원 의료 이용량에 미치는 영향을 새로운 도구변수를 활용하여 분석하였다. 본 연구는 한국의료패널 2014년 조사 자료를 이용하였으며, 분석 대상자는 11,436명이다. 실손형 민간의료보험 가입 변수의 내생성을 통제하기 위하여 도구변수(개인연금 가입 여부, 동거 가구원 수)를 활용하여 회귀분석을 수행하였다. 실손형 민간의료보험 가입은 외래방문 횟수와 입원 횟수를 유의하게 증가시키는 것으로 분석되었으며, 개인연금과 동거 가구원 수는 내생성을 통제하기 위한 도구변수로서 적합한 것으로 검증되었다. 제한된 의료자원의 효율적 사용을 위해 실손형 민간의료보험이 의료 이용에 미치는 영향 및 효과에 대한 지속적인 모니터링과 평가가 필요하다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.99-110
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• 2018

최근 자녀의 건강위험에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 소아 및 청소년의 실손형 민간의료보험 가입이 급증하고 있다. 본 연구는 한국의료패널 2009-2015년 자료를 이용하여 소아 및 청소년 4,567명을 대상으로 실손형 민간의료보험 가입의 영향 요인을 분석하였다. 패널로짓을 활용한 분석 결과, 소아 및 청소년의 특성에서는 연령, 출생 순서, 거주지, 장애 여부가, 아버지의 특성에서는 실손형 의료보험 가입, 만성질환 및 장애, 어머니의 특성에서는 자녀와의 연령 차이, 실손형 의료보험 가입, 미충족의료, 가구 특성에서는 1인당 가구소득이 가입에 영향을 미치는 유의한 요인이었다. 만혼과 고령출산, 저출산으로 인한 자녀의 건강위험에 대한 불안감과 의료비 부담을 완화할 수 있도록 소아 및 청소년의 의료보장성 강화정책이 지속적으로 시행될 필요가 있다. 특히 다자녀 가구, 취약계층에 대한 정책적 배려가 필요하다.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.57-66
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• 2015

Objective : Private health insurance coverage in Korean medicine has been reduced since October 2009 for preventing unnecessary utilization. The aim of this study is to identify how private health insurance coverage reduction affects on the Korean medicine utilization. Method : We analyzed the Korea Health Panel data from 2008 to 2012. Panel negative binominal regression model was used to analyze the relationship between private health insurance coverage reduction and utilization of outpatient service. Panel tobit regression analysis was used to identify the relationship between private health insurance coverage reduction and health expenditure of outpatient service. Results : Private health insurance coverage reduction significantly dropped both utilization and health expenditure of outpatient service by 9%, 9.22% respectively. In addition, therapeutic utilization significantly decreased up to 10%. Conclusion : Private health insurance coverage reduction seems to have an effect to reduce both utilization and the health expenditure of Korean medicine outpatient service. This effect was more noticeable in the therapeutic utilization. Thus, more elaborate policy will be needed to prevent unnecessary utilization of Korean medicine.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.115-125
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• 2014

This study tries to investigate inequity in supplementary private health insurance insured in terms of the analysis of insurance insured general characteristics and to analyze the influence of supplementary private health insurance on their admission and their outpatient medical utilization behavior. As a result of the analysis of the general characteristics of supplementary private health insurances insured, it has turned out that men, persons at low ages, people with a spouse and chronic diseases, and persons with a high income have applied such insurances more. We can also tell that low-income classes have difficulty in applying private health insurances as people in the fifth income quintile have applied such insurances about 9 times as much as those in the first income quintile. The analysis of supplementary private health insurance insured health care utilization behavior has revealed that both male and female insured aged less than 55 and without chronic diseases have increases the number of their use of health care, their patient charge, and their medical cost per visit.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate determinants of purchasing indemnity private health insurance and its impact on the healthcare utilization among outpatients with chronic disease. Methods: The study analyzed 4,997 chronic ill patients using 2015 Korean Health Panel data. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to analyze the factors affecting the purchase of indemnity private health insurance and multiple regression analysis was conducted to analyze the effect of private health insurance on the number of outpatient visits and outpatient expenditures. Findings: The age, education level, and number of chronic diseases were significant factors affecting the purchasing of indemnity private health insurance among chronic patients. As a result of analyzing the impact of indemnity private health insurance on healthcare utilization, the number of outpatient visits for those who enrolled in the indemnity private health insurance was higher than the number of outpatient visits for those who did not. But there was no statistically significant difference in outpatient medical expenses. Practical Implications: The results of this study shows that indemnity private health insurance may cause inequality in the healthcare utilization of the socially vulnerable. It is necessary to seek ways to strengthen the health security of chronic disease patients and high-risk elderly people who need more healthcare.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.48-56
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• 2019

Purpose: As an interest in the elderly medical expenses increases, elderly people are increasingly purchasing indemnity private health insurance. Authors tried to investigate factors of having the indemnity private health insurance among the elderly people aged 65-75 years. Methods: We conducted panel logit regression analysis on 2,465 subjects as of 2016 using Korean Health Panel from 2010 to 2016. The dependent variable was whether to enroll in the indemnity private health insurance. The explanatory variables included socio-demographic characteristics, economic factors, health status, and health behaviors. Findings: As a result of the analysis of factors of purchasing indemnity private health insurances, it was analyzed that people with larger family, educated, pensioner, high household income or no disability were more likely to have indemnity private health insurance. Practical Implications: Considering the results of this study, the factor of purchasing indemnity private health insurance among elderly people were more likely to be their economic than demographic characteristics such as sex, age, and marital status. Policy makers should make efforts to reduce the burden on the elderly medical expense and to improve equity of medical use through institutional improvement such as raising age limit and lowering premium of indemnity private health insurance and expansion of public health insurance.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2007

Limited coverage for health care services of National Health Insurance(NHI) in Korea has been ongoing policy issue but additional NHI financing through raising contribution or taxes in order to improve coverage faces substantial obstacles. Private health insurance(PHI) is often considered as an alternative financing source to improve coverage. Recent reform that attempted to stretch the role of PHI allowed life insurance companies to provide complementary PHI, indemnity plan which will pay for uncovered services by NHI and out-of-pocket spending for covered services. Although complementary PHI may relieve financial burden of patients, it may significantly raise NHI spending as well as total health expenditure since little out-of-pocket spending may increase utilization of health care. So far, there has not been enough discussion about concerns of potential adverse effect resulting from extended role of PHI. This study investigated potential increase of NHI spending followed by extension of complementary PHI through sensitivity analysis. The amount of NHI spending for services that would be covered by complementary PHI was calculated using 2005 NHI statistics and expected complementary PHI enrollment rate by age and sex. Expected utilization increases were obtained based on price elasticities$(-0.2{\sim}-0.5)$ from previous studies and expected coverage rate$(50{\sim}80%)$ of complementary PHI and then converted to monetary figures. Because coverage rate of complementary PHI has not been determined yet, we employed the sensitivity analysis using coverage rate of $50{\sim}80%$. Findings demonstrate that additional spending for health care services is expected to be $426{\sim}1,702$ billion won, corresponding amount payed by NHI $298{\sim}1,192$ billion won. In conclusion, since complementary PHI may raise NHI spending significantly, there should be an agreement whether this additional cost would be accountable and acceptable in our society. Potential inefficiency resulting from extended role of complementary PHI should be considered since public and private financing do not operate in isolation and there should be more discussion on proper role of PHI in Korea.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.601-610
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• 2022

우리나라의 민간의료보험 가입자 수는 꾸준히 증가하고 있지만 그에 대한 가계부담이나 중복가입 현황에 대해서는 구체적으로 다뤄지지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 한국의료패널 2011년부터 2018년 조사자료를 사용하여 우리나라 가구의 민간의료보험 가입 현황을 살펴보았다. 또한 가구원당 민간의료보험 가입수가 3개를 초과하는 가구를 과다가입 가구로 정의하고 2018년 단면자료를 사용하여 민간의료보험 과다가입과 관련된 요인에 대해 로짓모형을 적용하여 분석하였다. 분석기간 동안 우리나라 가구의 가입 보험수는 꾸준히 증가하였으며 1인당 보험수는 2011년 1.3개에서 2018년 1.6개로 증가하였다. 1인당 보험수가 3개를 초과한 가구의 비율은 동기간 5.2%에서 10.8%로 증가하였다. 로짓분석 결과 가구주가 여성인 경우, 교육수준이 높고 고소득인 가구, 가구주 직업이 사무·서비스·판매직인 경우에 과다가입 가능성이 높아졌고, 의료급여 가구와 가구내 만성질환이 많은 가구는 과다가입 가능성이 낮아졌다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 가구의 실손의료보험 가입의 실효성과 가계부담에 대한 심층 연구에 기초자료가 될 것으로 기대한다.