• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제49권sup1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2016

Background: While demand for cardiovascular surgery is expected to increase gradually along with the rapid increase in cardiovascular diseases with respect to the aging population, the supply of thoracic and cardiovascular surgeons has been continuously decreasing over the past 10 years. Consequently, this study aims to achieve guidance in establishing health care policy by analyzing the supply and demand for cardiovascular surgeries in the medical service area of Korea. Methods: After investigating the actual number of cardiovascular surgeries performed using the National Health Insurance claim data of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, as well as drawing from national statistics concerning the elderly population aged 65 and over, this study estimated the number of future cardiovascular surgeries by using a cell-based model. To be able to analyze the supply and demand of surgeons, the recent status of new surgeons specializing in thoracic and cardiovascular surgeries and the ratio of their subspecialties in cardiovascular surgeries were investigated. Then, while taking three different scenarios into account, the number of cardiovascular surgeons expected be working in 5-year periods was projected. Results: The number of cardiovascular surgeries, which was recorded at 10,581 cases in 2014, is predicted to increase consistently to reach a demand of 15,501 cases in 2040-an increase of 46.5%. There was a total of 245 cardiovascular surgeons at work in 2014. Looking at 5 year spans in the future, the number of surgeons expected to be supplied in 2040 is 184, to retire is 249, and expected to be working is 309-an increase of -24.9%, 1.6%, and 26.1%, respectively compared to those in 2014. This forecasts a demand-supply imbalance in every scenario. Conclusion: Cardiovascular surgeons are the most central resource in the medical service of highly specialized cardiovascular surgeries, and fostering the surgeons requires much time, effort, and resources; therefore, by analyzing the various factors affecting the supply of cardiovascular surgeons, an active intervention of policies can be prescribed for the areas that have failed to meet the appropriate market distributions.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.1455-1466
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• 2000

The purpose of this study was to develop the framework of community-based home care nursing delivery system, and to demonstrate and evaluate the efficiency of it. The study was carned out over a period of 3years from September 1996 to August 1999. The researchers developed Standards for operations, this was all aimed toward a home care recording system, and an assessment intervention algorithm for various diseases quality control and standardization. In the center, 185 patients enrolled, and of the enrollments cerebrovascular disorder and cancer were the most prevailment diseases. Also, a home care nursing activity classification was developed in six domains. Those domains were assessment, medication, treatment, education and consultation, emotional care, and referral or follow-up care. Ten sub-domains were divided according to the systematic needs. Among these nursing activities, treatment, assessment, and education and consultation were frequently performed. In sub-domain classification, skin integrity, respiration, circulation, and immobility related care were provided most frequently. The cost of home care nursing per visit was also suggested. The cost include direct and indirect nursing care, management, and transportation cost. Also, the researchers tried to overcome the limitations of hospital-based home care to provide more accessible, efficient, safe, and stable home care nursing. Therefore, clients were referred from other patients, families, public health care centers, industries, and even hospitals. As a result of this study, several limitations of operation were found. First, it was difficult to manage and communicate with doctor in the emergency situations. Second, there was too much time spent for transportation. This was because they are only five nurses, who cover all of the areas of Seoul and nearby cities. Third, preparation for special care of home care nurses was lacking. Fourth, criteria for the termination of care and the frequency of home visits were ambiguous. Finally, interconnection with home care machinery company was so yely needed. New paragraphs' strategies for solving these problems were suggested. This study will be the basis of community-based home care nursing, and the computerized information delivery system for home care nursing in Korea.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.1045-1054
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• 2000

As cost pressures have escalated, policy makers, politicians, health care providers and families have tried to devise ways to reduce health care costs. While originally developed to enhance patient control and to provide better care at the end of life, hospice care has recently received significant attention as a mean of reducing health care costs. As a program providing care for patients who are dying at their homes, hospice has expanded slowly since the opening of the first hospice in Korea in 1963. Therefore, a variety of services that responds to the needs and concerns of many dying people and their families is limited The purpose of this study was to determine the potential cost savings at the end of life among patients who used home hospice compared with the patients who received institutional care in Korea. This study used a retrospective, descriptive design. The sample for this study included 46 patients who died of lung cancer: 25 patients who received home hospice care and 21 patients who received institutional care. Data on patient characteristics, kinds and frequencies of provided treatment and nursing services, and hospice and hospital charges during the last month before death were collected. Cost of care was measured by the average cost per patient per day in the last month of life. The results of the study indicated that there were significant differences in average cost of care between home hospice sample and institutional care sample (t=9.956, p<.001; home hospice sample: M=18,102 won, institutional care sample: M=317,578 won). The cost of the home hospice sample was approximately 6% of the cost of institutional care. The majority of the home hospice nursing services were education (35.7%) and supportive counseling (25.2%), followed by medication management (13.6%), assessment (12.1%), basic nursing (7.2%), treatment (5.5%) and others. In institutional care sample, basic nursing and treatment were more emphasized than education or supportive counseling among the nursing services provided. The results of this study showed the potential for hospice to reduce costs and implications for policymakers and clinicians to incorporate hospice program into the formal health care delivery system in Korea.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.77-91
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• 2000

Recent changes in health problems as well as the health delivery system demand expanding nursing roles to improve quality care and at the same time provide cost-effective health services. Nursing leaders of the future will be expected to be excellent care givers who are well prepared as researchers and managers and administrators. The purpose of developing an ND program is to train nursing leaders for the future. The program objective are to demonstrate the role as 1) an advanced practitioner who will provide theory based practice 2) a researcher and manager The target population of the ND program is as follows : 1) Nurses with a BSN degree who are seeking to advance on the career ladder 2) Non-nursing BS, BA graduates who are seeking nursing as a second career 3) Transfer students who are mature and motived to be nursing leaders It is believed that the ND program would meet the diverse needs for potential students, for their role in nursing and the health delivery system and create a meaning and challenging position in the profession of nursing. A task force team was organized to develop the ND program and its activities are as follows; 1) Information on ND programs were collected from 3 universities and reviewed 2)An advanced education needs assessment was completed and it was found that 87.6% of the subjects responded positively about advanced degree work. 3) A tentative curriculum for an ND program was developed. It is a great challenge to develop a new program for nursing however, it is also our task and responsibility to further the development of nursing.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.238-250
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• 2011

지속적인 암환자 및 암 관련 의료비용 급증은 환자 개인의 고통 및 경제적 부담으로 작용할 뿐만아니라 사회적인 부담이 되고 있다. 이에 재가암 환자에 대한 통증관리 등의 서비스 제공은 의료 비용을 절감하는데 효과가 있을 것으로 여겨지고 있다. 따라서 재가암환자에 대한 적절한 의료 및 복지 서비스 등을 제공하기 위한 자료로 활용하고자 재가암환자관리사업 수혜자의 서비스 요구도에 대하여 각 보건소의 재가암환자관리사업 담당자가 재가암환자관리사업 수혜자 방문시 면접조사방법으로 조사하였고, 불충분응답자 15명을 제외한 661명을 최종 분석대상으로 하였다. 재가암환자의 서비스 요구도에 대한 요인분석 결과 5가지 영역으로 분류할 수 있었고, 요인별 신뢰도는 0.593~0.890이었다. 요구도의 순위는 사회적 지지, 정보 및 교육제공, 심리적 문제해결, 신체증상해결, 가사도움 순으로 조사되었다. 대상자를 암 치료 및 진행 정도에 따라 말기암 환자, 치료중인 암환자, 암 완치자로 분류하였을 때, 말기암환자의 요구도가 가장 높게 나타났으며, 사회적지지, 심리적 문제 해결, 정보 및 교육 순서로 요구도가 높았다. 나머지 그룹에서는 사회적지지, 정보 및 교육, 심리적 문제 해결 순으로 말기 암환자와 차이를 보였다. 뿐만 아니라, 연령별, 거주 지역별, 종교 유무에 따른 서비스 요구도에 차이가 관찰되었고, 이를 바탕으로 현재 제공되고 있는 재가암환자관리의 효율적인 추진을 위해 대상자 분류, 연령별 및 거주 지역별 특성에 따른 서비스가 제공될 수 있도록 해야 할 것이다.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.95-108
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• 2018

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the actual conditions and operational problems of Health Promotion Model School' in high school. Methods: We conducted a content analysis of 2014 results report and staffs' responses of five high schools among 85 'Health Promotion Model Schools' led by Ministry of Education from 2012 to 2014. Results: The study examined the operational process of health promoting schools in five stages; system development, needs survey & current status survey, school health policy development, program development & execution, and evaluation. Every step was found to be inadequate. In addition, the study discovered three key factors in operating health promoting schools and examined the status of each factor; connection with the curriculum, connection with the community, and consensus among members. Three factors were also applied poorly. Compared to elementary school, high school showed a lack of all respects. Health promoting school staffs have faced difficulties in linking community resources, organizing and operating a working committee, conducting surveys and assessing health problems, preparing self-assessment or external evaluation, and developing strategies and programs. In order to solve the operational problems, active cooperation of all teachers is urgent. Conclusion: 'Health Promotion Model School' conducted in high school is not considered to have faithfully implemented WHO's concept of health promoting school. In the future, incentive policies for health promoting school teachers should be actively reviewed.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.280-285
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• 2015

Objectives: To suggest direction for improving policies by understanding current management of narcotics or psychotropic drugs and analyzing their distributions and usage. Method: We conducted a comparison analysis between health insurance claims and the amount supplied to health care institutions for narcotics or psychotropic drugs through health insurance claims data and drug distribution supply data from 2010 to 2012 collected from Korea Pharmaceutical Information Service Center (KPIS). Furthermore, we carried out literature investigation and online search to comprehend the current management of narcotics drugs in Korea. Results: The amount supplied to medical institutions for all drugs in 2012 was 19.4 trillion won, which increased from 19.5 trillion in 2011 by 0.54%. For narcotic drugs, the amount supplied was 318.4 billion won in 2011 and increased to 335.1 billion won by 5.3% in 2012, which exceeded the rate of increase for the amount supplied for all drugs. The proportion of amount claimed in the total amount supplied to medical institutions for all drugs was 60.5% in 2012, whereas the proportion of amount claimed for narcotic drugs was 55.6%, which showed that narcotic drugs were used relatively less within health insurance. Furthermore, management of the current domestic distribution supply data focuses on manufacturing and medical institution supply stages. Conclusion: Hereafter, the management of narcotics or psychotropic drugs needs to be improved by reinforcing active monitoring in optimal prescription and usage in patients by collecting and analyzing information on drug usage of patients.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제37권
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• pp.429-448
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• 1999

본 연구는 재가복지서비스에 대한 질적 평가의 일환으로서, 사회복지관 부설 재가복지봉사센터의 서비스를 받는 재가복지 대상자를 조사대상으로 하여 재가복지대상자의 특성과 서비스 내용, 서비스 만족도, 그리고 이들 간의 상관관계를 조사함으로써 현행 재가복지사업의 문제점을 보다 심층적으로 분석하려는 것이다. 본 논문의 분석결과, 현행 재가복지서비스에 대한 대상자의 만족도 점수는 5점 척도에서 상위 $1.62{\sim}2.56$점에 위치함으로써 긍정적 평가와 부정적 평가가 모두 가능하였지만, 방문 빈도에 관한 불만이 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 현행 재가복지서비스가 대상자의 욕구 중심으로 이루어지고 있는지에 대한 의문을 갖게 하였는데, 대상자의 욕구와는 관계없이 가사서비스가 주로 제공되고 있어서 건강이 나쁜 대상자라도 의료서비스보다는 가사서비스를 더 많이 받고 있었고, 일상생활 수행능력상의 장애와 서비스간의 괴리도 심각하게 나타났다. 특히 복지 선진국과는 달리, 우리의 재가복지서비스는 건강이 나쁜 대상자, 그리고 일상생활 수행능력상의 장애를 가지는 대상자의 의료욕구를 충분히 충족시키지 못함으로써 건강이 나쁜 대상자일수록 재가 복지서비스가 도움을 주지 못한다고 생각하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 자산조사를 자격요건으로 하는 생활보호대상자를 가장 중요한 대상자 선정기준으로 삼고 있을 뿐, 욕구조사가 거의 이루어지고 있지 못하다는 것을 보여주었다.

• 의료법학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.385-411
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• 2008

The goal of medicine is to contribute to promoting national health by preventing diseases and providing treatment. The scope of modern medicine isn't merely confined to disease testing, treatment and prevention in accordance to that, and making experiments by using the human body is widespread. The advance in modern medicine has made a great contribution to valuing human dignity and actualizing a manly life, but there is a problem that has still nagged modern medicine: treatment and healing for terminal patients including cancer patients. In advanced countries, pain care and hospice medicine are already universal. Offering a helping hand for terminal patients to lead a less painful and more manly life from diverse angles instead of merely focusing on treatment is called the very hospice medicine. That is a comprehensive package of medical services to take care of death-facing terminal patients and their families with affection. That is providing physical, mental and social support for the patients to pass away in peace after living a dignified and decent life, and that is comforting their bereaved families. The National Hospice Organization of the United States provides terminal patients and their families with sustained hospital care and home care in a move to lend assistance to them. In our country, however, tertiary medical institutions simply provide medical care for terminal patients to extend their lives, and there are few institutional efforts to help them. Hospice medicine is offered mostly in our country by non- professionals including doctors, nurses, social workers, pastors or physical therapists. Terminal patients' needs cannot be satisfied in the same manner as those of other patients, and it's needed to take a different approach to their treatment as well. Nevertheless, the focus of medical care is still placed on treatment only, which should be taken seriously. Ministry for Health, Welfare & Family Affairs and Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service held a public hearing on May 21, 2008, on the cost of hospice care, quality control and demonstration project to gather extensive opinions from the academic community, experts and consumer groups to draw up plans about manpower supply, facilities and demonstration project, but the institutions are not going to work on hospice education, securement of facilities and relevant legislation. In 2002, Ministry for Health, Welfare & Family Affairs made an official announcement to introduce a hospice nurse system to nurture nurse specialists in this area. That ministry legislated for the qualifications of advanced nurse practitioner and a hospice nurse system(Article 24 and 2 in Enforcement Regulations for the Medical Law), but few specific plans are under way to carry out the regulations. It's well known that the medical law defines a nurse as a professional health care worker, and there is a move to draw a line between the responsibilities of doctors and those of nurses in association with medical errors. Specifically, the roles of professional hospice are increasingly expected to be accentuated in conjunction with treatment for terminal patients, and it seems that delving into possible problems with the job performance of nurses and coming up with workable countermeasures are what scholars of conscience should do in an effort to contribute to the development of medicine and the realization of a dignified and manly life.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제66권4호
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• pp.300-308
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• 2009

연구배경: 감염성 질환 중 가장 흔한 질환인 폐렴의 질병부담을 줄이기 위해서 폐렴환자의 진료 과정 개선과 이에 영향을 미치는 요인에 대한 분석이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 국내 폐렴환자의 진료 과정의 질적 수준을 평가하고, 질적 수준에 영향을 미치는 환자 및 병원 요인을 분석하고자 한다. 방 법: 500병상 이상 병원 21곳의 1989년 12월 31일이전 출생 입원 환자로 청구코드 주진단 기준 폐렴인 환자중 2006년 8월부터 10월 사이 퇴원 환자 중 무작위 표본추출 방식으로 1,001건을 표본으로 추출하였다. 환자 및 병원 요인과 과정 지표의 상관관계를 다중 로지스틱 회귀분석을 통하여 분석하였다. 결 과: 병원 도착 후 24시간 이내 혈중산소포화도 검사 시행률은 69.4%, 24시간 이내 혈액배양검사 시행률은 79.1%, 8시간 이내 항생제 투여율은 82.5%, 항생제 투약전 배양검사 시행률은 60.5%로 대부분의 지표가 높은 충족도를 보였다. 환자 요인 중에서는 연령이 24시간 이내혈중산소포화도 검사 시행률에 영향을 미쳤고, 병원 요인 중에는 병상수, 병상당 간호사수, 연간 응급실 내원자수, 병상가동률, 지역, 입원 시각 및 경로 등이 과정 지표 시행률에 영향을 미쳤다. 결 론: 본 연구에서 드러난 진료 과정상의 질적 수준이 취약한 부분에 대하여 질 개선 활동의 역량을 강화하여 보완할 필요가 있다. 또한, 과정 지표들의 병원 간 변이를 줄이기 위하여 지표 시행률이 낮은 의료기관에서는 진료프로토콜 개선 등의 활동을 통하여 진료 과정을 개선해 나가는 노력이 필요하다.