• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.94-102
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• 2020

Purposes: The purpose of this study was to analyze the trends of hospitalization and emergency room visits of asthma patients over the three years in 25 districts of Seoul. And analyzed the relationship between preventable hospital service uses and number of clinics for asthma patients. Methods: Data was collected from a customized database of the NHI(National Health Insurance) for 2016 to 2018. The number of clinics means Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Ear-Nose-Throat, and Family Medicine clinics. The hospital service means the number of adults admission for asthma and the number of total asthma emergency visits. This study used kappa analysis to assess the agreements of indicators between years, and structural equation modeling analysis was applied to analyze the relationship. Findings: The kappa value of the number of adults admission for asthma was compared between 2016 and 2017(kappa score=0.68), and was lowered when compared between 2016 and 2018(kappa score=0.26). And the value of kappa in the number of total asthma emergency visits due to asthma between 2016 and 2017(kappa score=0.51) was lower than that of between 2016 and 2018(kappa score=0.60). And the results showed that the number of clinics significantly negatively related to the uses of hospital services in asthmatic patients(β=-0.5, p=0.005). Practical Implication: This research could provide policy implications for strengthening primary care services that can contribute to the reduction of preventable hospital services.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.83-97
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• 1983

The present study is to provide information for the improvement of school health services through research on the current condition of its organization and practice in universities, colleges and junior colleges. The scope of this study is consisted of four components including health organizations/units, school health services, environmental sanitation and health education for the 30 universities, the 20 colleges and the 32 junior colleges in Korea. The major findings are summarized as follows: (1) Among the sampled schools, around 73% of them have the health service organization/unit. When we break down health service organization/unit into the types by the level of school, around 73% of the universities have formal organization called "health center" and 20.0% of them have an informal organization called "health room". For the colleges level, 30.0% of them have the "health center" and 40.0% of them have the "health room". The figure of junior colleges is a quite different from universities and colleges, 56.3% of junior colleges have the "health room" only but the other have no service organization at all. (2) It was found that only 22.0% of 82 schools have the health committee for the school health services. It might be necessary to have a kind of expert committee to establish an annual health service program, budget and health policy in the school. (3) Approximately 29% of those schools having formal health organizations/units appointed directors as a medical persons. 13.4% of the sampled schools are appointed doctors (including the dentists) at health service organization/unit, 9.8% are appointed pharmacist and 65.9% are appointed nurses. Therefore, the data imply that the school health services are depending mainly on nurses. (4) The major activities of school health services are covering primary medical care (84.1%), health counseling (72.0%), physical examination (68.3%), vaccination (58.5%), tuberculosis control (54.9%), parasite control (29.3%) and dental health case(9.8%). Also 69.5% of the schools have the program on the environmental sanitation and the health education program. (5) In regard to health budget taking account of 34 schools, approximately 92% of them have less than 5,000 won per students and only 8.8% of them have more 10,000 won per students. At the average health budget per students is 4089.8 won in universities, 1617.1 won in colleges and 475.0 won in junior colleges. (6) The students enjoy the benifit of medical insurance at 11.0% of 82 schools surveyed. They are all universities. (7) The study found that 56 universities, colleges and junior colleges provide the annual physical examination. Only 21.4% of them have provided it for all students and school employees. (8) 64.3% of the 56 schools surveyed keep a record of the regular physical examinations. Records must be utilized as the basic data for the evaluation of the student's health condition and so the individual student is encouraged to take care of his own health. (9) At the 59 schools which practice health counseling, the main concerns of the counsellees are venereal disease, tuberculosis and psychoneurosis. This shows the need to practice health education in the area of preventive medicine. (10) 69.5% of the 82 universities, colleges and junior colleges surveyed are concerned with supervision of the environmental sanitation in their school, but non-professionals are in charge at 70.1% of them. This indicates negligence in environmental sanitation. (11) 53.7% of the 82 schools responded that they have no special instructive measure for the students' health and 54.9% are found to be negative in the use of a health education method. This reveals a problem. They are not positive to the recognition of their function as the initiative organization for the students' health. (12) The supplementary education for the faculty of the school health services is executed only at 8.5% of all the schools surveyed.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.46-60
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• 2004

Background : Recently, we have experienced various changes in the healthcare environment. Healthcare organizations are facing a financial crisis due to more competitive relationships among themselves as well with low health insurance fees. The purposes of the current study were: (1) to develop a data warehouse-based system for evaluating and monitoring the case management activities, and (2) to measure and analyze its effects. Methods : In order to collect the data for the study, the database on discharged patients was utilized at a university hospital located in Seoul from June 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002. Initially, a data warehouse was built for the case management system. The case management activities were analyzed using structured methodology to establish the case management system. Results : The findings of this study were as follows: (1) A case management system was developed to make it possible to monitor of healthcare quality and resource utilization. The Case management System included monitoring functions regarding utilization reviews, critical pathways, and clinical indicators. (2) Utilizing the case management system, unplanned readmissions were documented among total discharged patients during two months from November 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002. The unplanned readmission rate was 2.3%(276 patients) in total of 11,960 discharged patients. Among them 81 patients(0.7% of total discharges, 29.3% of unplanned readmission) were readmitted to the same physician in charge under the same diagnosis. No significant differences were found in the demographic variables such as gender and age among the patients. (3) After implementing the case management system, 2.9% of average length of stay reduced. Applying cost-benefit analysis, the 2.9% reduction of length of stay represents net profit of ${\backslash}$ 279,592,000 in the year of 2004. In addition, applying value acceleration analysis, cumulative net benefit of ${\backslash}$ 1,481,000,000 was expected by the year of 2007. Also we were able to expect ${\backslash}$ 247,800,000 of cumulative benefit for the prospective 5 years in value linkage analysis. It represents average ${\backslash}$ 787,700,000 of pure net benefit a year. Conclusion : The value of present study would be not only implementing the knowledge management system into the existing case management activities, but also evaluating its effects and estimating its financial benefits. This study suggested that the case management system would be a supportive tool for monitoring and improving the quality of healthcare, and a cost-effective tool for increment of healthcare organization's financial benefit.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.355-367
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• 2018

본 연구는 C시에 소재한 보건소의 방문건강관리 대상 노인 중 만성 관절통증이 있는 65세이상 취약계층 재가 여성노인 234명을 대상으로 삶의 질에 영향을 미치는 주요 요인을 파악하기 위한 서술적 상관관계 연구이다. 본 연구의 자료는 일반적 특성, 통증양상, 통증정도, 지각된 건강상태, 일상생활능력, 수면양상, 우울, 삶의 질로 구성된 구조화된 설문지를 통해 2017년 2월 16일부터 3월 13일에 걸쳐 수집되었으며, t-test, ANOVA, 상관분석, 위계적 다중 회귀분석으로 분석하였다. 연구결과, 대상자의 일반적 특성을 포함하여 대상자의 삶의 질에 영향을 미친 변수는 우울(${\beta}=-.60$, p<.001), 통증정도(${\beta}=-.15$, p=.007), 의료보장 유형(${\beta}=.15$, p=.001), 지각된 건강상태(${\beta}=.14$, p=.007), 통증지속기간(${\beta}=-.10$, p=.019), 결혼상태(${\beta}=.10$, p=.024), 일상생활능력(${\beta}=.09$, p=.036)순으로 나타났으며, 모형의 총 설명력은 63.1%였다. 본 연구를 통해 만성 관절통증이 있는 재가 여성노인의 삶의 질을 향상시키기 위해서는 지역사회 중심의 체계적인 우울 예방 및 관리 프로그램 운영이 우선 실시되어야 하며, 특히 경제적으로 취약한 공적부조 대상 노인의 삶의 질에 관심을 기울여야 하고, 통증 발현 초기부터 통증에 대한 정확한 사정을 토대로 통증완화중재 개입을 시행해야 한다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권9호
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• pp.977-986
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• 2008

목 적 : 사회적 관점에서 로타바이러스의 사회적 비용을 추계하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 로타바이러스 연간 발생 환자수는 2002년 7월에서 2004년 6월까지 정읍지역에서 보고된 5세 미만 인구 1,000명당 입원 환자 11.6명, 외래 환자는 1,000명당 45.3명을 1년 단위로 환산하여 적용하였으며 의료비 자료는 건강보험심사평가원에 로타바이러스(A08.0)로 청구된 자료를 이용하였다. 2006년 12월부터 2007 년 5월까지 환자 보호자 조사를 실시하여 직접 비의료비 및 간접 비용을 산출하는 근거로 사용하였다. 결 과 : 2005년 5세 미만 아동 중 로타바이러스 감염으로 외래 이용한 환자수는 55,030명, 입원 환자수는 14,092명으로 추정하였다. 의료 비용은 110억원으로 전체의 82.8%를 차지했고, 교통비 및 기저귀 사용 등으로 인한 직접 비의료비는 16억원, 간호에 따른 작업 손실 비용은 6억 8000만원으로 로타바이러스 감염으로 인한 총 사회적 비용은 약 132억원 8천만원으로 집계되었다. 결 론 : 로타바이러스 감염은 의료비 뿐 아니라 비의료비와 간접 비용의 추가적인 지출을 가져오며 이는 사회적으로 큰 손실이 될 것이다. 그러나 본 연구에서는 보수적 추정을 하였으며 추후 연구에서 로타바이러스 감염이 보호자의 삶의 질과 건강수준의 저하에 미치는 영향을 비용 항목에서 충분히 고려할 필요가 있다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.319-325
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• 1974

A study on the status of sickness and medical care of insured and non-insured groups of employee and his family in Naju fertilizer company, in the year of 1973, was carried out. The results obtained are as follows: 1. 66.8% of all employee was subscribed in this medical insurance program. No woman employee was subscribed and the rate of subscription was increased from 16.1% to 92.0% by age increases. 2. Also, as of period of service, the rate of subscription was increased from 11.3% to 89.4% by the period gets longer. 3. Employee who reside within boundary of the company (76.2%) subscribed more than that whom reside outside boundary (63.9%). 4. Rate of subscription was also indreased by family size becomes larger. In case of single, it was only 19.6% but in the case of family size became more than 6, it increased to 87.4%, 5. As of amount of monthly income, although no one had subscribed those who get less than 30,000 won a month. Subscriber, increased by monthly income get greater. 6. Subscribed family reside within company boundary utilized hospital 35.5 times a year whereas non-subscribed family reside within these utilized 12.5 times. And, subscribed family reside outside boundary utilized hospital 32.2 times a year and non-subscribed family utilized 9.6 times. Regardless of resident area, family who subscribed to this program utilized hospital more often than non-subscribed family. 7. The utilization of the hospital became gradually frequent from 15.6 times to 36.5 times per family by family size became larger. but in non-subscribed group, although it was increased from 8.3 times to 16.5 times per family, it was droped to the least 6.9 times at 2 person family. 8. 17,496 hospital visits were made by all employee and his family in the year 1973. 86.9% of them was made by subscribed group and the rest (13.1%) was made by non-subscribed group. Observing of the type of these sickness by the classification of WHO, only three types of VII (26.7%), XVII (25.0%) and IX(19.3%) were made more often by non-subscribed group while the others were made more by subscribed group. 9. Anual average medical expenditure per family was 13,098.9 won for subscribed family while it was 3,076.1 won for non-subscribed family. 10. Anual average hospital visits per capita was 6.5 times for subscribed groups and 3.4 times for non-subscribed group. Anual average medical expenditure per capita was 2,580.8 won for subscribed group while it was 1,061.0 won for non-subscribed one.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2004

현대의학의 급속한 발전에도 불구하고 암은 아직도 인간에게 건강과 생명을 위협하는 주요인의 질환으로 인식되고 있다. 암은 세포조직의 과잉성장으로 인해 발생하는 악성종양으로 성별이나 연령에 관계없이 신체 어느 부분이나 발생하여 죽음에 이르게 하는 불치의 병으로 간주되고 있다. 암환자들이 치료를 받는 기간동안 겪게 되는 문제들은 심리적으로 우울하고, 죽음에 대한 불안감이 나타나며, 자아 존중감의 상실을 경험하게 된다. 방사선 치료를 받는 암환자는 대부분 수술이나 화학요법과 더불어 추가적으로 방사선치료를 병행하는 것으로 알려져 있어, 방사선 치료를 받는 환자는 신체적 고통뿐만 아니라 경제적이나 심리적으로 불안하고, 치료에 대한 부담감이 더욱 가중되어 환자에 대한 심리상태의 안정이 절실히 요구되고 있다. 인간의 질병에 대한 치료는 신체적 치료와 심리정서적 치료를 병행하여 시행함으로써 좀더 완전하고 효율적인 전인치료가 되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 방사선치료를 받는 암환자의 특성과 사회적 지지에 따른 심리상태를 확인하여 환자의 전인치료를 위한 기초 자료로 제공하고자 실시하였다.

• 호스피스학술지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.14-25
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• 2005

This study was conducted to examine the present state, types of services, difficulties, education programs, motivation, satisfaction and attitude of hospice volunteers and also to suggest supporting programs for the volunteer. For these purposes, a questionnaire was distributed among the 200 hospice volunteers in ten hospice organizations in Daejeon and Chungcheong province. In this research, 85.5% of the respondents were women and most of them were housewives in their forties and fifties. The majority of hospice volunteers had an education background of more than high school. Christianity (94%) was the dominant religion of volunteers. Among the service area of the hospice, emotional caring, such as listening closely and establishing empathy were the most frequently done by the respondents and the next one was spiritual care. Hospice volunteers who had started with altruistic motivation show more dynamic activities in emotional, spiritual, physical caring and so on, than those with non-altruistic motivation. Most of the respondents expressed that they felt a hospice volunteer was valuable. However they had a hard time to overcome the sorrow coming from sharing empathy with the dying patients. Those who had started with altruistic motivation usually took part in two times per a week and had more positive attitude. Volunteers who had been working more than five years showed better attitude than those who had been working less than three years. The longer the voluntary services, the more positive attitude experienced by volunteers. Hospice volunteers encountered the most considerable difficulty with lack of background knowledge and their actual capability. Insufficiency of time was the next reason for the considerable difficulty of the hospice volunteer. On the other hand, those who served more than twice per week replied that lack of background knowledge and their capability were the least considerable difficulty. Insufficiency of time was the reason of difficulty for male volunteers, as well as for females under thirty and those in their forties and fifties respectively. Generally most of the hospice volunteers (70%) were satisfied with their services and they usually satisfied with physical caring, spiritual caring, hospice's family caring. The less difficulty in voluntary services, more satisfaction for the volunteers in the end. There is a positive correlation between a attitude of the hospice volunteer and frequency of voluntary services while the volunteers' difficulty affect negatively their attitude as well as the frequency of voluntary services. Most of the hospice volunteers want to have more education about basic skills, volunteer's attitude and role, spirituality, the way of attending on the hospice and so on. Most of them considered discussion and sharing different cases as the most effective method. They also wish to had more supporting programs for the hospice volunteers(in the order of their needs) such as regular events, newsletters, personal concern, social meetings among the volunteers, insurance and minimum expenses. Based on the study results, more programs should be run in order to activate the voluntary services regardless of their gender and education background. A continuous practical supporting policy and education programs are required in order to provide special education and training courses considering every field of voluntary services. Expanding the role of the volunteers allows them more opportunities to take part in voluntary services and th activate participation. It is necessary to establish a new hospice system as a part public medical system, which can not only facilitate the voluntary services for a hospice but also enhance professional hospice volunteers. Finally, experts are needed to operate the voluntary services effectively.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2022

Purpose: The study aims to identify the theme list and priority criteria of patient safety theme reports in South Korea. Methods: The survey was conducted twice, and the importance of each criterion and theme was measured on a nine-point scale using the Delphi technique by a panel of 19 patient safety experts. The criteria included severity, universality, preventability, and organizational-social impact. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, median, and interval quartile range were used to analyze the data. Results: The parameters were assigned a weighted average of 35% for severity, 20% for universality, 30% for preventability, and 15% for organizational-social impact, respectively. The final top three rankings were surgery safety, blood transfusion safety, and medication safety. In addition to expert opinion, for the theme that is selected based on the priority ranking, one to five sub-topics can be derived from the theme based on the priority ranking, societal demands, or the yearly priority list of patient safety incidents. Conclusion: It is recommended that the official patient safety center distribute the report in the form of a summary that can be utilized nationwide at medical institutions, government institutions, and other places. Updates, as well as accumulated theme reports, will serve as the baseline data for the proposal of the system and for the policy designed to implement and improve institutions' safety practices as a standard of domestic patient safety practice guidelines.

• 한국산림휴양학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2018

우리나라 노인요양시설의 산림복지서비스 인프라 및 서비스 실태, 관련 인식을 조사하여 산림복지서비스 활성화 방안을 제시한 횡단적 조사연구이다. 전국 노인요양시설을 대상으로 2016년 8월 한 달간 우편설문조사를 통해 수집한 123개 기관의 설문지를 분석하였고, 응답자는 대부분 원장 혹은 사무국장이었다(75.0%). 복합건물의 일부 층을 사용 중인 노인요양시설(16.3%)은 시설 내에 산림복지서비스 인프라를 갖추기 힘들 것으로 사료되고, 인근에 숲이 없는 경우(약 30%)와 숲이 있더라도 휠체어나 경사로가 없는 경우가 많아 이용에 제약이 많았다. 노인요양시설 운영자들도 산림복지서비스가 노인에게 긍정적인 효과가 있다고 인식하지만, 장기요양보험 급여의 필수항목은 아니고, 비용과 노력이 많이 소요되면서도 낙상, 이식증 등 사고위험이 있어 수행하지는 못하고 있었다. 국민건강보험공단이 노인요양시설을 평가할 때, 숲 등 산림치유적 요소를 갖추었는지를 평가할 필요가 있다. 시설 내 정원에 화장실 접근성을 높이고, 시설 인근 숲에 휠체어 진입이 가능한 통로와 리프트 이동로, 안전손잡이를 설치하는 등 산림복지서비스가 가능한 환경으로 조성할 필요가 있다. 또한, 정부는 노인요양시설 산림복지서비스 가이드라인을 개발 보급하여 시설 내외부에서 간편하게 따라할 수 있도록 지원할 필요가 있다. 이러한 노력을 통해 생의 마지막 단계에 있는 노인요양시설 입소노인에게 신체적 정신적 편안함과 적절한 인지자극을 줄 수 있을 것이다.