• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.187-197
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• 2013

2007년 8월부터 건강보험 보장성 확대 정책의 일환으로 6세 미만 어린이 외래환자에 대한 본인부담금 경감제도가 시행되었다. 본 연구는 본인부담금 경감제도가 시행된 2007년 8월을 기준으로 제도 시행 전인 2006년 8월부터 2007년 7월까지와 제도 시행 후인 2007년 8월부터 2008년 7월까지 전후 1년 동안 외래진료 민감질환으로 외래를 방문한 6세 미만 환자들의 의료이용 변화를 분석하였다. 의료이용 변화는 제도 시행전후 외래 환자 수 증감율, 외래방문일수, 방문당 평균 진료비로 파악하였는데, 6~10세 환자를 대조군으로 설정하여 이중차이방법을 적용한 다중 회귀분석을 적용하였다. 제도 시행 후 외래진료 민감질환으로 외래를 방문한 환자는 대상군과 대조군 모두 증가하였는데, 특히 대상군에서 증가율이 높았다. 그러나, 대상군은 대조군에 비해 제도 시행에 따른 외래방문일수와 방문당 외래진료비의 증감율은 일정한 양상을 보이지 않고 그 차이 또한 적었다. 6세 미만 어린이 외래 본인부담 경감제도는 외래환자 수 증가라는 의료이용 변화를 가져왔으나, 실질적인 의료 접근성을 나타내는 외래방문일수, 방문당 평균 진료비는 큰 차이가 없었다. 따라서, 제도의 궁극적인 목표인 의료 접근성 향상을 달성하기 위하여 적극적인 제도홍보와 함께 소득계층별로 본인부담률을 상이하게 설계하는 등의 의료 취약계층에 초점을 둔 정책이 요구된다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.190-204
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• 2022

Background: In Korea, the population is rapidly aging, and the types of households for the elderly are also diversifying. The self-rated health of the elderly is a valuable health indicator that can comprehensively represent the overall quality of life along with physical, mental, and functional health. On the other hand, studies on the association between household type and self-rated health of the elderly are still insufficient. Thus, this study analyzed the association between household type and self-rated health by gender in Korean older adults. Methods: Using data from the analysis of the National Survey of Older Koreans 2017, 10,299 elderly people aged 65 and over were targeted. For the accuracy of the analysis data, 9,910 people were selected as the study sample by excluding proxy responses, those diagnosed with dementia, and non-response. And technical analysis, univariate analysis using the Rao-Scott chi-square test, and logical regression analysis involving survey characteristics were conducted by gender. Results: According to the adjusted model with all variables, in both men and women, the odds ratio of self-rated health 'bad' in 'couple (with ill spouse)' was significantly higher than 'couple (with spouse)'. It was 2.54 (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.05-3.15) for men and 2.11 (95% CI, 1.70-2.62) for women. In addition, the odds ratio of self-rated health 'bad' in 'living with adult children' was 1.43 (95% CI, 1.09-1.87) for men and 1.42 (95% CI, 1.15-1.75) for women, which was more significant in women than men. Conclusion: This study states that there is an association between gender, household type, and self-rated health of the elderly, and the health of a spouse and cohabitation with children have a significant effect on self-rated health. As a result, in order to improve the health status of the elderly, health promotion and health care policies involving the characteristics of the elderly's gender and household type are needed.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제83권3호
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• pp.242-247
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• 2020

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term survival rates of very elderly (age ≥80) critically ill patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit (MICU) at a regional tertiary-care hospital in Korea. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from patients who survived after discharged from the MICU of our hospital. Survival rates at 90 days, 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years were assessed between patients age ≥80 and those age <80. Survival status was evaluated using the National Health Insurance Service data. Results: A total of 468 patients were admitted, 286 (179 males, 97 females; mean age, 70.18±13.2) of whom survived and were discharged soon after their treatment. Among these patients, 69 (24.1%) were age ≥80 and 217 (75.9%) were age <80. The 90-day, 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year survival rates of patients age ≥80 were significantly lower than those in patients age <80 (50.7%, 31.9%, 15.9% and 14.5% vs. 68.3%, 54.4%, 45.6%, and 40.1%, respectively) (p<0.01). The Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed significantly lower survival rates in patients age ≥80 than in those age <80 (p=0.001). Conclusion: The poor rates of long-term survival in very elderly (age ≥80) and critically ill patients admitted to an ICU should be considered while managing and treating them.

• 한국노년학
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.37-50
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• 2009

본 연구는 노인의 질병과 기능상태가 악화되는 것을 예방하기 위해 재가노인을 대상으로 이들의 건강문제를 집중적으로 관리하는 프로그램을 개발하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 경기도 G시에 거주하는 재가노인을 대상으로 4주간 프로그램을 실시하였으며 실시 전후에 대상자의 건강상태를 비교하였고 프로그램에 대한 주관적인 만족도를 조사하였다. 집중 건강관리 프로그램은 만성질환 관리를 위한 진료와 간호 및 상담, 근력강화와 균형 감각증진 및 관절가동범위 증진을 위한 운동, 통증관리를 위한 물리치료, 미세운동과 인지기능을 강화하기 위한 작업치료, 영양관리, 사회성 증진을 위한 치료레크레이션, 그리고 주 1회 의사의 검진으로 구성하였다. 신경정신과전문의, 재활의학과전문의, 가정의학과전문의에 의해 각각의 세부 중재 내용에 대한 검토를 받아 프로그램의 내용타당도를 확보하였다. 최종 연구대상자는 69명이었으며 대상자의 기능 및 건강수준을 영역별로 판단하기 위하여 동경도 노인종합연구소에서 개발하여 검증된 Otasha-Kensin도구를 한국보건사회연구원에서 한국어로 번역한 도구를 사용하였다. 본 연구팀이 개발한 집중 건강관리 프로그램은 노년증후군의 진행을 억제하는데 부분적으로 효과가 있었다. 특히 허약, 낙상, 영양부족 영역에서는 프로그램 중재 전에 위험군이었던 대상자가 프로그램 중재 후에 정상군으로 이동하였으나 요실금, 경증 인지기능장애 영역은 통계학적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않아 중재효과가 상대적으로 적었다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.77-91
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• 1993

농촌지역 주민들의 보건의료원에 대한 인식도 및 이용양상을 파악하여 보건의료원 제도와 관련된 연구에 기초자료를 제공하고자 1990년 9월 24일부터 90년 9월 28일 까지 5일간 정상북도 울진군 소재 국민학교 3개교와 중학교 3개교의 학부모들에게 설문지를 배부, 회수된 832가구의 가구원 754명을 대상으로 분석한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 응답자는 남자 60.3%, 여자 39.7%였고 연령은 30, 40대가 81.3%로 대부분을 차지하였으며, 교육수준은 고졸이 40.3%, 의료보장형태로는 지역의료보험이 44.1%를 차지하였다. 응답자의 58.4%가 보건의료원이라는 명칭을 알고 있었는데, 응답자의 학력과 수입이 높을 수록 그리고 거주지역이 보건의료원에 근접한 지역일수록 보건의료원에 대한 인식도가 높았다(p<0.01). 보건의료원의 진료사업 내용중에서 의료보호대 상자 진료와 치과진료를, 각각 35.1%와 31.0%가 알고 있었으며, 보건예방서비스 사업에서는 예방접종사업을 36.1%로 가장 많이 인지하고 있었는데, 학력과 지리적 근접도가 높을수록 보건의료원의 사업내용 인지도는 높게 나타났다. 보건의료원의 연간 외래이용율과 예방서비스 이용율은 대상자 100명당 11.1회 및 4.5회였으며, 입원이용율은 10,000명당 34.6회였다. 보건의료원 이용동기는 잘나아서(45.7%), 약이 좋아서 (45.2%), 거리가 가까워서(42.9%) 순이었다. 일반병의원과 비교해서 보건의료원의 진료수준이 더 좋다고 응답한 이용자는 16.3% 였고, 더 못하다는 19.0%였다. 또한 보건의료원의 진료비가 저렴하다고 한 응답자는 61.5%인데 비해 비싸다고한 경우는 3.9%였다. 보건의료원 이용시의 교통수단으로는 도보가 55.0%, 버스가 35.5%로 대부분이었다. 보건의료원 이용시 느낀 불편사항으로는 장시간 대기가 46.7%로 가장 많았고, 그 다음으로 이용시간이 제한되어 있어서가 17.8%였다. 보건의료원을 한번도 이용하지 않은 이유로는 아픈적이 없어서가 33.5%, 교통이 불편하고 거리가 멀어서가 28.0%, 장시간 대기한다고 해서가 12.8%순으로 나타났다. 이상과 같이 아직도 보건의료원에 대한 인식이 낮고, 잘못 인식하고 있는 주민이 많기 때문에 보건의료원에 대한 전반적인 홍보가 필요할 것으로 보이며, 보건의료원의 이용율을 높이기 위해서는 의료시설, 장비확충과 더불어 의료진의 보강이 필요하고 관리의 효율성도 고려해야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.609-626
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• 1994

This study was conducted to investigate whether variations in hospital services utilization across small geographic areas in Korea existed, and if so, what factors are responsible for the variation. The claims data of the fiscal year 1992 obtained from the regional health insurance societies were used for the study. Main findings of the research can be summarized as follows: 1 Extremal Quotients (EQ) of hospital expenditure per capita and hospital days per capita were 2.69 and 2.73, and Coefficient of Variation (CV) were 0.14, both, respectively. The EQ and the CV of admission rate were also 2.71, 0.15. The EQ and the CV of expenditure per admission were 1.73, 0.10 and those of hospital days per admission were 1.29, 0.06. All these statistics were statistically significant and this result provides strong evidence for the existence of small area variations. 2. Comparing patterns of variation among areas, the area which showed higher utilization amounts is Chansungp'o. Koje area, whereas the areas which showed lower utilization amounts are Yongju, Changhung, Miryang, Mokp'o, Koch'ang area. 3. Multivariate analytic methods were used to examine factors related to the variation across areas. In terms of the health resource availability variables, beds per capita or physicians per capita were positively associated with all utilization indices. As for the health service market structure variables, the proportion of health care institutions operating for less than f years was positively related to the expenditure per capita, hospital days per capita and expenditure per admission. In addition the proportion of the private health care institutions also had a negative relationship with total utilization amount and admission rate and the proportion of physicians under age 40 was negatively associated with expenditure per capita and expenditure per admission. With regard to the socio-demographic characteristics, proportion of medicaid population was positively related to hospital days per capita, and percentage of paved road was positively related to hospital days per admission. As a conclusion, wide variations existed across small areas in Korea and supply factors were found to be important in explaining the variation.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.1234-1243
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• 2011

본 연구의 목적은 지역사회획득 폐렴 입원 환자의 재원일수의 변이를 분석하기 위해 중증도 모형을 개발하였다. 2004~2006년 퇴원손상환자 조사자료 중 지역사회획득 폐렴환자 5,353건을 연구대상으로 하였으며, 재원일수의 차이분석은 t검정, 분산분석을 실시하였고, 중증도 보정 재원일수 예측 모형은 데이터마이닝 기법을 이용하였다. 여자에 비해 남자, 연령이 많을수록, 의료급여, 응급실 경유 환자의 재원일수가 긴 반면, 병원사망 여부에 따라서는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 개발된 의사결정나무 모형을 이용하여 예측 재원일수를 산출하고 표준화한 값을 비교한 결과 타지역 진료여부에 따라서 재원일수의 차이는 없는 반면, 보험유형과 지역별로 재원일수의 변이가 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 환자 특성과 중증도를 통제하고 나타난 재원일수의 변이는 공급자 요인으로 설명될 수 있는데, 진료행태나 의료자원에 대한 후속 연구가 필요한 것으로 보인다. 본 연구는 행정 데이터를 이용하여 중증도 모형을 개발하고 변이를 확인하였다는 점에서 활용의 효용성을 높이는 데 기여할 것으로 사료된다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.59-74
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• 2007

Considering the characteristics of the Korean family which maintain a close connection with their patients from the moment of their falling sick to hospitalization to discharge, the family is the most important environmental factor of the social supporting system, and is the important object of the client as well as activity system. The medical social work intends to meet the practical needs of aged chronic patients, providing them and their family with a professional human service. The end of this study is to find out the hardships of both the aged chronic patients and their family as well as their needs for the social welfare service, and to search out the way of comprehensive social work service. The summary of the analysis of the survey is as follows: 1. The needs of aged chronic patients are divided into those of the solution of the problems of falling ill, social welfare program and discharge. Those needs arc affected by the various factors of the types of hospitals, the patients' age, the kinds of insurance, and the supporting systems, etc. Accordingly, the assessment of the needs of the patients are asked to be done comprehensively in accordance with the kinds of diseases and social environments. 2. The importance of the family to the aged chronic patients is evident. The family plays a decisive role in the patients' hospitalization and discharge, the family being an important supporting system and making it necessary to take an approach to client system. The family has difficulty in getting connection of community resources, in adapting to social life after the patient's discharge, and in paying the treatment. The family suffers the secondary hardships more than the burden of the treatment expenses. 3. For this reason various interventions are needed to reduce the stress caused by supporting and nursing patients. Thus the social welfare service for the aged chronic patients and their family needs the following prepositions: 1. It is the characteristics of the aged chronic patients that they need continuous care and that the strengths of the patients and their family cannot be too much emphasized, and that comprehensive assessment based on the connection 'with the community and the mutual interchange 'with the environment, is much emphasized. 2. The family of the aged chronic patient is a resources system as well as a client one. 3. Another characteristic of the aged chronic patients is that with the resources connection in mind, it needs an active intervention of social workers in the community. With these prepositions considered, the development of practical social work service for the aged chronic patients is thought urgently needed.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.21-35
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• 2009

Limited studies examined Medical Aid recipients' perception for amount of medical use. This study aimed to identify self-perception(optimal, under and overutilization) for amount, and real amount of medical use, and to determine factors associated with the perception. Subjects were 2,489 Medical Aid recipients among top 2% overusers in 2005. 200 case managers(CM) managing them conducted survey. CM interviewed them using 2005 medical claiming data from the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service and structured questionnaire. Despite of overusers, perception of overutilization was only 26.9% and 23.6% in Class I and Class II, and that of underutilization was 21.4% and 18.7% respectively. In Class I, monthly total outpatient cost per capita of overutilization perception in 2006 was 206 thousand won higher than 150 thousand won of optimal utilization. Amounts of outpatient visit-days and prescribed cases of overutilization perception were higher than those of optimal and underutilization(p <0.0001). In Class II, overutilization perception had more prescribed cases(p 0.004). After adjustment of confounding factors including age and sex, the associated factors(odds ratio) with overutilization perception were hypertension(1.25), arthritis(1.32), depression(1.66), visit of multi medical institutions(3.09), and those of the underutilization were female(1.34), disabled(1.27), no family support(1.49), living in medium and small city(1.48), experience of unabled-visit to medical institution(2.54), frequent visit-recommendation from physician (1.36). In conclusion, education and consult are needed for subjects to improve the reasonable decision of medical use, and the self-care ability to manage diseases and symptoms. We suggest reinforcing the alternative service in community instead of costly medical institution.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.73-84
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• 2010

This study conducted a secondary analysis by using original data of performed by Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs to determine factors affecting doctor's diagnosed disease-related mental health for the elderly aged over 65 years living in Korea. The survey was conducted in 2007 and it evaluated finally 720 cases by excluding cases with no answer or a wrong answer. The results were as follows. The proportion of the elderly who stress cognition was influenced when subjects were female and older, lower subjective health condition and osteoporosis, showed statistically significant difference. The proportion of the elderly who experience depression was influenced when subjects were older, had not health insurance or medical care, and lower subjective health condition, showed statistically significant difference. The proportion of the elderly who have suicide thoughts was influenced when subjects were female and higher educational background, lower subjective health condition, COPD(Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), and diabetes mellitus, showed statistically significant difference. We knew that the relationship between diseases and depression in the elderly influenced on the depression about most of the diseases. Particularly, Depression and suicide had a high correlation. The results suggest that it should be necessary to systematic management of diseases in the depression treatment of the Elderly in Korea.