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The Study on the Recognition of Diagnosis Related Group in Healthcare Workers (포괄수가제 확대시행에 따른 의료기관 종사자의 인지도 조사)

  • Park, Ji-Kyeong;Lee, Ko-Eun
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.243-257
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    • 2013
  • This study was conducted in order to survey in healthcare worker's recognition of diagnosis related group(below; DRG) effect from July 1, 2012, to examine their recognition, expectation of the DRG system, and to provide the basic data necessary for the enforcement of the settlement. The subjects of this study were workers at clinics and hospitals sampled from hospital with DRG applying 7 diseases in Busan and Kyung-nam. A questionnaire of survey was conducted with the subjects working at clinics and hospitals from July, 25, 2012 to September 7, 2012, and the subjects were limited to doctors, officers, nurses, medical technicians and nurse assistants, and a total of 618 subjects were enrolled in this study. In the result of this study, generally, the healthcare workers recognized the DRG system. But their knowledge about that was not clear. Expanding enforcement DRG system at the present time, to provide accurate information to the healthcare consumer, workers need to know about DRG system clearly. To this end, for national health policy and medical institutions, workers should be educated constantly about providing medical service as well as the duty of enough explanation about the healthcare consumer's right to know.

Quality Analysis of Smart Application Contents for the Convenience of Care and Hospital Access (진료의 편의성과 병원 접근성 증진을 위한 스마트 어플리케이션 콘텐츠의 질적 분석)

  • Lee, Jae Bin;Kim, Ji Hye;Bok, Jeong Hee;Woo, Hyekyung
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2020
  • Purposes: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the contents of hospital reservation and reception applications(apps) are qualitatively useful in meeting the needs of medical consumers and improving hospital accessibility and convenience. Methodology: (1) identify consumer needs through social data web mining, (2) describe the status of key contents of mobile apps to improve accessibility and convenience of care, and (3) verify the quality of apps through validated tools Finding: The contents of 'mobile reservation function' and 'waiting time information provision' that can contribute to reduction of delay time of care and efficiency of desk work were supported, but the level of utilization was insufficient. The quality level of the app, including the level of consumers' needs, has shown a wide gap between the apps. Implications: The recent development of mobile apps for hospital accessibility and consumer needs has shown a wide gap in the quality of apps, including information and aesthetic. Therefore, it is necessary to develop apps based on user interface(UI), user experience(UX) based designs that can promote the usefulness and convenience of apps while monitoring needs of consumers continuously.

Health-related Behaviors : Theoretical Models and Research Findings (국민 건강의 결정 요인 3 : 질병예방 및 의료이용행태)

  • Bae, Sang-Soo
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.26 no.4 s.44
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    • pp.508-533
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    • 1993
  • A wide range of health professionals have interest in changing the health behavior of individuals. To intervene effectively and to make informed judgements about how to measure the success of such interventions, health professionals must have an deep understanding of health behavior. This paper provides an overview of the thories of health-related behaviors and the strength and weakness of each, how the theories relate to others, and how they can be used in practice. The theories reviewed include Suchmann's stages of illness experience, Health belief model, Attribution theory, Fishbein's theory of reasoned action, Multiattribute utility models, Consumer information processing, and Anderson's models. Finally, this paper introduces the reader to interesting research findings in our country.

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The convergence study of scaling insurance coverage in socioeconomic, oral health behaviors -Medical consumer (의료 소비자의 사회경제학적 특성, 구강보건행태에 따른 치석제거보험급여화의 융합 연구-의료소비자를 중심으로)

  • Jun, Mee-Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.125-136
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of the study is to investigate dental health insurance coverage the awareness and dental health insurance coverage extension to scaling in service consumers. There were significant differences according to education level, age on the appropriateness of the age of yearly scaling benefit, and to married, regions, self-oral health of the frequency of yearly scaling benefit, who their teeth brushed frequence a day on the appropriateness of the fee of yearly scaling benefit. It implies that should be added to the coverage list national health insurance every age group after increasing periodontal disease. It is to be more extension as to age, frequency and fee health insurance coverage of scaling, the effort to improve dental health insurance coverage policy must be continue for oral health in the future.

A Study on Mobile Telecommunication Business and Satisfactio of Mobile-phone Users (휴대폰 단말기에 관한 消費者 滿足度 및 使用에 관한 理論的 考察)

  • Jeon, Kyu-Lim
    • The Journal of Information Technology
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.11-25
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    • 2005
  • The purposes of this study were to explain consumer attitude, expenses and satisfaction of mobile-phone Users. The data of this study used from Pollever.com. This study was satisfaction of mobile-phone users in Korea. The users were consumers of Samsung, LG, SK-Telecom and Pantack. The critical success factor was on the subside for mobile-phone in the growth of mobile service, which we can analyze in its positive effects. Fifty percent of consumers were unsatisfaction with local companies without Samsung. Now most of local mobile-companies will developed music-phone, high-tec camera-phone, hi-slim phone, and health-phone. But, the results of this study are as fallow: Most of consumer' main issues were design, weight, and brand power. It was in that it played the driving force to upgrade the local mobile-phone services into international level with the explosive growth in business by providing cheap phones.

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The effects of Patient Trust on Relationship Commitment in Healthcare Settings (의료서비스에 대한 환자신뢰가 관계몰입에 미치는 영향)

  • Ghoi, Jin-Hee;Lim, Jung-Do
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of provider and consumer characteristics, and patient trust on relational commitment among healthcare customers of an university hospital, and to suggest some implications for improving customer relation management of hospitals. Data were collected from 250 patients of an university hospital located in Ulsan using structured self-administered questionnaire. Major result of the analysis is as follows: First, study variables are significantly varied by age and income among socio-economic factors. Second, assurance, and empathy among provider characteristics and customer satisfaction and reputation among consumer characteristics are found to be significant affecting factors on patient trust. Third, trust affects significantly both on re-visit and recommendation among relationship commitment, while reputation affects on re-visit and customer satisfaction and reputation affect on recommendation. Above results imply that relationship management strategy for enhancing patient trust is crucial to improve competitiveness of hospitals in turbulent competition environment.

Characteristics of Red Pepper Paste by Using Germinated Barley with Increased γ-Amino Butyric Acid

  • Shin, Myung-Gon;Lee, Gyu-Hee
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.150-156
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    • 2011
  • Germinated barley, instead of glutinous rice, was used to make health-enhancing fermented red pepper paste. The proximate components of commercial glutinous rice red pepper paste (CGRPP) and germinated barley red pepper paste (GBRPP) were analyzed during fermentation. The sensory characteristics and ${\gamma}$-amino butyric acid (GABA) contents of CGRPP and GBRPP were evaluated. The contents of ${\beta}$-glucan and GABA showed the highest value after 48 hrs of germination. During the fermentation, the contents of GABA in GBRPP increased up to 28 days and then decreased. During sensory evaluation, the consumer liked the GBRPP more than CGRPP. The GABA contents were increased during fermentation and GABA contents of GBRPP were twice as much as that of CGRPP. These results suggest that the GBRPP can have consumer acceptance for its health benefits and taste and can therefore become commercialized.

Association among Religiosity, Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction of the Elderly (노인의 종교성, 자아존중감과 생활만족도간의 관계)

  • Jeon, Young-Ja;Park, Kyung-Rhan
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.239-249
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship among religiosity, self-esteem, and life satisfaction of the elderly. The subjects of this study are 228 elders living in Busan and Gyeongnam areas, who have religions such as Christianity or Catholicism. The main results of this study are as follows: 1) Elders' health condition, starting age of religion, and social religious activity are revealed to be significant variables which influence their self-esteem. 2) Self-esteem, individual religious activity, and health condition are revealed to be significant variables which influence their life satisfaction.

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Determinants of health-promoting behavior among eHealth consumers in South Korea: a longitudinal path analysis

  • Hanna Choi;Meiling Jin
    • Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.206-217
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    • 2024
  • Purpose: The study aimed to determine the key factors influencing health-promoting behavior and the behavioral intentions of eHealth consumers based on the health promotion model and technology acceptance model. Methods: This research involved a longitudinal path analysis. The study was conducted with 360 eHealth consumers aged over 18 years, employed in the top five categories of the Korean standard classification of occupations, and living in the five largest cities in South Korea. The data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 25.0. Results: Health-promoting behaviors were directly supported by prior health-related behavior and behavioral intention, and indirectly supported by perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, perceived benefit, self-efficacy, and behavioral intention. These variables accounted for 36.3% of the variance in health-promoting behavior. Conclusion: The findings serve as a framework that can help health professionals and health information providers understand how to encourage consumers using eHealth to engage in health-promoting behaviors.