• 한국사회복지학
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.51-77
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• 2012

본 연구는 장애노인의 과부담 보건의료비 현황 및 영향요인을 밝히기 위한 목적으로 진행되었다. 과부담 보건의료는 지불능력 대비 가구 보건의료비 지출이 역치기준(10%, 20%, 30%, 40%)을 초과한 상태로 정의하였다. 본 연구는 장애인고용패널조사 1, 2, 3차년 통합자료를 활용하였으며, 연구대상으로 60세 이상의 장애노인 726명을 분석대상으로 삼았다. 장애노인가구의 과부담 보건의료비 영향요인을 밝히기 위하여 패널로짓분석을 사용하였다. 연구결과 연령이 높을수록, 배우자가 있을 때, 내부 장애인의 경우, 건강상태가 나쁠 때, 만성질환이 있을 때, 가구원 수가 많을수록, 장애가족비율이 높을수록, 노인가족비율이 높을수록, 빈곤유형 중 빈곤 비수급가구에 속할 때 과부담 보건의료비 위험이 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과에 기초하여 우리나라의 장애노인 가구의 과부담 보건의료비 경감을 위한 제언을 제시하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.3173-3177
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• 2016

Background: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) in Lebanon provides cancer drugs free of charge for uninsured patients who account for more than half the total case-load. Other categories of cancer care are subsidized under more stringent eligibility criteria. MOPH's large database offers an excellent opportunity to analyze the cost of cancer treatment in Lebanon. Materials and Methods: Using utilization and spending data accumulated at MOPH during 2008-2013, the cost to the public budget of cancer drugs was assessed per case and per drug type. Results: The average annual cost of cancer drugs was 6,475$ per patient. Total cancer drug costs were highest for breast cancer, followed by chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), colorectal cancer, lung cancer, and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), which together represented 74% of total MOPH cancer drug expenditure. The annual average cancer drug cost per case was highest for CML ($31,037), followed by NHL ($11,566). Trastuzumab represented 26% and Imatinib 15% of total MOPH cancer drug expenditure over six years. Conclusions: Sustained increase in cancer drug cost threatens the sustainability of MOPH coverage, so crucial for socially vulnerable citizens. To enhance the bargaining position with pharmaceutical firms for drug cost containment in a small market like Lebanon, drug price comparisons with neighboring countries which have already obtained lower prices may succeed in lowering drug costs.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.91-102
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• 1993

도시영세지역의 가계의료비 지출 정도를 파악하고자 1992년 3월 1일부터 5월 31일까지 3개월간 대구직할시 남구 대명8동의 영세지역의 85가구(대상군)와 임의로 선정한 96가구(대조군)를 대상으로 자기기업방법에 의한 의료비지출 조사를 실시하였다. 조사대상 가구원의 전체 가구원은 819명으로 대상군 377명, 대조군이 442명 이었으며, 평균연령은 대상군 31.1세, 대조군 37.1세였다. 가구당 평균 가구원수는 대상군과 대조군 모두 4.5명이었다. 가구당 평균 월수입은 대상군이 848,600원, 대조군이 1,752,300원이었다. 월평균가계지출은 대상군 635,300원, 대조군 1,414,600원이었으며, 월평균소비지출은 각각 568,800원, 1,238,400원이었다. 월평균 의료비지출은 대상군이 34,500원, 대조군이 58,400원이었다. 월평균 의료보험료는 대상군이 12,900원, 대조군 26,800원으로써 두 군 모두 소득의 1.5% 수준이었다. 월수입에서 보건의료비가 차지하는 비율은 대상군이 4.1%, 대조군이 3.3%였고, 가계지출에서 차지하는 비율은 대상군이 5.4%, 대조군이 4.1%였으며, 가계소비지출에서 보건의료가 차지하는 비율은 대상군이 6.1%, 대조군이 4.7%였다. 월평균 의료보험료를 포함 시켰을 때 가계소비지출에서 보건의료비가 차지하는 비율은 대상군과 대조군이 각각 8.3%와 6.9%를 차지하였다. 보건의료비지출을 의약품, 보건의료용품기구, 보건의료서비스 항목으로 나누어 보았을 때, 대상군은 의약품이 차지하는 비율이 57.4%, 보건의료서비스 41.4%였으며, 대조군에서는 의약품이 52.4%, 보건의료서비스가 45.7%를 차지하였다. 대상군에서는 한방의료비 지출이 전체 의료비 지출의 36.9%, 그리고 대조군에서는 병 의원 의료비 지출이 37.8%로 가장 많았다. 방문당, 이용일당 의료비지출은 대상군에서는 한방의료가 58,100원으로 가장 많았고, 다음이 민속의료로 19,900원이었으며, 대조군은 민속의료가 112,800원으로 가장 많았고, 다음이 한방의료로 66,000원이었다. 이상의 결과로 보아 대상군의 월수입, 가계지출, 소비지출에 대한 의료비의 지출이 대조군에 비하여 그 절대액수는 적으나, 상대적 비율은 높은 것으로 나타나 대상군이 대조군에 비해 의료비 부담이 과중한 것으로 생각된다. 향후 조사표본이 크고, 조사기간을 1년으로 한 의료비지출에 대한 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.107-116
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• 1994

The United States adopted DRG based prospective payment system (PPS) in order to control the inflation of health care costs. No study used statistical test while many studies reported the cost containing effect of the PPS. To study impacts of the PPS on the Medicare expenditure, this study set the following three hypotheses (1) The PPS decelerated the increase in the hospital expenditure (Part A), (2) the PPS accelerated the increase in the expenditure of outpatients and physicians (Part B), (3) the increase in total expenditure was decelerated inspite of the spill over (substitution) effect because saving in the Part A expenditure were greater than losses in the Part B expenditure. The dependent variables are per capita hospital expenditure, per capita Part B expenditure, and per capita total expenditure for the Medicare beneficiaries. An intervention analysis, which added intervention effect to the time series variation on the Box-Jenkins model, was used. The observations included 120 months from 1978 to 1987. The results are as follows : (1) The annual increase in the per capita Part A expenditure was $5.11 after the implementation of DRG where as that before the PPS had been $11.1. The effect of the reduction ($5.99) was statistically significient (t=-3.9). (2) The spill over (substitution) effect existed because the annual increase in the per capita Part B expenditure was accelerated by $1.73 (t=1.91) after the implementation of the PPS. (3) The increase in the total Medicare expenditure per capita was reduced by $4.26 (t=-2.19) because the spill over effect was less than cost savings in the Part A expenditure.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.19-39
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• 2015

The purpose of the study was to examine the characteristics and economic status of deficit households. The data for this study were from The Household Income and Expenditure Survey in 2000, 2005, and 2010 conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO). Deficit households were defined by those who had expenditures higher than their income. Among total households, the proportion of deficit households was 26.84% in 2000, 28.14% in 2005, and 27.15% in 2010. The average propensity to consume was 132.1 in 2005, which was higher than those in 2000 and 2010. Deficit households were classified into five types using cluster analysis: 1)overall-overconsumption group(33.07%), 2)basic needs group(26.33%), 3)transportation expenditure-dominated group(6.73%), 4)education expenditure-dominated group(27.63%), 5)health care expenditure-dominated group(6.24%). The overall-overconsumption group was the largest group of total households and the portion of this group among total households decreased by 4.97%p from 2005 to 2010. However, the education expenditure-dominated group increased by approximately 7.6%p over the period. It was also found that households in 2000 and 2010 were more likely to be in all five groups than households in 2005. Other major determinants of households with deficit were gender, age, number of family members, education level, dual income, home ownership, vehicle ownership, and income class.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.106-130
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• 1999

The main objective of this paper is to perform an empirical analysis on the relationship between various marketing activities and financial performance of Korean hospitals. A survey was conducted through structured questionnaire for 495 hospitals, and data from 218 hospitals were utilized in the final anaylsis.(response rate: 44%) Survey items include general characteristics of the hospitals(size, type, location), degree of competition, financial performance. marketing organization! budget, and level of various marketing activities in service development, access improvement, promotion, and pricing. We examine descriptive statistics of the response scores on marketing activities to evaluate the current status of marketing management of Korean hospitals, compare the results across hospital size, type and location, and perform regression analysis to investigate the relaionship between marketing and financial performance. Major findings are as follows: 1) About 46% of the responding hospitals have marketing departments although they are named as 'planning' or 'PR' departments, and the marketing budget on average represents 1.74% of the total expenditures. 2) Average level of marketing activities is calculated to be about 3.32 on 5-point scale, meaning that Korean hospitals implement their marketing programs 'somewhat actively'; however, the scores on the areas of marketing plannning and strategy are relatively low. 3) Large hospitals tend to be more active in marketing than small hospitals, and public hospitals' activities in marketing are not lower compared to private hospitals. 4) Level of overall marketing activities is positively related with financial performance measured by various finacial indicators except for profitability, implying that marketing is successful in revenue generation but needs to be more cost-effective. Also, when the marketing variables are separately included in the regression, no significant relationship is found, which means that various marketing activities are more effective when they are collectively implemented.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제63권4호
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• pp.433-443
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• 2020

Objective : Osteoporosis is a disease of unbalanced bone metabolism that results in low bone mineral density with increased bone fragility and propensity for fractures. The increased rate of bone fracture due to osteoporosis places a significant burden on public health care expenditures. Therefore, numerous studies have been designed and performed to identify the drugs or health foods that can improve the bone quality or quantity. This study was designed to evaluate and analyze the therapeutic effects of rutin on histomorphometric values of the spine and femur in an osteoporotic mouse model induced by bilateral ovariectomy. Methods : Thirty female ICR mice (8 weeks old) underwent either a sham operation (only abdominal incision, sham group, n=10) or bilateral ovariectomy (n=20). The ovariectomized (OVX) animals were randomly divided into two groups : untreated OVX group (OVX-C, n=10), or rutin-administered group (OVX-R, n=10). The OVX-C group received weight-adjusted doses of saline vehicle and the OVX-R group received 50 mg/kg of rutin intraperitoneally, starting 1 day after surgery. At 4 and 8 weeks after surgery, serum estrogen, osteocalcin, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and the telopeptide fragment of type I collagen C-terminus (CTX-1) were analyzed. Interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α were also analyzed. Bone histomorphometric parameters of the 4th lumbar vertebra and femur were determined by micro-computed tomography. Results : In OVX-C group, ALP, osteocalcin, CTX-1, IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α levels were significantly increased at 4 and 8 weeks compared to sham operation group. Rutin administration after OVX statistically significantly reduced ALP, CTX-1, IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α levels at 4 and 8 weeks. Rutin administration also improves bone histomorphometric parameters including trabecular bone volume fraction, trabecular thickness, and trabecular number. Trabecular separation was also decreased in OVX-R group compared to OVX-C group. Conclusion : The present study demonstrated that rutin has therapeutic effects on improving bone histomorphometric values in an OVX mouse model. The improvement in histomorphometric values may be associated with the reduction of osteoclastic activity via inhibition of IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α. In future studies, the mechanism for the effect of rutin on osteoporosis should be demonstrated more clearly to use rutin in human osteoporosis.