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노인외래정액제 개선이 고령층의 의료이용에 미친 영향 (The Effects of the Revised Elderly Fixed Outpatient Copayment on the Health Utilization of the Elderly)

  • 김리현;이경민;이우리;유기봉
    • 보건행정학회지
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    • 제34권2호
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    • pp.196-210
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    • 2024
  • 연구배경: 2018년 1월 의원급(의원, 치과의원, 한의원) 노인외래정액제 개선안이 시행되었다. 정액진료비 상한금액인 1만 5,000원 이하 진료를 받은 경우의 본인부담금은 기존과 동일하다. 개선안은 정액진료비 상한금액인 1만 5,000원 초과 진료를 받은 경우의 본인부담금을 차등적으로 인하하였는데, 1만 5,000원 초과 2만 원 이하 구간의 본인부담금은 진료비의 30%에서 10%로, 2만 원 초과 2만 5,000원 이하 구간의 본인부담금은 진료비의 30%에서 20%로 인하하였다. 우리나라는 급격한 인구 고령화로 고령인구와 노인진료비가 빠르게 증가하고 있고, 노인빈곤율이 경제협력개발기구 회원국 중 가장 높다. 연구는 건강보험 지속 가능성 유지와 노인복지 향상을 위하여 노인외래정액제 개선이 고령층의 의료이용에 미친 영향을 종합적으로 확인하려고 한다. 방법: 연구는 한국의료패널 자료를 사용하여 노인외래정액제 개선 이후 고령층의 의료이용 변화를 추정하였다. 연구는 단절적 시계열 연구 중 구간별 회귀분석을 분석에 이용하였고, 진료비 구간별 및 의원 종류별 외래진료 횟수, 입원횟수 및 일수 변화는 포아송 구간별 회귀분석을, 외래 및 입원진료비 변화는 구간별 회귀분석을 이용하여 추정하였다. 구간별 회귀분석은 개입으로 인한 효과와 시간의 흐름에 따른 효과를 구분할 수 있게 해주어, 개입이 없더라도 발생했을 변화와 개입으로 인한 변화를 명확하게 추정할 수 있도록 해준다. 의료이용에 영향을 미칠 것으로 예상되는 성별, 연령, 교육수준, 소득, 배우자 유무, 장애 정도, 지역, 주관적 건강인식, 질병 및 손상으로 인한 일상생활 제한 여부, 응급 및 입원 수술 여부, 응급실 이용횟수, 만성질환 개수, 계절은 통제변수로 포함하였다. 결과: 노인외래정액제 개선 직후 본인부담 변화가 없던 의원, 한의원 진료비 1만 5,000원 이하 구간의 외래진료 횟수가 감소하였다. 그러나 본인부담이 감소한 의원 1만 5,000원 초과 2만 원 이하 구간과 한의원 2만 원 초과 2만 5,000원 이하 구간의 외래진료 횟수는 증가하였다. 치과의원의 외래진료 횟수 변화는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 입원율은 노인외래정액제 개선 직후 감소하였지만, 이후 다시 증가하였다. 외래진료비 중 본인부담금은 노인외래정액제 개선 직후 감소하였다. 입원진료비와 외래와 입원진료비를 합한 총진료비는 노인외래정액제 개선 직후 감소하였다가 이후 다시 증가하였다. 결론: 분석결과를 통해 노인외래정액제 개선 이후 일시적인 의료이용 증가와 본인부담금 감소를 확인할 수 있었다. 총진료비 중 입원이 차지하는 비중이 외래보다 크기 때문에, 노인외래정액제 개선이 고령 환자의 의료비 부담 완화에 미친 영향은 매우 제한적이었다. 장기적으로 고령 환자의 의료비 부담 완화와 건강보험 지속 가능성 유지를 위해서는 본인부담 완화 정책과 질병 악화로 인한 입원을 예방하기 위한 만성질환 관리정책이 함께 이루어져야 할 것으로 보인다. 연구의 결과는 정책을 수립할 때 본인부담 변화가 고령층의 의료이용 행태에 미치는 영향에 대한 기초정보를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

요양병원 치료사의 코로나19 대응 경험에 대한 질적 연구 (Qualitative Study on Experiences of Responding to COVID-19 of Therapists in Long-term Care Hospitals)

  • 배원진;박주영
    • 한국엔터테인먼트산업학회논문지
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.337-347
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    • 2021
  • 본 연구는 요양병원에 근무하는 치료사의 코로나19 대응 전략 및 치료실 감염관리 시스템 개선을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고 치료사의 감염관리 업무 이해를 돕고자 실시한 질적 연구이다. 연구방법은 Colaizzi의 현상학적 연구 방법을 적용하였다. 요양병원에서 근무 중인 작업치료사와 물리치료사 9명을 대상으로 전화 인터뷰를 실시하였다. 인터뷰 내용은 연구대상자의 동의하에 녹음하였으며, 추가적인 내용 확인은 이메일로 받았다. 녹음된 내용은 전사 뒤 분석하여, 코로나19에 대처한 경험의 의미와 본질을 기술하였다. 인터뷰 내용은 6개의 주제와 17개의 중심의미, 49개의 의미단위로 정리하였다. 코로나19 상황에 따라 요양병원 내 감염관리 교육 강화, 감염관리 실천, 업무시간 외 감염관리 감독으로 감염관리 시스템이 강화되었으며, 치료실 내 거리두기 실천, 업무시간 내 휴식 및 식사시간 조정, 감염관리 강화로 치료활동 제약으로 치료 환경이 변화된 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 치료사의 역할이 확대되고 언택트 중재방법에 대한 고려하는 등 치료의 패러다임이 변화되었으며, 코호트 격리, 코로나19 사전검사, 백신접종과 부작용 경험으로 코로나19에 따른 새로운 경험을 하였음을 확인하였다. 하지만 감염업무로 인해 치료사의 업무 부담이 가중되고, 코로나19 확산에 따른 두려움과 우울감, 업무 스트레스를 겪고 있으며, 백신접종 후 휴식 보장, 감염관리 도구 및 장비 지원 등 요양병원 치료인력 지원의 필요성도 인식하고 있었다. 본 연구의 결과는 요양병원 치료실 내 감염병 대응 전략 프로그램 개발 및 요양병원 감염관리를 위한 인적, 물적 지원의 기초 자료로 활용되기를 기대한다.

Promotional Strategies of Local Drugstores

  • Kim, Seung-Mi;Lee, Sang-Yoon;Kim, Pan-Jin;Kim, Nam-Myun;Youn, Myoung-Kil
    • 산경연구논집
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.5-12
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    • 2010
  • The retail business of drugstore was introduced to Korea for the first time 10 years ago. Since Olive Young introduced a retail store in the name of drugstore in 1999 for the first time in Korea, new distribution channel combining drugstore, cosmetic products and dairy products, etc has been made. At initial stage, the new distribution channel grew up slowly because of low specialty and economic stagnation. However, the three big distribution channels, that is to say, Olive Young (CJ), Watsons (GS) and W Store (Kolon Well Care), etc, were established to produce new distribution system following large-scaled discount stores as well as convenience stores. The purpose of the study is to investigate ways making Korean style drugstore be new retail business in addition to traditional markets, department stores, E-Mart and other general super markets and to examine problems preventing the drugstore from being promoted and to find out solutions. The speciality retailers that is called a category killer attacking department stores as well as marts is expanding market quickly. New consumption trend that gives priority to wellbeing is being expanded in accordance with high level of standards of living life: The drugstore is thought to be new alternative of distribution because it keeps special products. Young ladies who are main customers of drugstores respond to the trend sensitively to have more buying power that is thought to be promising. And, consumers' desire has become concrete and special. This is because consumers want not only convenient shopping but also special shopping system that is current trend. These days, so called Multi-shop and Total shop and other special shops have been recently opened. Special multi-shop has been concentrated on fashion product and miscellaneous goods so far: Health total wellbeing shop shall be popular in accordance with wellbeing trends. Drugstores can play an important role. Drugstores were opened for the first time ten years ago. In particular, Olive Young succeeded in going into the black after making efforts for a long time by many persons. Drugstores could succeed in the business owing to many persons in the past as well as customers who liked drugstores. However, drugstores once lost ways and recorded poor business results. The three drugstores, that is to say, Olive Young, Watsons making efforts to go into the black and W-Store pursuing traditional drugstore shall compete each other and make effort to satisfy customers' desire. In that way, the three drugstores can be assured of present business as well as future business. The consumers' demand trend has become special at sub-division so that drugstores that can satisfy the demand can succeed in the business. Large businesses may be more interested in the 4th generation retail business to produce good income and to have bright future. Drugstore business and market are likely to expand and develop owing to large business' participation in drugstore business. Drugstores expanded shop at Seoul and Gyeonggi-do until middle of 2000. Drugstore business at station sphere in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do that have high ratio of temporary population has low customer loyalty to have limitation on continuous growth. Since 2009, drugstores have opened new shops at local towns: From the year of 2010, drugstores need to establish multiple shop strategy by accelerating business speed and to allow customers to drop in the shop anywhere in the nation and to enter consumers' life deeply, so that they can strengthen business base definitely. Drugstores need to have price competitiveness to have multiple shop opening strategy and to satisfy consumers and to supply high quality services that is future subject to solve. And, Olive Young and Watsons that are Korean style drugstore need to keep system in order and to strengthen substance as Korean style drugstore and to expand marketing, so that they can get business outcome within 5 years that was done 10 years before and they become the 4th generation retail business. The study had difficulties at collecting material from the three drugstore because of poor cooperation. And, the author had great difficulty at collecting statistical material that was made in disorder. Further effort is needed considering such problems.

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의료용 N95 마스크 착용방법에 대한 교육 전·후 밀착계수 비교 (Comparison of Fit Factor for Healthcare Workers Before and After Training with the N95 Mask)

  • 김현욱;백정은;서혜경;이종은;명준표;이승주;이진호
    • 한국산업보건학회지
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    • 제24권4호
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    • pp.528-535
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    • 2014
  • Objectives: This study compares the differences of fit factors before and after training on the N95 mask. The results will be utilized to suggest the need of providing effective training on respirator use. Methods: A total of 49 study subjects were tested, comprised of nurses from a general hospital and undergraduate nursing students from a medical school. Anthropometric measurements of face length and face width were compared with the NIOSH(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) panel. Fit factors(FF) were measured with TSI Portacount Pro+8038 before and after on-site training regarding the proper use of respirators. The FF pass/fail criterion was set at 100. Results: Two subjects(4.1 %) passed the fit test before training on use of the N95. However, 36(73.5%) of the 49 passed the test after training. Overall the FF(GM(GSD)) was 13.4(3.2) before training, but improved to 106.6(2.1) after training, which was statistically significant. These findings suggest the efficacy of educational intervention, and the performance of the direct on-site training proved to be better than that of the traditional educational methods. Conclusions: This study showed the effect of on-site training of the N95 respirator among health care workers(HCW). Therefore, providing effective training on the use of N95 for HCWs before their work assignments will greatly reduce exposure to harmful agents. It is recommended that fit testing be mandated to check for adequate protection being provided by the given respirators.

여성노인의 낙상실태 및 충격보호팬츠 개발을 위한 기초 연구 (Basic Study on the Development of Impact Protective Pants and Falls of Elderly Women)

  • 이진숙;박정현;이정란
    • 한국의류산업학회지
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    • 제16권6호
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    • pp.945-953
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    • 2014
  • This study aims to develop protective pants to relieve impact from falls and to present basic data for the development. The survey results are as follows; First, 45% of the respondents were in their 60s and 55% of them were in their over 70s and older. Also, 64% of them have fallen once for the past year and 36% of them have fallen twice or more. The older they were, the more there were those who have fallen twice or more. This indicated the older people has experienced more fall accidents again after a initial fall accident. Second, as per accident situations, the survey showed that fall accidents happened the most in the winter and in the afternoon (12-18 pm). Also, it happened on a street mostly and they were wearing sneakers or hiking boots when they got a hurt slipped in a front or side by missing their step in a walk. The injury areas are mostly knee and ankle. They had the bruises or a sprain in their knee and ankle mostly. The rate of bone fracture was 19.5%. Therefore, the protection area to falls in lower body is the knee. But hip and hip joint should be protected with knee as well because those are usually be broken when it is damaged. Third, approximately 80% of those who were hospitalized for treatment had surgery. Patients who had surgery were rather in their over 70s than in their 60s. The older they were, the more serious their fracture was. The period of hospital or outpatient treatment is more than three weeks in many cases. They responded their health got worse after falls. Aftereffects of accidents were physical discomfort, anxiety and medical costs. Falls to the old makes physical damage, psychological damage, which cause reduced physical activity and the increased cost of health care with economic losses. So it results on a negative impact on the life of the old. Fourth, elderly females were rarely aware of impact protective clothing and they have never purchased such clothing. For impact protective pants, the major consideration was suitable design for their body types. They liked casual style with front or side pockets and simple designs without any patterns or decorations. As per pants materials, they responded that they need functionality, activity and elasticity. Among the functional points, insulation of cloths are considered importantly, so the heat reservance of material in the impact protective pants should be considered carefully.

자궁절제술 부인의 성생활 만족에 관한 요인 분석 (An Analytic Study on Influencing Factors for Sexual Satisfaction in Women Who have had a Hysterectomy)

  • 장순복
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제19권2호
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    • pp.160-172
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    • 1989
  • This research was done to clarify the factors related to sexual satifaction in women who have had a hysterectomy, and to idenify which factors had statistically significant influence of sexual satisfaction of the subjacts. The objective of this study was to identify the variables related to sexual adaptation which might be changed by nursing intervention. This was a cross-sectional descriptive correlation study. There were 230 subjects in the study, and they were selected by a convenient sampling method. The tool. for this study was developed by the researcher through modification of the Dergatis Sexual Function Inventory(DSFI). A pilot study was done to determine the necessary modifications. Data collection was done between Sept. 1987 and Du. 1987 using a mailed questionnaire. The characteristics of the subjects were as follows : The mean age of the subjects was 42.3 years and 204(87.4%) of the subjects had nine or more years of education. The mean income of the subjects was 85.8870 won / month, and 179(77%) of them were housewives. The mean number of pregnancies and children were 4.9 and 2.5 respectively. Oophorectomies were included in the surgery for 66(28.7%) of the subjects. Only 12(5.2%) were planning to have more children. Only 88(38.3%) of the subjects had received information prior to the surgery regarding health problems related to the operation and less than half, 111 (48.3%), had received this kind of information before discharge. Lay persons were the source of information about the post-operation status for 196 (85.2%) of the subjects, but the content of the information did not significantly influence the sexual satisfaction score. Only 16(7.0%) of the subjects said they regretted having a hysterctomy while 102(44.3%) said they were pleased to have had a hysterectomy. Ninety (39.1 %) of the subjects reported that their husbands had “stress” and 164(71.3%) of the subjects reported “stress”. The results of this study are summarized as follows : 1. The mean score for sexual satisfaction of the subjects was 34.24 with a possible maximum score of 50.00. Eighty two(35.8%) were responded that they were satisfied with their sexual life but 61 (26.5%) were responded that they were dissatisfied with their sexual life 2. The following 15 factors extracted from the results of the data analysis were significantly related to sexual satisfaction(p<.05) ; support of husband, body image, emotion, knowledge of sex, menopausal symptoms, sexual behavior, the feelings the subjects had about the hysterectomy, stress for both subject and husband, the number of children, health information given before operation, job, age, level of education and income. The five most important factors influencing sexual satisfaction were identified by using stepwise multiple regression analysis. The most important factor was support of husband, which explained 17.83% of the total variance. The remaining factors in order of significance were : Knowledge of sex, income, job, and emotional status. Those five factors explained 35.16% of the sexual satisfaction. In conclusion, for the care of women who are going to be discharged from hospital after having had a hysterctomy, nurses have to work with the husbands to help them to understand the importance of their support. Nurses also need to make sure that the subjects have an adequeate knowledge of sexual life after a hysterectomy. Also nursing interventions should focus on subjects who do not have a job, who are of low economic status, and the subjects who are under the unpleasant mood.

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미숙아 무호흡을 위한 비강 지속적 양압환기법 효과에 대한 체계적 고찰 (Systematic Review of Effects of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Apnea of Preterm Infants)

  • 김은주
    • Child Health Nursing Research
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.225-235
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    • 2014
  • 목적 본 연구는 국내외 연구의 체계적 문헌고찰을 통해 미숙아무호흡에 대한 nCPAP의 효과를 재확인하고 nIPPV 중 nSIPPV를 적용한 연구들을 구별하여 효과 차이가 있는지 확인해보고자 한다. 본 연구의 결과를 토대로 고위험신생아 간호전략을 위한 기초적인 자료를 제공하기 위해서이다. 방법 본 연구에서는 1970년 1월부터 2013년 9월까지 미숙아 무호흡증을 대상으로 nCPAP를 제공하고 그 효과를 확인한 연구를 대상으로 검색하였다. 영문 검색어는 'preterm infant', 'prematurity', 'nCPAP', 'apnea', 'trial' 이었으며 국문검색어는 '미숙아', '무호흡', '무호흡중재'로 검색하였다. 총 13편의 논문분석을 위하여 코딩의 준거분석틀에 따라 자료코딩을 하였다. 자료의 코딩에 따른 준거분석틀은 다음과 같다. 먼저 각 연구 특성에 따른 자료의 코딩은 연구자, 게재연도, 표본크기, 중재방법, 중재시간, 주요결과, 적용시간, 실험설계의 편향 유형을 조사하여 제시하였다. 코딩된 자료는 신뢰구간 95%, 통계적 유의수준 5%로 정하며 이용된 프로그램은 STATA 10.0을 이용하였다. 결과 nCPAP의 무호흡감소의 효과와 nIPPV의 차이는 -0.11 (95% CI [-0.64, 0.42])로 유의한 차이가 검증되지 않았다(Z=0.41, p=.680). 그러나 nCPAP와 nSIPPV의 효과차이는 결합추정치 -0.44 (95% CI [-0.81, -0.07)로 nSIPPV가 미숙아무호흡 감소에 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다(Z=2.35, p=.019). nCPAP의 호흡기치료중지 성공에 대한 효과를 메타분석 한 결과 1.60 (95% CI [0.70, 3.63])이었으며 nIPPV와 차이가 검증되지 않았다(Z=1.12, p=.268). 그러나 nSIPPV는 nCPAP에 비해 결합추정치는 3.94 (95% CI [1.74, 8.90])로 호흡기치료 중지에 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다(Z=3.29, p=.0001). 결론 미숙아의 무호흡감소와 호흡기치료의 단축을 위해 nCPAP와 nIPPV 중 nSIPPV의 효과를 확인하였으며 본 연구결과를 기초로 임상에서 활용 가능한 미숙아 호흡관리 프로토콜 개발을 위해 지속적인 연구들이 진행되어져야 할 것이다.

영유아의 사고유형 실태조사와 안전교육 효과 분석 (The Patterns of Accidental Injury in Young Children and Effect of Safety Education on Their Mothers Performance of Preventive Measures)

  • 송인자;한정석
    • 한국보건간호학회지
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.55-74
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    • 1998
  • In the past most major accidents resulted in death, but today there is a dramatic increase in the number of people who survive such accidents but who are left with permanent injury. Particularly, children who are inquisitive about their surroundings but immature in their ability to assess danger, are more vulnerable to accidents and their causes as well as to determine attitudes towards prevention. The main objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of using an accident prevention manual for accident for accident prevention education. The study was a quasi-experimental study using a questionnaire format. The subjects of the study were 393 mothers of children attending six day care centers in Seoul. Data collection was done between May 1 and June 15, 1997. The tools used for the study were a questionnaire developed the researchers and a manual for accident prevention. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS. The results of the study are as follows: 1. Types of accidents included stabbing, bums, falls from heights, choking, falls on slippery surfaces, traffic accidents, drowning, poisoning, and electrical shock in that order of frequency. 2. The main causes of accidents in children were from cosmetics and household medications. 3. The most frequent locations of accidents in the home were the bathroom, kitchen, and stairways in that order. 4. For $90.4\%$ of children safety seats were not used when the ridding in a car. 5. In examining the parents' accident prevention practices, it was found that many parents used only . one electrical outlet for many appliances, tending to overload the electricity lines and that they were not practically concerned bout the flammability of children's pajamas, indicating a less than positive attitude towards fire prevention. 6. The parents had not provided their children with any instruction on accident prevention or on what to do after an accident had occurred. 7. After the use of pamphlet in an accident prevention education program, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference in the degree to which children carried out safety measures (t=14.96, p=.000) and in their safety habits (t=-1.67, p<.1) indicating an effectiveness in this method of education. The results of this study showed that there are many things in a child's environment that can cause accidents and that the possibility of an accident occurring is high. So nurses looking after children should be aware of the need for safety education to prevent accidents in the home and plan to provide appropriate educational material to help parents with this education.

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웨어러블 신체 생체 활동 모니터링 시스템 개발 (Development of Wearable Physical Activity Monitoring System)

  • 박은주;박도영
    • 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.34-39
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    • 2018
  • ICT 기술이 발전함에 따라, 다양한 크기와 형태의 웨어러블 디바이스가 개발되어 지고 있다. 또한, 성능이나 스펙은 현재의 스마트폰과 연결 가능하도록 IOT 융합 제품으로 재탄생 되고 있다. 이것은 4차 산업혁명의 범용 기술 중 하나로, 우리의 삶의 질과 환경을 바꾸는 기술로 집중 조명을 받고 있다. 이와 함께 헬스케어 기술이 결합된 신기술 제품이 증가함에 따라, 이를 필요로 하는 사용자들에게 다양한 기능들이 제공되고 있다. 웨어러블 기술은 기술개발과 함께 지속적인 증가 추세에 있다. 또한 이를 스마트 와치 형태의 제품으로 개발하여 제품을 출시하고 있다. 또한 소형화를 위해 마이크로프로세서의 집적화 기술을 적용한 오픈소스 하드웨어들이 개발되고 있다. 그중 아두이노 관련 제품은 현재 다양하게 만들어져 있으며 용도에 따라 아두이노 프로세서를 개발 툴에 맞추어 사용하면 된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 오픈소스 하드웨어 기반의 타이니두이노를 활용하여 웨어러블 신체 생체 활동 모니터링 시스템을 개발하였다. 타이니두이노는 Atmega 프로세스를 기반으로 제작된 초소형 아두이노 호환 보드로 오픈소스 통합 개발 환경(스케치)에서 프로그램이 가능하다. 웨어러블 신체 생체 활동 모니터링 시스템은 일상적인 건강관리를 할 수 있는 스마트 u-Healthcare 시스템이라는 것이 큰 장점이라 할 수 있겠다.

일개 요양병원 입원환자의 환자분류군 특성에 관한 연구 : 의무기록 정보를 바탕으로 (A Study on the Characteristics of the Patient Group in a Convalescent Hospital Inpatients: Based on the Medical Record Information)

  • 임보라;안상윤;김광환
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제20권11호
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    • pp.324-334
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    • 2019
  • 본 연구는 일개 요양병원 입원 환자들의 의무기록 정보를 바탕으로 환자분류군에 따른 입원 환자 특성을 파악하고, 각 요인 간의 상관 관계를 분석하여 요양병원 환자분류 체계 개선에 필요한 기초 자료를 제공하고자 시행하였다. 연구 대상은 2016년 1월부터 12월까지 1년간 전북 지역 일개 요양병원에서 퇴원한 환자들의 의무기록 정보 총 213건으로 선정하였다. 재원일수와 상병 개수의 상관계수는 양의 상관 관계를 보여 환자가 가지고 있는 상병이 많을수록 재원일수가 길어지고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이와 같은 연구 결과를 기반으로 환자분류군을 결정하는 환자평가표의 항목들을 실제로 환자에게 제공되는 의학적인 노력이 반영될 수 있도록 수정·보완하는 것이 필요하다. 또한 각 환자분류군별로 중점적으로 관리해야 할 문제점을 파악하여 각 분류군에 적합한 케어 서비스 체계를 수립하는 것이 효율적인 요양병원 운영을 위한 필수 요소이자 나아가 국가적 차원에서도 노인 인구의 건강을 관리하는 데 중요한 과제임을 알 수 있다.