• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.95-114
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• 2023

Smart healthcare, combining ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) and medical technologies, has been rapidly emerging. Accordingly, its market has also increased as interest in disease prevention, management, and diagnosis grows due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, using mobile devices to support medical activities, mobile healthcare has been attracting attention as a leading service in the smart healthcare market. However, the intention to use mobile healthcare apps may vary depending on individual beliefs and attitudes. Many studies on the intention to use mobile healthcare apps have used the TAM (Technology Acceptance Model), but there is a lack of studies that have been verified from the perspective of users' health beliefs. This study aims to identify the factors that affect the intention to use mobile healthcare apps based on the HBM (Health Belief Model). Furthermore, it investigates how this influencing mechanism fluctuates based on the user's mHealth literacy, the ability to find and understand health information through mobile. This study contributes to the empirical examination of the intention to use mobile healthcare apps through the HBM. It also offers insights for app providers and public health officials to increase the use of mobile healthcare apps.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.27-42
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to investigate the intention to utilize u-healthcare services in Korea. Specifically, this study attempted to identify the relationships among the intention to use u-healthcare, consumer's demographic characteristics, and personal information technology level. We conducted telephone interview and collected data from 406 householders 20 years old or older. The results showed significant differences in use intention of u-healthcare service by innovation, gender, and their interaction term. Residence area and average time of internet use had significant effect on the use intention of u-healthcare service. Also, the interaction term between innovation and education level had a significant effect on use intention. Based on the results we concluded that the consumer's characteristics and information technology level had a significant effect on the use intention of u-healthcare service.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2022

Introduction: Previous studies on occupational health focussed predominately on the occurrence of occupational diseases. Relatively few studies have measured how employment is associated with the use of healthcare services. This study investigates the association between employment and the extent and range of healthcare use, such as medical expenditures, of women in South Korea. Methods: We analyze data of the Korean Health Panel, an ongoing longitudinal national representative survey, from 2008 to 2017, to identify the status of economic activity of women by year and age group. We estimate the association between female employment status and medical expenditures by using random effect panel Tobit models. Furthermore, we investigate the association between employment status and the range of healthcare services in biomedicine and traditional Korean medicine (KM) by conducting conditional fixed-effects logistic regression analyses. Results: For women aged between 25 and 65 in 2017, the majority of them were employed or self-employed. (The proportion of employment of self-employment equals 64.80%). In addition, working women spent 11.6% less on healthcare than nonworking women, and self-employment lowered the healthcare expenditure by 13.1%. Neither work nor the type of work is related to the types and range of healthcare service use. Being employed or self-employed is negatively associated with women's expenditure on healthcare. Conclusions: The findings show that employment is associated with less spending on healthcare. They imply that employment has a positive impact on women's health.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.199-206
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• 2012

Purpose: This study was done to identify the impact of physical activity on healthcare utilization among Korean adults. Methods: Drawing from the 2008 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES IV-2), data from 6,521 adults who completed the Health Interview and Health Behavior Surveys were analyzed. Association between physical activity and healthcare utilization was tested using the $X^2$-test. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to calculate the odds ratios of using outpatient and inpatient healthcare for different levels of physical activity after adjusting for predisposing, enabling, and need factors. A generalized linear model applying a negative binomial distribution was used to determine how the level of physical activity was related to use of outpatient and inpatient healthcare. Results: Physically active participants were 16% less likely to use outpatient healthcare (OR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.74-0.97) and 23% less likely to use inpatient healthcare (OR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.63-0.93) than physically inactive participants. Levels of outpatient and inpatient healthcare use decreased as levels of physical activity increased, after adjusting for relevant factors. Conclusion: An independent association between being physically active and lower healthcare utilization was ascertained among Korean adults indicating a need to develop nursing intervention programs that encourage regular physical activity.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.689-706
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• 2016

Purpose: This study identifies causality in IoT-based healthcare user's experience(playful experience, economical experience), trust, usage, degree of dependence and continuous use intention, especially focused on chinese case. Methods: Face to face interviews was conducted for people who has experience in the use of the Xiaomi Mi band. This study used Partial Least Square(PLS) method with the questionnaires from the interview. Results: IoT-based healthcare users taking playful experience have a strong trust in a positive economic experiences. Also, the user recognizing the experience as an economic one shows stronger intention to use continuously. Conclusion: By getting healthcare users have more economic experience, they have continuous use intention of healthcare product. The empirical findings can be applied to the related companies strategy building.

• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.157-175
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• 2011

본 연구는 미국의 헬스케어 REITs의 성과 및 운영 특성을 살펴보고, 이를 통해 국내 실버산업에의 활용 방안을 모색하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 본 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째로, 미국의 헬스케어 REITs의 현황 및 성과를 보면, 2007년 이후 평균적인 REITs보다 양호한 성과를 보이고 있으며, 이러한 성과를 바탕으로 시장 규모 면에서 전체 REITs에서 차지하는 비중을 높이고 있다. 이러한 헬스케어 REITs가 초과 성과를 보이는 데는 실버산업의 고속 성장도 영향을 미쳤지만, 판매 후 재임대와 3차 순임대차 구조를 활용한 REITs의 전략도 한 몫을 한 것으로 판단된다. 둘째로, 미국 헬스케어 REITs는 자산유형의 관점에서는 선택과 집중전략을, 투자지역의 관점에서는 투자지역 다변화 전략을 사용하는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째로, 이러한 분석결과를 볼 때, 헬스케어 REITs는 국내의 실버산업에 충분히 활용 가능성이 있음을 확인하였으며, 이에 헬스케어 REITs, 즉 부동산투자회사를 효과적으로 활용하기 위한 방안을 제시하였다.

• 정보처리학회논문지D
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• 제18D권3호
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• pp.185-196
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• 2011

최근 보건의료 분야와 정보통신 기술이 접목된 u-Healthcare에 대해 원격진료 제한을 완화하는 의료법 개정안이 입법 예고되면서 u-Healthcare 수요 창출을 위한 비즈니스 모델로 IPTV를 이용한 서비스가 등장하였다. 하지만, 의료서비스에 IPTV 기술을 도입함으로써 환자의 치료방법의 개선, 서비스 질의 향상, 치료의 효용성 증가 등의 많은 이점들이 예상처럼 도입되고 있지 못하고 있는데, 이는 아직 정비되지 않은 법, 제도적 환경뿐만 아니라 사용자 수용 연구를 통한 전략 마련이 부족했음을 인정하지 않을 수 없다. 본 연구는 IPTV를 통해 제공되는 의료서비스를 수용하는데 있어서 연결되는 순차적인 관계를 검증하고, 분석된 결과를 토대로 IPTV 기반 의료서비스의 활성화 방안을 제시하였다. 연구 결과 IPTV 기술 품질의 편의성, 콘텐츠 품질의 완결성, 그리고 Healthcare 서비스 품질이 만족도를 이끌어 내는 주요 요소들로 추출되었고, 전반적으로 IPTV 기술 품질, 콘텐츠 품질, Healthcare 서비스 품질 모두 만족도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었으며, 본서비스의 만족도는 사용의도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.159-202
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• 2019

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explain users' wearable healthcare device adoption using performance expectancy, effort expectancy, the hedonic motivation and price value of UTAUT2, and to identify the causal relationship between intention to use wearable healthcare device and innovation resistance formed by perceived risks. Design/methodology/approach The research model proposed in this study is based on UTAUT2(Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) and MIR(Model of Innovation Resistance). In specific, performance expectancy, effort expectancy, hedonic motivation and price value of UTAUT2 and innovation resistance formed by perceived risks of MIR are adopted in our research model. To validate the research model, we carry out the analysis of the survey data using Smart PLS 3.0 to test the hypotheses. Findings According to the empirical analysis results, this study confirms that the performance expectancy, effort expectancy, hedonic motivation, and price value have significant effects on the intention to use wearable healthcare devices. It also finds that perceived risk affects innovation resistance and in turn, innovation resistance affects the intention to use wearable healthcare devices.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.115-125
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• 2011

Objectives : The aim of this study is to investigate the relevant factors which determine the use of oriental healthcare services among subjects with chronic illnesses. Method : This study utilized the data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2005. Out of all the participants of the survey, 11,665 individuals who are older than 19 years old and have one or more chronic diseases were included in this study. Results : The factors that affect utilization of oriental healthcare services were significantly associated with gender, educational level, job, personal income, the number of chronic illnesses, experiences of nontreatment or delayed treatment and admission experiences for the last one year(p<.001). Although some of these factors need further studies, the determining factors for the use of oriental healthcare services are the presence of chronic illness and the number of chronic disease. That is, the chronically ill are more likely to seek oriental healthcare services. And the more chronic diseases the clients have the higher probability of seeking oriental healthcare services was found. Conclusions : The results suggest that the national integrated care services should be established for diverse development of policy regarding the quality of care of chronic illness and cost-effectiveness.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.273-282
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• 2017

This paper is aimed at proposing a new approach to connecting the measurements of customer satisfaction on healthcare services with the prioritized identification of healthcare service processes to be improved. As customers' requirements for healthcare services have become too diverse and healthcare service systems have been increasingly complex, there has been growing interest in the customer-oriented evaluation of healthcare service quality and the systematic improvement of healthcare service processes. Most of the previous studies on service quality evaluation are based on SERVQUAL model. However, because of the unique characteristics and constraints inherent in healthcare service systems, it has been reported that SERVQUAL would be inadequate to be applied to healthcare service systems. As an alternative, SERVPERF has recently been widely used in the evaluation of healthcare service quality. However, there is a lack of studies on how to use the measurements of healthcare service quality systematically to improve service functions and processes. With this issue in mind, we firstly measured the customer-perceived satisfaction on the healthcare service quality from the six dimensions based on SERVPERF. Then we identified the relationships between the subjective measurements and healthcare service processes through brainstorming and expert interview. By using the relationships, we developed a customer journey map in healthcare services that visually describe the interaction between customers and healthcare service systems. The developed customer journey map would help service designers easily identify a healthcare service process that needs to be improved with priority. It is expected that the design improvement process proposed in this study would be a useful method for enhancing the quality of healthcare services.