• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2013

Purpose Patients should have a regular medical check-up, the cost direct and indirect medical expenses to check the results, and revisit the hospital. Some of patients often want to use the telephone for a medical consultation, Method The subjects participating in this study were a selection 485 patients who received outpatient service in Asan Medical Center and Gangbuk Samsung Hospital. The patients's favorite method for medical check-up, time, cost, fatigue, and inconvenience, in regard with the revisit to check the examination results, were researched and analyzed on identical questionnaires about them. Results The average transportation, food expenses and opportunity costs the subjects spent was 90,400 for those from the Seoul and Gyunggi area, and 269,800 from other area. And the average required time per visit was 4.13 hours for those from the Seoul and Gyunggi area, 11.84 hours from other areas, and averagely 7.72 hours for all the subjects. More than 75% of the subjects answered that they felt tired and their work was interrupted. The subjects from both areas preferred the check by phone. Conclusion If the scope of telephone medical consultation is defined and the doctor-patient certification is possible, it can be thought as an efficient alternative of the medical check-up by revisit. It is necessary to discuss an appropriate amount of the medical check-up by phone which the same cost and effort can be allocated in.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.48-54
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• 2020

In this paper, we deal with a liver fibrosis classification problem using ultrasound B-mode images. Commonly representative methods for classifying the stages of liver fibrosis include liver biopsy and diagnosis based on ultrasound images. The overall liver shape and the smoothness and roughness of speckle pattern represented in ultrasound images are used for determining the fibrosis stages. Although the ultrasound image based classification is used frequently as an alternative or complementary method of the invasive biopsy, it also has the limitations that liver fibrosis stage decision depends on the image quality and the doctor's experience. With the rapid development of deep learning algorithms, several studies using deep learning methods have been carried out for automated liver fibrosis classification and showed superior performance of high accuracy. The performance of those deep learning methods depends closely on the amount of datasets. We propose an enhanced U-net architecture to maximize the classification accuracy with limited small amount of image datasets. U-net is well known as a neural network for fast and precise segmentation of medical images. We design it newly for the purpose of classifying liver fibrosis stages. In order to assess the performance of the proposed architecture, numerical experiments are conducted on a total of 118 ultrasound B-mode images acquired from 78 patients with liver fibrosis symptoms of F0~F4 stages. The experimental results support that the performance of the proposed architecture is much better compared to the transfer learning using the pre-trained model of VGGNet.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.26-47
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• 1997

The purpose of this study is to explore the treatment pattern of treatment of patients with arthritis. The grounded theory approach methodology was used in this study. The purposive sampling was conducted. 16 subjects who experienced RA, lived in middle sized city in Korea, and all women The results of this study were as follows : 1. The process of treatment was composed of the stage of symptom experience and the stage of sick role experience. The naming of the symptom was conducted in the stage of symptom experience through, the doctor shopping. The sick role experience was patterned by the choice of the treatment mode. 2. The treatment modes were roughly devided by western medicine and oriental or ethnic medicine. Several factors which affected the choice of the treatment mode were patient's economic state, educational level, religion, the acknowledgement of the cause of illness, duration of illness, lay referral system, the relationship of medical staff, and the acculturation of medical professionalism. The key component of the decision of the treatment was the level of the acculturation of medical professionalism. To enhance the acculturation of medical professionalism, we have to provide the information of cause and the prognosis of the disease to the patients and the variety of communication channel between medical staff and patients, and we should understand the medical culture according to the ages, gender, locations in Korea.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.561-578
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• 2012

This study was performed in order to compare a change in pharmaceutical expenditures per outpatient of clinic and to analyze factors relevant to a systems as part of evaluating policies for the incentive scheme to reduce total prescribed drug expenditure and for the drug utilization review system("DUR system" hereafter). For this, it had finally analytical subjects as 21,320 clinics nationwide without a change in location, clinics symbol and signed subject during both terms of the first half of 2010 and the first half of 2011. As a result, the odds ratio with reduction in pharmaceutical expenditures of clinic was statistically higher significantly in the shorter year number of opening clinic, in the larger number of doctors, when the classification of establishment is other, not individual, and when the signed subject is surgical division. Also, the odds ratio was significantly higher in the less patient number of clinic and in the lower ratio of patients aged over 65. Finally, the odds ratio was significantly high when a clinic had been located in DUR system demonstrative project area. Through this, a case of policy for improvement in doctor's autonomous prescription behavior like DUR system can be known to be effective for reduction in pharmaceutical expenditures. A future research on evaluation of policy for pharmaceutical expenditure management system will need to be performed in-depth analysis in consideration of diverse characteristics on the participatory entities.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2021

Purposes: This study aimed to identify relevant factors that determine cancer surgery at a medium-sized general hospital where patients are diagnosed with cancer. Methodology: The study subjects were 1,530 patients diagnosed with cancer between November 2013 and October 2019 at a 400-bed general hospital located in the metropolitan area. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the patient characteristics, cancer types, and characteristics of treatment experience of the study subjects, in addition to the determinants of cancer surgery in the hospital. Findings: Among 1,530 cases diagnosed with cancer, 353 cases (23.1%) were operated at the hospital where the cancer diagnosis was made. As determinants of surgery after a fist-time diagnosis at a general hospital, the likelihood of having surgery at the hospital, for colorectal cancer patients compared to stomach cancer patients (Odds Ratio=2.38), bladder and kidney cancer patients (Odds Ratio=1.79). According to the results of an additional survey conducted, it was found that important determinants of decisions on a hospital to receive cancer surgery were the kindness of the staff including doctors and nurses, and the trust in the medical skills and technique of the doctor. Practical Implication: The management of general hospitals should take note of the fact that it is important to establish proactive strategies for hospital management including strengthening the rapport between patients and medical institutions based on the kindness of medical staff (doctors and nurses) and staff, in addition to promoting cancer adequacy evaluation results and introducing one-stop systems.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.31-39
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• 1994

We carried out this study by analyzing the annual reports, surveyed by medical college student(Ewha Woman's University) through the medical records of new patients of Su-Dong Myon Health Subcenter from 1982 to 1992, and the specific survey data of 247 in Su-Dong Myon area which consists of 5,454 population and 1,651 household(43.6% farm household), in December, 1993. Results were as follows: 1) The number of population in Su-Dong Myon is 5,265 in 1982, 4,905 in 1984, 4,885 in 1986, 4,820 in 1988, 4,663 in 1990, 5,454 in 1992. 2) Since 1982, the annual utilization rate of a rural health subcenter showed decreasing tendency: such as 609(the highest rate) per 1,000 inhabitants in 1982, 485 in 1984, 525 in 1985, 281 in 1988, 316 in 1990 and 197 in 1992. The utilization rate by sex was decreasing chronologically in male, and age-specific utilization rate showed rapidly decreasing tendency since 1982 : 1,037 per 1,000 inhabitants in 1982, 877 in 1984, 1,084 in 1986, 519 in 1988, 538 in 1990 and 333 in 1992, in age group of 0-14, but not changing tendency in age-groups of 65 and over. 3) The monthly utilization rate of a rural health subcenter showed increasing tendency in March, July and August from 1982 to 1987, and in March and May from 1988 to 1992. 4) The patient rate of medical insurance showed increasing tendency since 1983: 17.0% per 100 patients(the lowest rate) in 1983, 21.3% in 1985, 20.4% in 1987, 70,0% in 1989 and 77.8% in 1991. However, the patient rate of Medicaid showed no specific change. 5) The utilization rate by the remedial measures for primary health care showed 30.8% of the answered in private special clinic, the highest rate, and 30.0% in drug stores, 25.5% in health subcenter, 10.5% in hospital and 1.2% in oriental clinic. In favorite physicians for primary health care, specialist was the highest rate, 48.6% of the answered, and general practitioner, 39.7% and home doctor, 8.9% in next order. And 70.8% of the answered experienced to visit the health subcenter more than once. 6) Disfavorite reasons of health subcenter were insufficient equipment(42.1%, the highest), and the next order, short cure time per day(25.1%), "be not cured"(12.2%), "be not(6.9%) and unkindness(3.6%), And the major obstacles in utilizing the medical facilities for primary health care were farm works(41.7%, the highest), distance(27.1%) and medical cost(11.4%).

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.182-201
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• 2001

This Study has attemped to compare the health care systems of South and North Korea. There has been a wide difference in the health care System between the South and North of Korea. In this paper, I have also shown that each health care system has its own unique response to the social, political, and economic conditions of the country. Therefore the author analyzed and summarized the important difference of health care system between the South and the North of Korea as follows. 1. Compared with the Laissez-faire health care system of South Korea, North Korea has the state socialistic health care system which provide health care services to the people free of charge. And the North Korea is marking positive efforts toward the scientification and systemization of Oriental Medicine which is called Dongui-Hak in the North-on the basis of Ju-Che idea. 2. North Korea's health care system appears to be strongly geared toward extensive and preventive treatment and launched the massive sanitary propagation campaign. which have resulted in a great success. North Korea has a system of universal comprehensive care for its population. The government has a central role in planning and regulating health care. 3. The government also employs physicians, nurses, and other professionals to provide health care to patients at public expense. In North Korea, health professionals are government employees. They work for a salary and the system is funded through general taxation. 4. In the North Korea, health services area system of the cities and countre's unit is strictly conducted along with the doctor's area responsibility system. And so without referal card, patients can not use the upper-grade medical facilities. The health care delivery system of North Korea is made up of the fourth level procedue unlike South Korea. 5. General office of Oriental Medicine, Academy of Oriental Medical Science and Guidance Bureau of Oriental Medicine are established in the organization of the Department of Health in the North Korea. And nowadays much emphasis are equally placed on the Oriental Medicine as well as Western Medicine. Both South and North Korea have faced with a critical moment of developing a mutually agreeable and acceptable system of health care for the unified nation.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2012

수신증 진단을 받은 소아 환자 $^{99m}Tc$-DMSA 신장 검사에서 영상 획득 후 좌-우측 신장의 섭취 비율을 분석하기 위해 관심영역을 설정하는데, 장비의 자동 관심영역 설정 시 수신증으로 확장되어 있는 신우 부위까지 관심영역에 포함되어 정확한 좌-우 신장의 섭취율이라 할 수 없기에 본 연구는 신장 모형과 확장된 신우의 모형을 이용한 실험을 통해 수신증으로 인해 확장된 신우를 포함한 관심영역과 포함하지 않은 관심영역을 비교하여 보다 개선된 관심영역의 설정 방법을 제시 하고자 한다. 또한, 확장된 신우에 섭취된 방사성 의약품이 신장 피질 세포에서의 섭취인지 아니면 요관의 막힘으로 인한 잔류 소변 인지를 알아 보기 위해 판독의의 도움을 받아 알아 보기로 한다. 두 개의 신장 모형에 같은 양의 물을 채우고 $^{99m}TcO_4$ 111 MBq를 각각 넣어 섞었다. 확장된 신우를 표현하기 위해 5개의 고무 풍선에 물 용량을 각각 10 mL로 채운 후 $^{99m}TcO_4$를 각각 18.5, 37, 55.5, 74, 92.5 MBq를 각각 섞어 준비 하였다. 또한, 고무 풍선에 $^{99m}TcO_4$를 37 MBq으로 고정하고 물 용량을 각각 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 mL를 섞어 준비하였다. 좌측 신장은 모양 그대로 유지하고 우측 신장 모형에 이 고무 풍선을 붙여 수신증의 신장과 비슷한 모형을 만든 후 각각 200만 계수를 수집하였다. 수집된 영상을 확장된 신우를 포함한 관심영역과 포함하지 않은 관심영역을 그려서 좌-우 신장의 섭취비율을 비교 하였고, 재현성을 위해 한 영상당 5회씩 관심 영역을 설정하였다. 환자의 경우 $^{99m}Tc$-DMSA를 1.5~1.9 MBq/kg 주사하고, 3~4시간 후에 검사하였고, 숙련된 3명의 방사선사가 각각 1회씩 관심 영역을 설정하여 비교 평가 하였다. 두 자료 간의 통계적 유의성을 알아보기 위해 SPSS (ver. 17) Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test 사용하였다. 신장 모형 실험 결과로 확장된 신우를 포함하여 관심영역을 설정한 것과 포함하지 않고 관심영역을 설정한 두 집단간에 수집계수, 주변 계수, 섭취율을 비교해 본 결과 수집계수와 섭취율의 변화된 결과를 얻을 수 있었고, 환자 검사 영상에서 또한 섭취율의 변화된 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 또한, 확장된 신우에 섭취된 방사성 의약품은 확장된 신우에 의해 요관으로 내려가지 못한 잔류 된 소변이라는 것이 확인되었다. 위 결과에서 보여 주듯이 신장의 좌-우측 섭취율 도출 시에 수신증으로 인해 신우가 확장된 신장에서 신우를 포함하여 관심영역을 설정했을 때의 섭취율이 포함하지 않았을 때의 섭취율에 비해 과섭취율을 보여 주고 있다. 검사자의 작업 편의성과 결과의 신속성을 위해 자동 관심영역으로 설정하여 결과를 도출해 내고 있지만, 이러한 수신증 환자의 경우에는 확장된 신우에 방사성의약품이 섭취가 되어있는 것은 잔류된 소변이므로 관심영역 설정 시에 확장된 신우 부분을 제외하고 수동으로 관심영역을 설정해야 정확한 좌-우측 신장의 섭취율을 도출할 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

• 대한한의학원전학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.121-141
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• 2007

The outline and characteristics of the important doctors of the 'Zhe Zhong Pai'(折衷派) are as follows. Part 1. In the late Edo(江戶) period The 'Zhe Zhong Pai', which tried to take the theory and clinical treatment of the 'Hou Shi Pai (後世派)' and the 'Gu Fang Pai (古方派)' and get their strong points to make treatments perfect, appeared. Their point was 'The main part is the art of the ancients, The latter prescriptions are to be used'(以古法爲主, 後世方爲用) and the "Shang Han Lun(傷寒論)" was revered for its treatments but in actual use it was not kept at that. As mentioned above The 'Zhe Zhong Pai ' viewed treatments as the base, which was the view of most doctors in the Edo period, However, the reason the 'Zhe Zhong Pai' is not valued as much as the 'Gu Fang Pai' by medical history books in Japan is because the 'Zhe Zhong Pai' does not have the substantiation or uniqueness of the 'Gu Fang Pai', and also because the view of 'gather as well as store up' was the same as the 'Kao Zheng Pai', Moreover, the 'compromise'(折衷) point of view was from taking in both Chinese and western medical knowledge systems(漢蘭折衷), Generally the pioneer of the 'Zhe Zhong Pai' is seen as Mochizuki Rokumon(望月鹿門) and after that was Fukui Futei(福井楓亭), Wadato Kaku(和田東郭), Yamada Seichin(山田正珍) and Taki Motohiro(多紀元簡), Part 2. The lives of Wada Tokaku(和田東郭), Nakagame Kinkei(中神琴溪), Nei Teng Xi Zhe(內藤希哲), the important doctors of the 'Zhe Zhong Pai', are as follows First. Wada Tokaku(和田東郭, 1743-1803) was born when the 'Hou Shi Pai' was already declining and the 'Gu Fang Pai' was flourishing and learned medicine from a 'Hou Shi Pai' doctor, Hu Tian Xu Shan(戶田旭山) and a 'Gu Fang Pai' doctor, Yoshimasu Todo(吉益東洞). He was not hindered by 'the old ways(古方), and did not lean towards 'the new ways(後世方)' and formed a way of compromise that 'looked at hardness and softness as the same'(剛柔相摩) by setting 'the cure of the disease' as the base, and said that to cure diseases 'the old way' must be used, but 'the new way' was necessary to supplement its shortcomings. His works include "Dao Shui Suo Yan", "Jiao Chiang Fang Yi Je" and "Yi Xue Sho(醫學說)" Second. Nakagame Kinkei(中神琴溪, 1744-1833) was famous for leaving Yoshirnasu Todo(吉益東洞) and changing to the 'Zhe Zhong Pai', and in his early years used qing fen(輕粉) to cure geisha(妓女) of syphilis. His argument was "the "Shang Han Lun" must be revered but needs to be adapted", "Zhong jing can be made into a follower but I cannot become his follower", "the later medical texts such as "Ru Men Shi Qin(儒門事親)" should only be used for its prescriptions and not its theories". His works include "Shang Han Lun Yue Yan(傷寒論約言) Third. Nei Teng Xi Zhe(內藤希哲, 1701-1735) learned medicine from Qing Shui Xian Sheng(淸水先生) and went out to Edo. In his book "Yi Jing Jie Huo Lun(醫經解惑論)" he tells of how he went from 'learning'(學) to 'skepticism'(惑) and how skepticism made him learn in 'the six skepticisms'(六惑). In the latter years Xi Zhe(希哲) combines the "Shen Nong Ben Cao jing(神農本草經)", the main text for herbal medicine, "Ming Tang jing(明堂經)" of accupuncture, basic theory texts "Huang Dui Nei jing(黃帝內徑)" and "Nan jing(難經)" with the "Shang Han Za Bing Lun", a book that the 'Gu Fang Pai' saw as opposing to the rest, and became 'an expert of five scriptures'(五經一貫). Part 3. Asada Showhaku(淺田宗伯, 1815-1894) started medicine at Zhong Cun Zhong(中村中倧) and learned 'the old way'(古方) from Yoshirnasu Todo and got experience through Chuan Yue(川越) and Fu jing(福井) and received teachings in texts, history and Wang Yangmin's principles(陽明學) from famous teachers. Showhaku(宗伯) meets a medical official of the makufu(幕府), Ben Kang Zong Yuan(本康宗圓), and recieves help from the 3 great doctors of the Edo period, Taki Motokato(多紀元堅), Xiao Dao Xue GU(小島學古) and Xi Duo Cun Kao Chuang and further develops his arts. At 47 he diagnoses the general Jia Mao(家茂) with 'heart failure from beriberi'(脚氣衝心) and becomes a Zheng Shi(徵I), at 51 he cures a minister from France and received a present from Napoleon, at 65 he becomes the court physician and saves Ming Gong(明宮) jia Ren Qn Wang(嘉仁親王, later the 大正犬皇) from bodily convulsions and becomes 'the vassal of merit who saved the national polity(國體)' At the 7th year of the Meiji(明治) he becomes the 2nd owner of Wen Zhi She(溫知社) and takes part in the 'kampo continuation movement'. In his latter years he saw 14000 patients a year, so we can estimate the quality and quantity of his clinical skills Showhaku(宗伯) wrote over 80 books including the "Ju Chuang Shu Ying(橘窓書影)", "WU Wu Yao Shi Fang Han(勿誤藥室方函)", "Shang Han Biang Shu(傷寒辨術)", "jing Qi Shen Lun(精氣神論)", "Hunag Guo Ming Yi Chuan(皇國名醫傳)" and the "Xian Jhe Yi Hua(先哲醫話)". Especially in the "Ju Chuang Shu Ying(橘窓書影)" he says "the old theories are the main, and the new prescriptions are to be used"(以古法爲主, 後世方爲用), stating the 'Zhe Zhong Pai' way of thinking. In the first volume of "Shung Han Biang Shu(傷寒辨術) and "Za Bing Lun Shi(雜病論識)", 'Zong Ping'(總評), He discerns the parts that are not Zhang Zhong Jing's writings and emphasizes his theories and practical uses.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2004

본 연구는 고령자들의 건강검진행동과 인구사회학적 및 일상생활습관의 여러 기본요인들과의 관련성에 대해서 사회적 배경이 다른 도시와 농촌지역간의 차이 및 남녀간의 차이를 검토하고자 하였다. 조사대상은 도시지역과 농촌지역으로 구분하여 층화집략무작위추출(stratified cluster random sampling)에 의하여 도시지역 236명, 농촌지역 228명 합계 464명을 추출하여 면접조사 하였다. 조사내용은 조사대상의 인구사회학적 특성, 일상생활승관, 주관적인 건강상태 및 의료이용상황, 청력, 시력 및 일상생활수행동작(ADL), 건강검진 수진여부 등을 조사하였다. 그 결과 조사대상자의 건강검진 수진율을 보면 도시지역은 남자가 54.5%, 여자가 46.9% 농촌지역은 남자가 59.8%, 여자가 42.7%로 도시 농촌 모두 남자가 여자보다 높은 수진율을 보였다. 남자에서의 수진자군은 비수진자군에 비해 자택 소요군, 비흡연군, 음주 중단군, 만성질환이 있는 군, 식생활습관이 좋은 군에서 높았다. 여자에서의 수진자군은 비수진자군에 비해 저연령군, 부부동거군, 자택소유군, 식생활습관이 좋은 군, 최근 3개월간 외래진료를 받은군, 건강에 대해 불안감을 갖고 있는군, 요실금이 있는 군에서 높았다. 지역별수진자군과 비수진자군의 차이는 연령, 가족유형, 현재하고 있는 일, 가게 월수입, 주택소유상황, 음주여부, 식생활습관, 관적인 건강상태, 최근 3개월간의 외래진료 유무, 건강에 대한 불안감 유무 IADL 상태 등이 항목에서 도시 농촌지역간에 유의한 차이를 보였다. 다변량회귀분석 결과 건강검진 수진행동에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 도시지역의 경우 주택 소유여부, 단골의사 여부, 건망증 및 요실금 여부, 만성질환 유무 등이 선정되었으며 농촌지역의 경우는 단골의사 여부, 뇨실금 여부, 건강불안, 하력, 주택소유여부, 만성질환 유무 등이 선정되었다. 결론적으로 고령자들에서의 건강검진행동은 개인의 인구사회학적 특성에 따라 다양한 차이를 보이는 것은 물론, 이들의 일상생활습관, 주관적인 건강상태, 건강검진수진상황, 신체적 건강상태 및 ADL상태 등에 따라서도 많은 차이를 보이게 됨으로 향후 건강검진계획에는 이 같은 변수를 고려할 것이 요망되며, 또한 지역적인 특성을 고려할 필요가 있을 것으로 본다.