• 보건의료산업학회지
• /
• 제10권2호
• /
• pp.155-166
• /
• 2016

Objectives : This study confirmed the limitation of long-term care insurance by analyzing media contents. Methods : Articles and reviews were searched with the article searching system (KINDS) from July 2008 to December, 2015. Results : Among the 155 articles examined, 61.1% highlighted the faults of suppliers, and 25.2% indicated the responsibility of the insurer. As for their purpose, 56.8% reported on accidents, and 32.3% provided information. Furthermore, 74.2% reported on negative contents and only 25.8% on neutral contents. The negative contents consisted of requesting false insurance benefits, amending the range and price indicating the very low salaries of the care givers, limitations on the care grade assessment, and problems related with assistive devices. The majority of neutral articles is for providing information. Conclusions : There were many problems starting from the early stage of the insurance. We must pay attention to these problems. Moreover, we should try to handle and prevent these problems with supportive responses from authorities.

• 한국노년학
• /
• 제31권4호
• /
• pp.999-1014
• /
• 2011

본 연구의 목적은 생태체계이론을 적용하여 노인장기요양보험제도라는 거시체계가 가족관계라는 미시체계에 미치는 영향을 살펴보는 것이다. 이를 위해 『한국복지패널(KWPS: Korean Welfare Panel Study)』 2차년도(2007년)와 4차년도(2009년) 데이터를 활용하여 노인장기요양보험제도의 이용자 및 그 가구원(실험집단)과 비이용자 및 그 가구원(통제집단)으로 구분한 후, 노인장기요양보험제도 이용 전후의 가족관계의 변화를 살펴보았다. 이중차이모델(difference-in-difference model) 분석결과, 생태체계이론은 노인장기요양보험제도와 가족관계를 설명하는 이론이라고 할 수 있다. 주목할만하며 새로운 발견은 우리나라의 노인장기요양보험제도가 소득 효과(income effect)가 아닌 독립효과(independent effect)를 갖는다는 것이다. 이러한 결과는 무엇보다도 점점 더 가족의 의미가 퇴색되어 가족관계가 약화되고 있기 때문이다. 또한 한국의 노인장기요양보험제도가 사회보험으로서의 특징을 온전히 갖추지 못하였기 때문으로 추정된다. 노인장기요양보험은 제도의 포괄성, 급여대상의 보편성, 급여의 적절성, 서비스 접근성 측면에서의 제도개선이 필요하며, 가족친화적 사회복지제도로의 변모가 절실히 요청된다.

• 지역사회간호학회지
• /
• 제22권1호
• /
• pp.33-44
• /
• 2011

Purpose: This study examined the characteristics and service utilization of home nursing care beneficiaries under the Korean Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI). Methods: We used assessment data and claim data of National Health Insurance Corporation from July to August 2008. Data were composed of subjects who were the beneficiaries of home nursing care. Results; A total of 634 subjects were analyzed. Of the subjects, 57.1% were 75 years and over. The average score of nursing care need was only 0.71 and the percentage of those whose nursing care need score was zero was 58.0%. More than half of the subjects had partially dependent musculoskeletal conditions, and 75.5% had two or more comorbidities. A third of them usedonly home nursing care, and another third used both home nursing care and general home care at the same time. Those who needed sore care used the largest home nursing care benefits. Conclusion: Home nursing care of LTCI performs community-based healthcare services under LTCI. Throughout the past two years, however, it has not been active. Understanding the characteristics of its users is important in order to develop effective strategies for activating home nursing care.

• 사물인터넷융복합논문지
• /
• 제6권4호
• /
• pp.39-48
• /
• 2020

본 연구는 한국 노인장기요양 서비스 이용 상태의 결정요인과 상태 의존성을 파악하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 한국복지패널 자료를 이용하여 시간이 지남에 따른 서비스 이용 상태간 전환 패턴을 랜덤효과 다항로짓 모형을 이용하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 노인장기요양 서비스 이용 상태에 있어 강한 상태 의존성을 확인하였다. 특히 초기 상태에서 노인장기요양보험 이용자는 상태가 지속되는 경향이 강한 것으로 나타났다. 개인의 인구통계학적 특성 중 연령이 높을 수록 노인장기요양보험 이용 상태일 확률이 높아지는 반면 혼인상태에 있는 경우 유의하게 낮았다. 거주지역 경우 도농 복합군 거주자는 준거지역에 비해 노인장기요양보험 이용 상태일 확률이 유의하게 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과 노인장기요양 서비스 이용자가 강한 상태 의존성을 가진다는 사실은 향후 수요예측에 있어 기존 이용자의 이용 기간 증가도 충분히 고려하는 것이 중요함을 시사한다.

• 한국보건간호학회지
• /
• 제24권2호
• /
• pp.211-225
• /
• 2010

Purpose: This comparative study analyzed information systems including manpower, contents of service, clients, and costs among four nations. Methods: A literature review of relevant publications from Korea, United States, Japan, and Germany supported the use of several plans to activate home nursing care services under the long-term care insurance system in Korea. Results: Korean home nursing care services require quality improvements. The results indicated that a rule is necessary that rations simple visiting service and home nursing care services under the long-term care insurance system, that an integrated management system for elderly care is required, and that the revised delivery of services needs to establish and reflect on various factors to estimate the value in a home visiting nursing care cost system. Conclusion: The data should be valuable in establishment of home nursing care services under the long-term insurance system in Korea.

• 보건행정학회지
• /
• 제29권4호
• /
• pp.496-501
• /
• 2019

Background: In this study, wage status and wage determinants of care workers were analyzed. Methods: The analysis used database (DB) of long-term care institutions, DB of long-term care institutions, DB of long-term care workers, DB of health insurance qualification, and contribution possessed by National Health Insurance Services. We analyzed the wage status of the care workers from 2009 to 2016 through basic analysis and estimated the factors affecting the wage of the long-term care facilities' care workers using pooled ordinary least squares. Results: The monthly average wage of care workers was raised from Korean won (KRW) 1.37 million in 2009 to KRW 1.52 million in 2016, and the working hours were shortened by 20 hours from 207 hours to 187 hours. Hourly wages increased by KRW 1,329 from KRW 6,831 in 2009 to KRW 8,160 in 2016. The average monthly wage of care workers was affected by gender, age, years of employment, monthly working hours, establishment type, city size, institutional size, the grade of the institution, and management status. In particular, the wage level of the care workers was high when the larger the size of the institution, the better the management status (fill rate), the establishment type is "government and local government" and "corporation," the institutional rating is high, and the facility manager has the first grade of the social worker license. Conclusion: The government should consider aggressive policies to improve the treatment of care workers as well as the quality of long-term care services so that there will be more long-term care facilities that are guaranteed social publicity above a certain level.

• 보건행정학회지
• /
• 제23권1호
• /
• pp.90-100
• /
• 2013

Background: This study examined the relationships of dementia, stroke, and combined multimorbidity with long-term care utilizations among older people in South Korea. Methods: A nationally representative sample of 10,130 older adults who used long-term care services in 2010 were analyzed. We used the 5% sample of aged 65 years or older linked with National Health Insurance Corporation registry data of long-term care insurance system. The sample was categorized into three groups: dementia only (47.6%), stroke only (36.3%), and both dementia and stroke (16.1%). We estimated the use of institutional care, home care, and total expenditure of long-term care services, adjusting for the severity of each function (such as daily life, behavior or cognitive change, nursing care needs, and rehabilitation care needs) and sociodemographic characteristics. Results: Having dementia symptoms was positively associated with the use of institutional care services, on the other hand, having stroke symptoms was positively related with the use of home care. The total long-term care cost was higher in the group of having both dementia and stroke. Conclusion: Older persons with dementia symptoms and stroke symptoms have different patterns of long-term care utilization, and the multimorbidity increased the overall expenditure of long-term care utilization. These findings imply a need for differentiated management strategy targeting physically and cognitively impaired older persons, and special concerning for persons with multimorbidity conditions for long-term care insurance program in Korea.

• 한국융합학회논문지
• /
• 제8권11호
• /
• pp.193-201
• /
• 2017

본 연구는 보건복지계열 예비졸업생들의 노인장기요양보험에 대한 전반적 인식도를 파악하기 위해 시도하였다. 일개 4년제 대학의 보건복지계열 예비졸업생 총 207명의 설문조사에 대해 SPSS ver 22.0을 이용하여 분석하였다. 연구결과 보건복지계열 예비졸업생의 노인장기요양보험에 대한 관심도와 지식 수준은 낮았으나, 태도는 긍정적인 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 노인장기요양보험에 대한 지식과 태도는 대상자의 노인시설 봉사 경험에 따라 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 향후 보건복지계열 대학생의 노인장기요양보험에 대한 인식과 관심도를 증진시킬 수 있는 교육과정 개선과 함께 능동적 봉사활동 프로그램 개발이 필요할 것이다.

• 가정간호학회지
• /
• 제27권3호
• /
• pp.241-249
• /
• 2020

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate possible ways to expand the services of home-visit nursing through a review of the progress, achievements, and obstacles of home-visit nursing; a pilot project of an integrated home-service; the application of the Omaha System; as well as a case analysis of providing home-visit nursing services. Method: An integrated review was conducted using various source materials, including laws, previous studies, and a case analysis. Results: In case analysis of providing visiting nursing service, rehabilitation nursing, end-of-life nursing, and dementia care showed high nursing needs. It was necessary that the various home visit nursing services in the intervention area of the Omaha System, administrative services, case management, and center operation activities were all included in the payment systems of long-term care insurance. Conclusion: In the future, home visit nursing services of long-term care insurance should be reborn in the form of a center for integrated case management in the community, which would set long-term goals until the time of a client's death and encompass the realm of human rights for health, quality of daily life, and a dignity of life.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
• /
• 제28권4호
• /
• pp.393-410
• /
• 2021

The Korean Long-Term Care Insurance (K-LTCI) provides financial support for long-term care service to people who need various types of assistance with daily activities. As the number of elderly people in Korea is expected to increase in the future, the demand for long-term care insurance would also increase over time. Projection of future expenditure on K-LTCI depends on the number of beneficiaries within the grading system of K-LTCI based on the test scores of applicants. This study investigated the suitability of mixture distributions to the model K-LTCI score distribution using recent empirical data on K-LTCI, provided by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS). Based on the developed mixture models, the number of beneficiaries in each grade and its variability under the current grading system were estimated by simulation. It was observed that a mixture model is suitable for K-LTCI score distribution and may prove useful in devising a funding plan for K-LTCI benefit payment and investigating the effects of any possible revision in the K-LTCI grading system.