• 보건행정학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.92-99
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• 2014

Background: Korea's primary care clinics are seeking increase in consultation fees by expanding supply within the frame of the health insurance system, but inequality of physician income between regions and individuals is exacerbating. The purpose of this study lies in analyzing the distribution of patients of primary care clinics, their specialized field, and the degree of inequality between medical fee income according to region. Data was acquired from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service on charged bills made by clinic-size medical institutions from 2008 to 2011. Methods: By comparing the outpatient number per clinic according to the clinic's specialized field, results showed that ophthalmology, otolaryngology, dermatology, orthopedics, and internal medicine showed high numbers whereas plastic surgery, neuropsychiatry, cardiothoracic surgery had fewer outpatients. The number of outpatients for clinic according to region showed Chuncheonnam-do, Jeju-do, Gangwon-do, Chungcheongbuk-do, Ulsan to have higher numbers of outpatients. For those four years, clinics in the Seoul area had a rather lower number. Results: As a result of comparing the decile hierarchy distribution ratio between specialized fields according to primary care clinics income from National Health Insurance, the inequality degree showed that obstetrics and gynecology and general medicine were each 0.130, 0.280 for the decile distribution ratio, which was the highest degree of inequality within the specialized field. Their Gini coefficient were also relatively high at 0.691, 0.528 respectively. On the other hand, the decile distribution ratio for otolaryngology and orthopedics were 0.510, 0.468, respectively, while their Gini coefficient each at 0.318, 0.314 makes their inequality degree relatively lower than other fields. Conclusion: This study is limited in that the data used was the health insurance charges submitted by clinics, which does not provide total information of the doctors' income. However, because most clinics are largely dependant on their income to come from health insurance reimbursements. Therefore, the results of this study can be used effectively. In the future, research that includes data on non-covered service income should be conducted to closely examine policy plans with a new medical fee policy which can resolve the medical fee income inequality issue between clinics as well as revitalize primary medical care.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2005

치과의료기관의 치과의료서비스에 대한 만족 요인을 파악하여 치과의료기관의 환자 만족도를 향상시키고, 다른 치과의료 기관과의 경쟁력 강화를 위한 정보를 제공하고자 2003년 3월 23일부터 4월 10일까지 전라북도에 소재하고 있는 치과의원에 내원한 환자들을 대상으로 현장 설문 조사한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 치과의사에 대한 만족도는 남자(4.30), 50세 이상(4.41)의 연령, 중학교 졸업이하(4.30)의 학력에서 높게 나타났다. 치과위생사에 대한 만족도는 직업에서 통계적으로 유의성이 있었으며 회사원(4.38)과 자영업(4.36)에서 높게 나타났으며 공무원(3.86)에서 가장 낮게 나타났다. 2. 내부환경에 대한 만족도는 연령, 학력, 직업에서 통계적으로 유의성이 있었다. 50세 이상(4.23)의 연령, 중학교 졸업 이하(4.11)의 학력, 퇴직 또는 무직(4.31), 자영업(4.11)에서 높게 나타났다. 3. 외부환경에 대한 만족도는 직업에서 통계적으로 유의성이 있었는데 퇴직 또는 무직(3.57)에서 가장 높았으며 공무원(2.83)에서 가장 낮았다. 4. 진료절차에 대한 만족도는 직업에서 통계적으로 유의성이 있었는데 자영업(3.97), 퇴직 또는 무직(3.89)에서 높았으며, 공무원(3.34)과 전문직(3.54)에서 낮았다. 5. 진료비에 대한 만족도는 50세 이상(3.95)의 연령, 고등학교 졸업(3.80)의 학력, 자영업(3.98)과 월평균 소득 300만원 이상(3.99)에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 6. 치과의료서비스를 받은 이후 진료에 대한 전반적 만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석한 결과 치과의사, 치과위생사, 진료절차, 진료비가 통계적으로 유의성이 있었다.

• 의료법학
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.131-160
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• 2023

상시적 대면진료를 허용하는 것을 내용으로 하는 의료법 개정안이 제21대 국회에서 5건이 발의되었으나 각 개정안마다 중점적으로 다루는 내용에 차이가 있고, 비대면진료에 대한 의료계의 반대 입장, 정치적 상황 등이 맞물려 현재 '계속 심사' 안건으로 계류되어 있는 상태이다. 그러나 비대면진료의 안전성 확보의 첫 단계로서 의료법 개정이 반드시 필요하다는 공감대를 형성하였고, 비대면진료에 대한 정부의 추진 의지가 강한 상황이므로 머지않아 의료법은 개정될 가능성이 높다. 다만, 비대면진료 도입은 환자의 안전성 확보를 최우선으로 하는 방향으로 제도화, 입법 되어야 한다는 관점에서, 비대면진료의 대상 환자는 재진 환자 중심, 대상 질환은 만성질환 중심, 시행기관은 의원급 의료기관 중심, 비대면진료 수단은 최소한 화상시스템으로 제한, 의료인의 법적 책임은 의료인의 통제 범위 밖의 요인에 의한 사고에 대해서는 책임면제, 대면진료 요구권 마련 등의 방향성을 제안하였다. 최소한의 안전성을 확보할 수 있는 기준을 우선 입법하고, 향후 연구와 평가 등을 통해 비대면진료의 범위를 확대하는 것과 같이 단계적으로 접근하는 것이 바람직하다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.385-396
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• 2014

본 연구는 부산시민을 대상으로 선택진료제도에 대한 인식도와 선택진료의 경험이 있는 의료소비자에게 제도 인식율과 만족도 결과에 따른 개선방안을 도출하여 효과적인 선택진료 제도 운영에 필요한 기초자료 제공을 위하여 만 20세 이상 부산시민들을 연구대상자로 설문조사를 실시하여 분석한 결과, 여성, 20대, 대졸이상, 학생과 서비스직종, 월 평균소득은 200~299만원에서 가장 많은 분포를 보였다. 선택진료를 인지하고 있는 사람은 27.7%이고, 선택진료 경험자에 의한 인지율은 23.7%였다. 선택진료제도의 규칙에 대한 실제 인식율(정답율)은 전체 평균 66.3%이며 제도를 알게 된 경로는 대중매체를 통해서(31.9%)이며, 전문성이 높은 진료(57.5%)이기 때문에 선택진료를 이용하였다. 이들 대상자들은 재이용할 의사가 있다(76.3%)는 의견을 보였고 사유는 고급의료를 제공(35.2%)받기 때문이라는 결과를 보였다. 선택진료경험자의 만족도 전체 평균은 2.96점으로 만족도가 대체로 높지 않은 결과를 보였으며, 선택진료제도 개선을 위해서는 홍보강화(91.2%), 환자가 보기 쉬운 곳에 안내문 비치(96.7%), 선택진료비용 줄임(85.7%), 진료약관설명을 상세히할 것(65.4%)을 제시하여 효과적인 제도운영을 위해서는 지속적인 홍보를 통한 환자의 인식율 제고와 아울러 환자의 의료비 부담을 경감시킬 수 있는 제도적 전환이 필요할 것이다.

• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.83-105
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• 2017

In contemporary society interest in and consumption of beauty treatment are increasing, raising interest in health and beauty. However, beauty-related laws are becoming factors of hindrance of beauty development. Currently the Public Health Control Act plays a basic role in the beauty art business in Korea, However the contents are in discord with international laws and its definition is not clear. Therefore it is causing conflicts of different occupations and job associations which are similar to art business. Especially, because neither definitions nor policies on beauty care devices exist in the Public Health Control Act, beauty care devices using in foreign countries cannot be used in Korea due to classification as medical devices. Under this circumstance, therefore, beauty care device uses by beauty artists violate the law. The government has tried to solve these irrational regulations. Recently, the Small and Medium Business Administration announced 'the improvement plan of small business and young founders site regulation for public economy recovery' in a ministerial meeting on December 28, 2016. Regulations on policy preparation for skincare devices were inclusive in this announcement. It is the question whether the regulations will be executed or not. Even though beauty industrial competitiveness was presented in the 18th Presidential Council on National Competitiveness in 2009, it was not practiced. The proposal bills for beauty law improvement have been put forth several times since 2000 including an improvement plan for regulating beauty care devices. However, so far there have been no improvements. The damage on the regulation classifying beauty devices as medical devices is not only restricted to skincare. This develops beauty devices and the beauty industry which imports and exports beauty devices. When beauty devices are exported, complicated procedures are unavoidable and when beauty devices are imported, irrational problems like reregistration procedures and costs occur. The reason why an improvement plan has not gone into practice is the resistance of the dermatologists' association. Dermatologists tend to stand positively against harming public health by saying that beauty devices used by beauty artists cause people to suffer side effects. In contrast, anyone who has a licence to use beauty devices is able to use them in foreign countries. It is not only infringement of one's right as a beauty artist but also people's right to receive beauty care services. With this reason, Korean's current law under which beauty devices are ruled as medical devices should be revised with accordance to domestic surroundings. Therefore in order to advance and globalize the beauty industry, the support and cooperation of the Korean government and relevant associations is needed to legislate and revise the beauty devices laws. The relevant associations abandon regional self-centeredness and cooperate to define ranges, size and management of beauty devices for safe use. If no collaboration exists, an arbitration agency should be established to solve the problem.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.2161-2168
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• 2010

본 연구는 행정자료인 건강보험 및 의료급여비용 청구자료를 이용하였으며, 일개지역(2개도, 남 북)에 개설 되어있는 전체 의료기관을 대상으로 진료일 기준 '08.7월~'08.12월(184일)동안 외래 방문이 1회 이상인 30세 이상의 수진자 485,953명을 대상으로 하였다. 진료지속성과 영향 요인을 분석한 결과 다음과 같다. 우리나라 성인 고혈압 환자의 평균 진료지속성 수준은 MMCI, $0.96{\pm}0.13$, MFPC $0.96{\pm}0.12$으로 높게 나타났다. 외래진료 지속성에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 여성일수록, 55세~64세 이상 연령일수록, 동반상병이 있을수록 통계적으로 유의하게 낮았으며, 주이용기관이 상위 종별일수록 통계적으로 유의하게 MMCI와 MFPC 모두 높게 나타났다. 이 연구에서는 우리나라 성인 고혈압환자의 평균 진료지속성 수준은 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 여성, 64세 이상 연령 등 진료지속성이 낮은 대상자에 대한 관리가 필요할 것으로 보인다. 이 연구 결과는 우리나라 고혈압환자들의 건강관리 행태를 모니터하는 지표 및 국가의 고혈압관리사업의 성과지표로써 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 의료법학
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.199-247
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• 2012

According to the review and analysis of medical cases that are assigned to the Supreme Court and all local High Court in 2011 and that are presented in the media, it was found that the following categories were taken seriously, medical and pharmaceutical product liability, the third principle of trust between medical institutions, negligence and causation estimation, responsibility limit, the meaning of medical records and related judgment of disturbed substantiation, Oriental doctors' duties to explain the procedures, IMS events, whether one can claim for each medical care operated by non-physician health care institutions to the nonmedical domain in the National Health Insurance Corporation, and the basis of norms for each claim. In the cases related to medical pharmaceutical product liability, Supreme Court alleviated burden of proof for accidents with medical and pharmaceutical products prior to the practice of Product Liability Law and onset the point of negative prescription as the time of damage strikes to condition feasibility of the specific situation. In the cases related to the 3rd principle of trust between medical institutions, the Supreme Court refused to sentence the doctor who has trusted the judgment of the same third-party doctors the violations of the care duty. With respect to proof of a causal relationship and damages in a medical negligence case, the Supreme Court decided that it is unjust to deny negligence by the materials of causal relationship rejecting the original verdict and clarified that the causal relationship shall not deny the reasons to limit doctors' responsibilities. In order not put burden on patients with disadvantages in which medical records and the description of the practice or the most fundamental and important evidence to prove negligence and causation are being neglected, the Supreme Court admitted in the hospital's responsibility for the case of the neonate death of suffocation without properly listed fetal heart rate and uterine contraction monitor. On the other hand, the Seoul Western District Court has admitted alimony for altering and forging medical records. With respect to doctors' obligations to description, the Supreme Court decided that it is necessary to explain the foreseen risks by the combination of oriental and western medicines emphasizing the right of patient's self-determination. However, questions have arisen whether it is realistically feasible or not. In a case of an unlicensed doctor performing intramuscular stimulation treatment (IMS), the Supreme Court put off its decision if it was an unlicensed medical practice as to put limitation of eastern and western medical practices, but it declared that IMS practice was an acupuncture treatment therefore the plaintiff's conduct being an illegal act. In the future, clear judgment on this matter should be made. With respect to the claim of bills from non-physical health care institutions, the Supreme Court decided to void it for the implementation of the arrangement is contrary to the commitments made in the medical law and therefore, it is invalid to claim. In addition, contrast to the private healthcare professionals, who are subject to redemption according to the National Healthcare Insurance Law, the Seoul High Court explicitly confirmed that the non-professionals who receive the tort operating profit must return the unjust enrichment and have the liability for damages. As mentioned above, a relatively wide range of topics were discussed in medical field of 2011. In Korea's health care environment undergoing complex changes day by day, it is expected to see more diverse and in-depth discussions striding out to the development in the field of health care.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 1984

의료보호사업의 의료이용 현황을 파악하고 그동안 시행과정에서 나타난 문제점을 발견하여 이에 대한 합리적인 개선책을 마련하는데 도움을 주고자 경산군의 전 의료보호대상자 17,527명이 1981년 10월 1일부터 1982년 9월말까지 1년동안에 진료증을 사용하여 진료를 받은 의료이용과 상병상태를 일차진료기관의 진료기록부와 매달 각 의료기관에서 군에 제출한 진료비청구서 및 내역서 기타 군과 읍, 면의 각종 행정통제자료에서 조사분석하였다. 경산군의 의료보호대상자는 전인구의 12.7%로서 전국의 9.5%보다 높았다. 대상자들의 의료이용율은 1차진료의 경우 대상자 100명당 월간 환자수는 9.3명, 방문회수는 14.0회, 투약일수는 42.9일이었다. 2,3차 진료의 경우는 연간 대상자 100명 당 입원이 1.7건, 외래이용이 9.3건이었다. 1종대상자가 2종대상자에 비해 1차진료 및 2,3차 진료 모두에서 의료이용이 월등히 높았다. 성별이용율은 1차진료는 여자가, 2,3차 진료는 남자가 많았다. 월별이용율은 7월이 가장 높고 1월이 가장 낮았다. 1월이 가장 낮은 것은 진료증의 갱신때문인 것으로 생각된다. 2,3차 진료기관의 연간 이용자수는 1,931명이고 이중 84.4%가 외래진료이었고 15.6%가 입원이었다. 전문과목별로는 정신과 환자가 66명중 55명이 입원으로 가장 높은 입원율을 나타내었으며, 이비인후과, 안과, 피부과, 비뇨기과 등은 연 입원환자가 $1{\sim}4$명으로 아주 낮은 입원율을 나타내었다. 2,3차 진료기관의 평균입원일수는 21.2일, 외래평균치료기관은 4.7일, 입원과 외래전체의 평균치료기간은 8.6일이었다. 정신과 환자의 평균 입원일수가 74.4일이나 되어 정신과를 제외할 경우 평균 입원일수는 9.3일이었다. 질환군으로 분류한 환자분포는 1차진료는 호흡기질환(35.4%)이 가장 많고, 2,3차 진료는 신경감각기질환(20.1%)이 가장 많았다. 연간 의료보호대상자 1인당 평균 진료비는 9,821원(1종: 24,240원, 2종: 7,464원)이고, 가구당 평균진료비는 40,531원(1종: 66,605원, 2종: 33,559원)이었다. 일차진료기관의 건당진료비는 3,901원, 일당진료비는 840원이고, 2,3차 진료기관의 건당진료비는 49,875원, 일당진료비는 5,822원이었다. 본 조사결과 다음과 같은 의료보호제도의 개선책을 제시하고자 한다. 첫째, 의료보호증의 연초에 일제갱신시 재발급절차를 신속히 할 수 있는 방안이 마련되었으면 한다. 둘째, 전문과목별로 1차지정의료기관을 지정함으로(관내에 전문의료기관이 없을 경우 인근 진료권에 지정) 2,3차 진료기관으로 이송되는 환자를 줄여서 예산의 절감과 이용자의 불편을 덜어주어야 한다고 생각된다. 셋째, 1차지정의료기관과 2,3차 지정의료기관의 진료비 산출방법이 좀더 합리적으로 개선되어야 한다고 생각된다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.218-226
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• 2001

This study was performed to assess the nutritional status, frequency of visiting and necessity of nutrition programs for 157 elderly(male:49, female:108) visiting public health centers in Puchon. The purpose of the study was to provide the basic data for developing a nutrition service model. The subject were investigated by interviews with a questionnaire to obtain dietary data and other information related to public health center. Blood tests for analyzing biochemical status were also carried out. The elderly showed low income status. Ninety two percent of them showed their monthly income was less than 400,000 won and 72.6% was observed as having 30,000 won/month as their pocket money. The most frequent disease reported as having or being treated were hypertension(32.6%), rheumatic arthritis(28.5%), diabetes(10.2%), and stomach disease(8.2%) for males and hypertension(33.1%), diabetes(19.4%), rheumatic arthritis(16.7%), anemia(11.1%) for females. The nutrients whose daily intakes were less than 2/3 of RDA were calcium(37.5% RDA),vitamin A(49.9% RDA), iron(60.0% of RDA) and protein(62.0% RDA) for males and vitamin A(27.7% RDA), vitamin B$_2$(33.3% RDA), calcium(44.1% RDA), iron(53.3% RDA), and niacin(60.0% RDA) for females, respectively. Prevalence of anemia, assessed by hemogloben using WHO definition, were 4.1% for males and 18.5% for females. The percentage of males with hypercholesterolemia( 220 mg/dl) was 2.1% and 19.4% fir females, Two percent of males and 12.0% of females were observed as having a LDL-C higher than 165 mg/dl. The mean fasting blood glucose(FBG) level of males and female was 84.2 mg/dl and 101.7 mg/dl respectively. Two percent of males and 8.3% of females were found with a FBG higher than 140 mg/dl. Seventy one percent of elderly reported they were visiting public health centers at least once per week or more frequently. They were satisfied most with the low medical bills but showed the lowest satisfaction for the facilities of the public health centers. What the nutrition service programs wanted most was nutrition counseling and guidance.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.47-51
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• 1980

This study attempts to assess the effect of the 1st class health insurance program to the income redistribution among the participants in a unit health insurance cooperative. One health insurance cooperative, located in Seoul, with 1558 members and 768 households was selected for this purpose. The relationships between amount of premium payed and benefits from the cooperative were compared. Necessary data were obtained from the bills submitted to the health insurance cooperative by the contracted medical institutions from 1st January 1977 to 30th June 1979. Households and individuals were the unit of the assessment. The indicators measuring income redistribution effect were the ratios between the benefit and expected benefit and the ratios between the benefit and the mean benefit. The major findings were: 1. The ratios between the benefits and the expected benefits were lower than 1 in the high income group and greater than 1 in the middle and lower income groups. This fact imply that the income redistribution effect was shown in the studied groups. It was shown that the middle income group received the greatest benefit, and then the lower income group. 2. The ratios between the benefit ana the mean benefit of the households in the higher standard income grade, were found to be higher. This means that the equity of the benefits of households were not achieved by the policy of the health insurance plan. 3. The health insurance utilization rates of the higher standard income group, measured by the household unit, were higher, and by the individual unit, the same rates of the middle income group were higher than other groups.