• 지적과 국토정보
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.197-211
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 건강에 대한 공간적 연구에서 통상적으로 사용되는 센서스에 기반한 지역 박탈지수의 대안으로 지역 주택가격이 사용될 수 있는지 평가하였다. 평가를 위해 개인을 1수준으로, 수도권의 보건소 구역을 2수준으로 하는 다수준 로지스틱 모델이 추정되었다. 다수준 모델에는 개인의 점심식사후 칫솔질과 치간실 사용을 설명하기 위한 개인수준의 변수들과 보건소 구역을 대표하는 사회적 박탈지수 및 지역주택가격 수준이 포함되었다. 추정된 모델들의 설명력은 Akaike Information Criterion (AIC)와 Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC)를 이용하여 평가되었다. 모델의 추정결과는 사회적 박탈지수 및 지역 주택가격이 모두 개인의 치아관리 행동을 설명하는 데 기여하나 지역 주택가격을 사용한 모델의 AIC 및 BIC가 통상적인 센서스 기반 지역 박탈지수를 사용한 경우 보다 낮은 것을 보여 주었다. 본 연구결과는 센서스에 기반한 박탈지수를 생성하는 데 사용된 센서스 변수가 시점의 차이 등의 이유로 적절하지 않을 경우 지역 주택가격이 지역의 사회경제적 수준을 대표하기 위해 대안적으로 사용될 수 있음을 보여준다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.347-355
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• 2022

Background: Since November 2019, long-term care hospitals have been able to provide patients with discharging programs to support the elderly in the community. This study aimed to identify both patient- and hospital-level factors that affect successful community discharge from long-term care hospitals. Methods: A multilevel logistic regression model was performed using hospitals as a clustering unit. The dependent variable was whether a patient stayed in the community for at least 30 days after discharge from a long-term care hospital. As for the patient-level independent variables, an agreement between a patient and the family about discharge, length of hospital stay, patient category, and residence at discharge were included. The number of beds and the ratio of long-stay patients were selected for the hospital-level factors. The sample size was 1,428 patients enrolled in the discharging program from November 2019 to December 2020. Results: The number of patients who were discharged to the community and stayed at least for 30 days was 532 (37.3%). The intraclass correlation coefficient was 22.9%, indicating that hospital-level factors had a significant impact on successful community discharge. The odds ratio (OR) of successful community discharge increased by 1.842 times when the patients and their families agreed on discharge. The ORs also increased by 3.020 or 2.681 times, respectively when the patients planned to discharge to their own house or their child's house compared to those who didn't have a plan for residence at discharge. The ORs increased by 1.922 or 2.250 times when the hospitals were owned by corporate or private property compared to publicly owned hospitals. The ORs decreased by 0.602 or 0.520 times when the hospital was sized over 400 beds or located in small and medium-sized cities compared to less than 200 bedded hospitals or located in metropolitan cities. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the patients' and their family's willingness for discharge had a great impact on successful community discharge and the hospital-level factors played a significant role in it. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge and support long-term care hospitals to involve active in the patient discharge planning process.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2018

Objectives: To identify the associations of characteristics of the neighborhood environment with substance abuse among clients receiving treatment for drug abuse in Thailand. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted of 1128 drug addicts from 28 neighborhoods who were receiving treatment at all 7 compulsory drug detention centers in Thailand. A trained interviewer conducted structured interviews with the subjects about substance use and the perceived neighborhood environment in their community. A multilevel logistic regression model was applied to estimate the effects of the neighborhood environment on substance use. Results: The majority of participants, 53.8% only used methamphetamine pills, 31.3% used other illicit drugs as well as methamphetamine pills, and 14.9% used an illicit drug other than methamphetamine. Three neighborhood characteristics were associated with substance use. A 1-unit increase in the perceived neighborhood cohesion score was associated with a 15% reduction in methamphetamine pill use and an 11% reduction of the use of both methamphetamine pills and another illicit drug. Conversely, a 1-unit increase in perceived neighborhood crime predicted 19 and 14% increases in the use of methamphetamine pills and the use of both methamphetamine pills and another illicit drug, respectively. In addition, a 1-unit increase in the scores for stigma surrounding addiction corresponded to a 25% increase of the use of methamphetamine pills and a 12% increase in the use of both methamphetamine pills and another illicit drug. Conclusions: Substance use among drug addicts was influenced by characteristics of the neighborhood environment. Therefore, prevention and intervention strategies should be designed based on a consideration of the impact of neighborhood context on substance use behaviors.