• Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.186-194
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• 2017

Objectives: A significant concern has been raised about the emerging resistance that is largely caused by the excessive or inappropriate use of antibacterial agents for viral respiratory infections. This study investigated the trend of respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and the use of antibiotics. Methods: Utilizing the national level health insurance claims data from 2005 to 2008, we examined encounter days, antibiotic use, and the prescription rate for respiratory tract infections including upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs), lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs), and otitis media in outpatient settings. The antibiotic use was measured as defined daily dose per 1,000 patients per day (DDD/1,000 patients/day). Results: The visit for URTI increased from 141,693,465 in 2005 to 120,717,966 in 2008 and the visit for LRTI decreased from 61,778,718 to 66,930,122. For RTIs, prescription rates of antibiotics decreased from 65.2% to 58.5% for URTIs and 76.9% to 68.3% for LRTIs from 2005 to 2008. The antibiotic use decreased to 20.85 DDD/1,000 patients/day after a significant increase of 22.01 DDD/1,000 patients/day in 2006. Among antibiotics, J01CR had the highest use- 7.93 DDD/1,000 patients/day followed by J01DC of 3.71 DDD/1,000 patients/day and J01FA of 3.2 DDD/1,000 patients/day. One notable trend is that J01FA presented a continuous increase in antibiotic use from 2.3 in 2005 to 3.26 DDD/1,000 patients/day in 2008. Conclusion: The use of antibiotics had poor compliance to guidelines for RTIs. Despite decrease in the use of antibiotics, prescription rates for URTIs were still about 50% indicating that the delayed prescribing antibiotics (or wait-and-see) were not observed.

• Health Policy and Management
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.185-196
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• 2015

Background: Issues concerning with the classification accuracy of Korean Outpatient Groups (KOPGs) have been raised by providers and researchers. The KOPG is an outpatient classification system used to measure casemix of outpatient visits and to adjust provider risk in charges by the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service in managing insurance payments. The objective of this study were to refine KOPGs to improve the classification accuracy and to evaluate the refinement. Methods: We refined the rules used to classify visits with multiple procedures, newly defined chemotherapy drug groups, and modified the medical visit indicators through reviews of other classification systems, data analyses, and consultations with experts. We assessed the improvement by measuring % of variation in case charges reduced by KOPGs and the refined system, Enhanced KOPGs (EKOPGs). We used claims data submitted by providers to the HIRA during the year 2012 in both refinement and evaluation. Results: EKOPGs explicitly allowed additional payments for multiple procedures with exceptions of packaging of routine ancillary services and consolidation of related significant procedures, and discounts ranging from 30% to 70% were defined in additional payments. Thirteen chemotherapy drug KOPGs were added and medical visit indicators were streamlined to include codes for consultation fees for outpatient visits. The % of variance reduction achieved by EKOPGs was 48% for all patients whereas the figure was 40% for KOPGs, and the improvement was larger in data from tertiary and general hospitals than in data from clinics. Conclusion: A significant improvement in the performance of the KOPG was achieved by refining payments for visits with multiple procedures, defining groups for visits with chemotherapy, and revising medical visit indicators.

• Quality Improvement in Health Care
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.66-76
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• 2015

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to develop a case review form for detecting adverse events through a medical records review in hospitalized patients in South Korea. Methods: To develop the case review form, several literatures were reviewed, first. Through the clinical expert meeting, screening criteria were selected and case review form was developed. Result: The Korean version of case review form consisted of the review form-1 for adverse event screening and form-2 for adverse event identification. The applied methodology for the case review form is determined according to the previous studies. For example, the method used in the first stage review is nurse review. Furthermore, the National Coordinating Council for Medication Errors Reporting and Prevention index is used to categorize disability, and a scale of 1 to 6 was used in the causation scores and preventability scores, respectively. Through the clinical expert meeting, a total of 41 screening criteria were selected. Conclusion: The Korean specific case review form was developed for detecting adverse events in hospitalized patients. The results from this study can be used in a large-scale study regarding the nationwide incidence of adverse events.

• Journal of Service Research and Studies
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.188-205
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• 2024

The food truck business, which involves selling various types of food from mobile vehicles, has gained significant popularity in urban centers and at events. These food trucks have rapidly expanded due to their relatively low initial investment and high flexibility, attracting customers with unique menus and personalized services. However, as competition increases, the need to manage service quality to boost customer satisfaction and encourage repeat visits has become more critical. Despite this growing importance, there has been limited empirical research on the topic. This study aims to analyze customer experiences with food truck services to gain strategic insights for improving service quality. By applying structural topic modeling to customer review data, the study identified 50 key topics. The process included a comprehensive evaluation of model diagnostics and interpretability to determine the optimal number of topics, ultimately selecting the most relevant ones related to service experiences. The impact of these identified topics on overall customer satisfaction was empirically tested using regression analysis. The results showed that aspects such as "Food Taste," "Friendly Staff," and "Positive Emotion" had a positive influence on customer satisfaction, whereas "Delayed Service," "Negative Emotion," and "Beverage Service" had a negative impact. Based on this analysis, the study proposes concrete methods for food truck operators to systematically analyze customer feedback and use it to drive service improvements and innovation. This research highlights the importance of data-driven decision-making in small business environments like food trucks and contributes to expanding the application of topic modeling in the service industry.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.69-95
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• 1999

Internet EC accomplish to simply electronic business from all process integration of production, marketing and customer service. Also customers gain to goods information by one-line product reference, order, product information exchange and negotiate to low cost for high quality goods. Therefore, Purpose of this study is to introduce the building method of efficient EC, helping understand EC, and analysing its present state in the Korean enterprises and efficiency on international trade information.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.167-190
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to develop the hotel service quality measurement attributes and dimensions which have higher validity and reliability than before. The procedures of this study is as follows: First, the attributes and dimensions are developed through the rigorous analysis of literature review. Second, the attributes and dimensions which have been developed are refined after the pilot survey. Third, the final survey used for criterion-related validity test, reliability test and factor analysis. Eventually, twenty seven attributes and six dimensions are extracted and discussed.

• Journal of the korean veterinary medical association
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• v.36 no.12
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• pp.1069-1080
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• 2000

The Korean dairy industry has been growing rapidly during the last decade, and then, the milk payment systems encourage farmers to feed and breed for higher quality of raw milk. In this study, the differences in milk payments with regard to price determin

• Review of KIISC
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.54-61
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• 2012

본고에서는 최근 클라우드 컴퓨팅이 갖고 있는 보안 기술 동향에 대하여 살펴본다. 특히 클라우드 컴퓨팅이 갖는 보안 위협들을 해결하기 위한 대응책으로 SecaaS(Security as a Service)에 관심이 집중되고 있다. SecaaS는 클라우드 컴퓨팅의 보안 솔루션을 클라우드 컴퓨팅 서비스의 한 형태로 제공하여 안전성과 신뢰성을 보장한다. CSA(Cloud Security Alliance)에서는 클라우드 컴퓨팅 환경의 보안 위협들에 대해 분석하여 클라우드 보안 가이드를 제시했으며, 최근 SecaaS 워킹그룹에서는 10개의 카테고리로 구분하여 보안 솔루션을 구현하기 위한 구체적인 가이드 제시하고 있다. 먼저 전반적인 클라우드 컴퓨팅의 보안 위협에 대해 살펴보고, 이에 대한 해결방안으로 제시되는 SecaaS 기술에 대해 살펴본다.

• Korea Information Processing Society Review
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.58-63
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• 2003

본 고에서는 1.25 인터넷 대란과 같은 버퍼오버플로우를 이용해 침투하는 인터넷 웜 및 DOS (Denial of Service) 공격을 Secure OS(보안운영체제), IDS(Intrusion Detection System : 침입탐지시스템), Scanner(취약성진단도구), Firewall(침입차단시스템)의 지능형 상호연동 스킴을 이용해, 근본적인 대응이 가능한 지능형 다단계 정보보호체계를 제시하였다. 본 고에서 제시한 정보보호대응책은 고도로 지능화하고 있는 인터넷 웜 및 DoS(Denial of Service 서비스거부) 공격을 미연에 예방하고, 실시간으로 대응할 수 있는 시스템이 될 것이다.

• Korean Management Science Review
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.129-144
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• 1994

B-ISDN(Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network)which is defined as a service or system requiring transmission channels capable of supporting rates above 1.5 Mbps has emerged as a new future telecommunication infrastructure. B-ISDN can integrate a wide range of services and the success of B-ISDN is crucially dependent on the development of user-needing application services. The purpose of this study is the conceptual development of B-ISDN application services. We survey on the kinds of B-ISDN service, classify application areas by user groups, and develop B-ISDN application services. Finally we categorize B-ISDN application services by their application areas and necessary services.