• 보건행정학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.67-85
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• 2008

This study evaluated the specialization status of Korean hospitals by applying index measures that were developed to determine how hospitals are specialized. In addition, multivariate regression analysis was applied to assess how the measures responded to the internal and external factors of hospitals. National Health Insurance claims for 2004 were used to calculate the information theory index, internal Herfindahl index, number of distinct diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) treated, and percent of the five most common DRGs. Data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korean Hospital Association were used to determine the size, ownership, teaching status, organization type, and location of the hospitals. The four indexes analyzed showed that there were significant differences in the specialization status of providers, depending on the provider size, organization type, and location. Hospitals that were smaller and located in metropolitan areas tended to provide specialized services; this is considered to constitute a competitive strategy for hospitals. It is expected that specialized hospitals will increase given the current market structure. Therefore, policy makers will need an index for measuring how hospital services are specialized. Information from such an index could provide a picture of how hospital services are mixed and change over time.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2007

Various changes in medical environments including growing elderly population, chronic diseases, deepening competition among hospitals since opening to foreign medical service, economic strategy for improvement of profit system have caused hospitals to be specialized. In this backgrounds, the purpose of this study is to receive basic data for architectural planning on the spatial organization of outpatient department in general hospital. The results of this study were as follows; First, major changes of outpatient department in general hospital are composed of 'co-work in medical examination and treatment', 'decentralization of diagnosis and treatment(D/T)' and 'patient-oriented medical service'. Changes by co-work system include appearance of medical offices for co-work, activation of specialized clinics, grouping of E/T section for outpatient and various types of specialized centers. Second, the grouping of E/T sections means the modification of E/T system and organization in general hospitals, and a new spatial organization will be needed. Third, the types of specialized centers are getting varied. they are classified into several types including disease-resource, social stratum-resource, human organ-resource, health-resource, rehabilitation-resource, alternative medical center and so on.

• 법제연구
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• 제53호
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• pp.375-418
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• 2017

최근 전문병원 지정제도가 도입되었는데, 이와 관련하여 인터넷 온라인검색에서 '전문병원' 내지 '전문'이라는 용어를 사용하여 병원을 검색할수 있는지가 문제되고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 광고에서 '전문병원' 내지 '전문' 개념을 사용하였을 때 소비자에게 당해 의료기관이 보건복지부지정 전문병원으로 오인될 가능성이 발생할 수 있는지, 그래서 의료법상허위 과대광고에 해당할 수 있는지를 살펴보고 다음과 같은 결론을 도출하였다. 전문병원이라는 명칭은 기본적으로 3가지의 일반적 의미를 가질 수 있고 이러한 일반적 의미와 연관하여 혼동 오인가능성을 가져 온다면 허위 과장광고가 될 수 있을 것이다. 법률에서 이러한 일반적인 의미와 다른 개념을 사용한다고 하여 일반적인 의미가 소비자의 인식에서 사라진다고 할 수 없다. 따라서 전문병원 지정제도를 통하여 의료법에 전문병원을 특수한 의미로 개념정의하고 있더라도 일반적인 인식에 따라 전문병원이라는 단어가 갖는 의미도 고려해야 한다. 첫째, 의료법상으로는 전문병원 지정제도와 연관하여 전문병원을 지정받은 병원만이 전문병원 명칭을 사용할 수 있고 지정받은 진료과목 한도에서만 명칭표시가 가능하다. 따라서 전문병원으로 지정받지 않은 경우및 전문병원 진료과목에 없는 진료과목을 사용한 명칭은 허위 과장광고에 해당할 것이다. 둘째, 전문병원이라는 명칭은 독일법상 사용하는 바와같이 일반병원에 대립되는 개념으로서 제한된 특수영역 한도에서 진료를한다는 의미를 가질 수 있다. 이러한 경우에는 해당 특수 영역에 한해서진료를 하지 않음에도 불구하고 전문병원으로 광고를 한다면 허위 과장광고에 해당할 수 있을 것이다. 셋째, 전문병원이라는 명칭은 전문의에대응하는 개념으로 특정 진료과목에 전문성을 갖춘 병원이라는 의미를가질 수 있다. 따라서 특정 진료과목에 전문성이 없는 병원에서 전문병원명칭을 사용하는 것은 허위 과장광고가 될 것이다. 이러한 결론을 토대로 보건복지부에서 제정한 "전문병원 광고관련 가이드라인"를 살펴보면 광범위한 금지영역을 설정함으로써 의료기관이 갖는 표현의 자유 및 직업 활동의 자유를 제한하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 또한 소비자가 의료기관을 검색할 때 전문성을 갖는 의료기관을 광범위하게 검색하고 싶어 하는데, '전문', '특화', 첨단' 등의 용어를 포괄적으로 금지하여 소비자가 전문성을 갖는 의료기관을 적합하게 찾을 수 있는자유를 부당하게 막고 있다. 전문성을 갖춘 의료기관이 자신을 적절히 광고할 기회를 박탈하고 있는 해당 가이드라인은 전면적으로 재검토 되어야 한다고 생각된다.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.563-570
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop specialized mentor program to improve adaptation for new nurses of intensive care unit and to identify the effect of the program on early resignation rate. Methods: The study adopted nonequivalent control group, non synchronized design. Based on the identification of problems and the needs of new nurses, a 6 month specialized mentor program was developed. The program was consisted of three parts; developing knowledge, improving interpersonal relationship and increasing coping competency for emergency situation. Data were collected between July 2006 and 2008 from 37 nurses and the early resignation rate was compared before and after the implementation of the mentoring program. Results: Early resignation rate of the nurses who received the mentor program was significantly lower than that of the nurses who didn't. The resignation rate within 1 year dropped from 44.5% to 8.3%(p=.034). Conclusions: The specialized six month mentoring program was effective in reducing early resignation rate.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.85-105
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• 1999

The main purpose of this article is to analyze the managerial performance of small and medium-size hospitals that are specialized in certain areas of medical services. Data of 189 hospitals were obtained from the data file of Korea Institute of Health Services Management The items include general characteristics of the hospitals, fianancial reports, and utilization records. Degree of specialization is measured by concentration(Herfindahl) index, and the sample hospitals are accordingly classified into specialized and unspecialized groups, by means of cluster analysis. These groups are compared in terms of various measures of managerial performance, which include several profitability indices such as operating margin, return on assets(ROA), and return on equity(ROE). To examine the relationship between specialization and managerial performance, we estimate the regression model, where the profitability indices are used as the dependent variables and the concentration index as the independent variable, controlling for the hospital characteristics such as size, type and location. Also, we perform 'Du Pont' analysis, to investigate the basic elements that can explain the differences in profitability between specialized and unspecialized hospitals. Major findings are as follows: 1. Managerial performance is better for the specilized hospitals than the unspecilized, in all aspects of profitability(operating margin, ROA, ROE). 2. Regression analysis suggests that there is a positive, statistically significant relationship beween the degree of specialization(i.e. concentration) and hospital profitability. 3. Main reason for the higher profitability of specialized hospitals lies in lower expenses rather than higher revenue. 4. In particular, personnel and material expenses are significantly smaller for the specialized hospitals, and this result seems to stem from the efficiency of operating fewer lines of business.(some kind of 'economies of scale') 5. Specialized hospitals also have fewer employees compared with the unspecialized, especially in administrative departments, which implies their efficient personnel management.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2006

Nowadays, it has been changed in medical environments which are the increase of the aged and chronic disease, development of medical system and technology, the open of medical markets according to negotiation of DDA(Doha Development Agenda) and FTA(Free Trade Agreement) and so on. The changes of medical system and function are caused by changes of medical environments. This study is to analyze the spatial changes of general hospital O. P. D. in Korea based on changes of the medical system and function. In conclusion, the O. P. D. in general hospital has been changed by stages as follows; First, subdivision and specialization of medical organization systems. Second, diversification of specialized centers based on medical cooperated systems. At last, integration of E&T faculties and specialized centers which have similar functions. According to the spatial changes of outpatient department, the types of E&T faculties and specialized centers has been changed by diverse forms as follows; E&T faculties and specialized centers focused on disease, organs, classes and so on.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.132-140
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• 2020

Purpose: To retrospectively determine whether specialized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reading performed by an experienced radiologist affected the successful assessment of extraprostatic extension (EPE) in the presence of biopsy-related hemorrhage after prostate biopsy. Materials and Methods: Two hundred consecutive patients with biopsy-proven prostate cancer underwent MRI. General radiologist and subspecialized radiologist readings were unpaired and reviewed in random order by a radiologist who was blinded to patients' clinical details and histopathologic data. The extent of hemorrhage was assessed on T1-weighted (T1W) MRI using a 1-4 scale, and the likelihood of EPE was assessed for each of the four categories. Histopathologic specimens served as the reference standard. The area under the curve (AUC) of the standard reading was compared to that of the specialized reading. Results: Post-biopsy hemorrhage was subjectively graded as ≥ 3 in 101 patients (50.5%) by standard reading, and in 100 patients (50.0%) by specialized reading. The standard and specialized readings disagreed for 40 (20.7%) of the patients (kappa [κ] = 0.35; 95% CI, 0.14-0.48). Of these, specialized reading was the correct interpretation for 21 patients (52.5%). The sensitivity (75% vs. 44%; P = 0.002) and area under the receiver operating characteristics (AUROC) (0.83 vs. 0.67; P = 0.008) of the specialized readings were significantly higher than those of the standard readings, while there was no significant difference in specificity (84% vs. 87%; P = 0.434). Conclusion: The reinterpretation of MRI by experienced radiologists significantly improves the diagnosis of EPE in prostate cancer in the presence of post-biopsy hemorrhage.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.153-165
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• 2013

This study aims to analyze how the competencies of specialized hospitals affect the customer behavior intentions. The research involved 14 specialized hospitals among 42 nationwide, which are selected by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2007. The results of the study are below. First, the competencies of specialized hospitals are emotional attachment and customer satisfaction proved to have the significant relationship. Second, the competencies of human resources and technology-related resources has a moderating effect with accessibility while the ability of material effect doesn't have such relation. Third, it was verified that the emotional attachment formed the customer satisfaction. Fourth, it turned out that the emotional attachment and customer satisfaction has the significant influence on customer behavior intentions. In conclusion, the competencies of specialized hospitals influences on the customer behavior intentions through the mediating effects of emotional attachment and customer satisfaction.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.7-15
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• 2006

The recent change of the medical treatment market is reforming the hospital space. The death-rate caused by cancer diseases is increasing in the domestic and outside of the country. The specialized hospital for cancer patients must be required. This study analyzed the space structures of the main section in cancer hospitals with the comparison analysis method. Space structures of domestic cancer hospitals are not specialized comparing to other nations' cancer hospitals. The conclusion of this research is that we need the architectural planning standards of the specialized cancer hospital through the space structure mainly concerning patients.

• 융합경영연구
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.27-35
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• 2020

Purpose - This study is aiming to understand the critical role of employees' organizational citizenship behavior in evaluation of employee service quality. This paper examined what emotional intelligence and empowerment affect to their organizational citizenship behavior and service quality. Research design - Data were collected by questionnaires through specialized hospital services. Survey was conducted on patients who have been treated at a spine specialized hospital. Results - Emotional intelligence and empowerment have direct effects on organizational citizenship. Service quality is a function of organizational citizenship. The results showed that emotional and motivated capabilities of individuals influenced organizational citizenship behavior. Managerially, this study contributes to the understanding of the role of organizational citizenship behavior in service sector. Conclusions - The relationship between service quality and organizational citizenship behavior and also examined the effect of combination of creative and voluntary behavioral attributes such as emotional intelligence and psychological empowerment have on voluntary organizational citizenship behavior. The results showed that in order to induce organizational citizenship behavior, emotional intelligence should be facilitated and empowerment enlarged.